‘Recruit your crew, pack your bag and design your rocket to launch your mission!’

In this chapter students find out about some the challenges that will be presented with space exploration to Mars, including:

• comprehending the changing distances between our planets
• describing the skills...

The National Curriculum for Mathematics was introduced into England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a nationwide curriculum for primary and secondary state schools following the Education Reform Act 1988. The purpose of the National Curriculum was to standardise the content taught across schools in order to raise...

This resource uses the context of the British Challenge for the America's Cup to explore composite and nano materials.  The video uses the challenge to build the highest performing racing yacht as an introduction to composite materials and how they are designed to improve their properties for a specific use.  This...

The popular Food Science Special Study was revised and updated for the Fourth Edition of Nuffield Advanced Chemistry. All the instructions for experiments, theory and questions were included in the Students’ Book. The Teachers’ and Technicians’ Guide provided the...

Published by the Nuffield Foundation this Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Practical Guide is linked to chapters eight, nine and ten of Study Guide 1 . Technical information and notes for teachers about the practical activities is given in...

Purpose: Students may not have time in lessons to obtain sufficient data to give them the ‘big picture’ of their chosen context. This is often the case in ecological or pollution investigations where they can only sample a ‘snap shot’ of the situation. Providing access to a published database of results can provide...

This resource has been created for mixed age classes at upper primary level to support the learning of place value, negative numbers, mental addition and subtraction including money. The detailed weekly plans contain differentiated activities for the two year groups, guided tasks and details of resources required...

Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics was written to provide comprehensive coverage of the 1996 National Curriculum for mathematics. Each student’s book in the series offers focused coverage of mathematical topics identified in the National Curriculum level descriptions. Used together the books in the series...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, the resources in this section help students to develop their skills in presenting their scientific knowledge.

There are a variety of ways in which knowledge can be...

The cre8ate maths project was a CPD initiative for Yorkshire and Humberside teachers of mathematics. It features resources applying maths to key areas of the economy focusing on functional mathematics skills for Key Stage Three students. The project was developed by the Centre for Science Education and the...

In this SATIS Revisited resource students find out about MRSA infection, whether metals have antimicrobial properties, and the type of work carried out in testing a treatment to assess its effectiveness.

MRSA (...

In this Year Seven textbook from Task Maths, there are 28 mathematics tasks. There are also useful sets of review exercises after every three tasks and revision exercises at the end. Each task consists of a number of differentiated activities. Many activities are investigative or exploratory and encourage...

This is a CPD taster created to give teachers a better understanding of what to expect when joining one of our primary computing courses. Below you will find a video and a task for you to do in your own time. Once you have done the task, then book on to...

Six practicals produced by the Institute of Physics (IOP) that help students to understand the electromagnetic spectrum and about materials used in making spectacles.

In addition to the guidance included for specific activities, please refer to the generic health and safety information before commencing any...

Nuffield Foundation provide these resources from the Nuffield Maths 5-11 project, which allow students the opportunity to practice using and reading simple mathematical vocabulary. They support, as well as extend, the basic mathematical concepts introduced to young...