As people live longer the demand for new organs to replace failed ones increases. One possible solution is to build new organs in a dish from cells taken from the patient’s own body. Students use evidence from case studies to work out if this is possible and then to decide whether this new technology offers a good...

This animation, from the Wellcome Trust, shows how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infects white blood cells and uses its RNA to produce a strand of DNA which becomes integrated in the host cell's genome.

HIV...

This resource contains six activities that link to Living Things and their Habitats, these resources are designed for use with mixed age groups classes of Year 3 and 4. Activities include:

• undertaking a habitat survey in their local environment, exploring the impact of human activity on a range of...

Designed to improve confidence in mathematics, these resources from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, focus on handling data and were developed particularly for primary teachers and those non-specialists who teach mathematics in the lower secondary years.

Each section offers an historical...

This resource contains six activities that link to Animals including humans, it could be taught in line with SRE as it covers puberty. These resources are designed for use with mixed age groups classes of Year 5 and 6. Activities include:

• exploring gestation periods and foetal development – identifying...

This resource contains six activities that link to Living things and their Habitats, they are designed for use with mixed age groups classes of Year 5 and 6. Activities include:

• carefully dissecting a flower, identifying the male and female gametes
• investigating the ways plants reproduce,...

From the Wellcome Trust, this animation shows how environment and living conditions can lead to infection by a range of energy sapping intestinal worms.

The three main worms infecting humans are hookworm, roundworm...

This resource from the further education edition of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) online magazine, explores how photographs could be used in lessons as starting points for mathematical discussion or exploration.

This interactive resource aimed at Key Stage Two intoduces the idea of separating materials. A chef has muddled his cooking ingredients and asks children to identify them by looking at their properties. Kitchen Chaos is an interactive computer programme that can be used by individual pupils, or small groups. It...

Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasite transmitted by the sand fly. Two animations, from the Wellcome Trust, show the life cycle of the parasite.

They illustrate how the leishmania parasites enter the...

Produced by the Hamilton Trust, these resources give details of six lessons on light and vision. This includes lesson plans, practical activities and all student materials. Students identify sources of light and revise facts such as light travels in straight lines and opaque objects form shadows. They understand...

This resource provides a selection of lesson plans, worksheets and teachers notes relating to living things and their habitats at Year Six. They include activities which look at the history of classification of living things, studying the binomial system introduced by...