This enquiry into technology and school science was conducted by HMI. The report was published in 1985. The enquiry was concerned not only with the specific technology courses offered by science departments but also sought to obtain details of any attempts being made to develop technology across the curriculum,...

The videos in this collection from Teachers TV are aimed at secondary mathematics practitioners. They contain advice and guidance on pedagogy, lesson planning, organising mathematics in and out of the classroom and other areas of teaching and learning. They are useful to both newly qualified and experienced...

This collection from Teachers TV features videos that are aimed at primary mathematics practitioners and professional development. They contain advice and guidance on pedagogy, lesson planning, organising mathematics in and out of the classroom and other areas of teaching and learning. They are useful to both...

Two resources from SMILE Mathematics containing ideas which can be used for assessment. Revision for GCSE Through Groupwork consists of a number of cards which groups can use to test their knowledge. The Question Cards for Assessment consist of statements describing the mathematics being assessed together with...

The mathematics on SMILE cards is presented in the form of practical activities, games and investigations. They encourage an independent approach and are suitable for students from Key Stage Two to Four. The cards originally formed a complete individualised mathematics scheme. The cards were organised so that each...

This set of national reports and policies has been divided into the following sections:

• General education
• STEM education
• Science education
• Mathematics education
• QCA, QCDA and Ofqual:  Science
• QCA, QCDA and Ofqual:  ...

This activity requires students to use computer software to try to save a space borne tourist attraction, AstroZoo, which has various exotic space creatures, but has fallen on hard times. The zoo was once a great success, but bad management has seen oxygen reserves exhausted, creature enclosures overpopulated,...

GAIM Activities are open-ended tasks where achievements in using and applying mathematics can be assessed alongside content. In the investigations students explore pure mathematics.

GAIM provides teachers with 80 Activities (40 Investigations and 40 Practical Problems) as a resource for teaching and...

This resource from GAIM is a teacher assessment scheme, designed for use alongside any existing secondary mathematics programme of study, using open-ended tasks to encourage teaching and learning through practical problem solving and investigations.

Standards Unit: Improving Learning in Mathematics professional development materials. Features notes and presentations describing the active learning approaches.

Getting started To encourage participants to: * reflect on their current assumptions, beliefs, and teaching practices; * consider...

A Year Eleven textbook from Task Maths. This resource continues with the thematic approach of the series. In many cases the task titles only give a partial view of the content since the authors’ intention is that the mathematics in the course will be integrated. Task Maths 5 contains some innovative content in most...

A collection of primary mathematics resources from MathSphere.

This issue of Catalyst includes the following articles:

Molecules From the Past

This article shows how analysing molecular residues in ancient objects helps to reveal how people and animals once lived.

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The Energy sub-collection is made up of pedagogical guidance and classroom materials for use with students. All materials were published by the Key Stage Three Strategy and the Secondary Strategy between 2002 and 2009.