Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS) works with teachers to help them to bring plant science alive. This is done by working with curriculum developers, producing useful teaching resources, enabling teachers to share ideas, and encouraging plant scientists to get involved in education and outreach.

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These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Identify the two types of reproduction (sexual and asexual) that take place in plants.
• Describe the function of the male and female reproductive structures in a flowering plant....

This resource contains practical and discussion activities which link to many areas of the science curriculum including materials and their properties, balanced diets, many aspects of working scientifically and sustainability.

Activities include:

Which soap? - research the...

This animation allows students to view the key processes of plant transport in xylem and phloem. It is intended for both GCSE and A-level / post-16 biology teaching, and has sufficient detail and accuracy for both.

Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the unit called ‘Food and digestion’. This B unit provided enough material for six double periods in the third year of secondary school (year nine). The teachers’ guide included four worksheets to supplement the...

This Catalyst article looks at how plant breeders can claim rights over the varieties they develop. It also focuses on the question 'Does this give them too much control?'.

This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2017, Volume 27, Issue 3.

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This selection of career profiles from Lantra looks at the land-based areas of floristry, agriculture and horticulture and the many differing roles within each sub-sector.

This collection of Year Five resources includes a series of weekly lessons plan on number, place value, addition and subtraction. They include a section for outcomes which can be used to record children who struggle with or exceed the objectives in each lesson. The plans, provided by Hamilton Trust have been...

This collection of Year Four resources include a series of weekly lessons plan on place value, fractions and decimals, money, addition and subtraction. They include a section for outcomes which can be used to record children who struggle with or exceed the objectives in each lesson. The plans, provided by Hamilton...

This collection of resources contains four detailed weekly plans for mixed-age classes of Year Four and Five children. They cover aspects of place value, addition, subtraction, negative numbers, decimals, mental addition and subtraction. A section for outcomes has also been provided, which can be used to record...

This collection of Year One resources contains a series of weekly lessons plan on mental addition, counting, sequences and fractions, place value, addition and subtraction. They include a section for outcomes which can be used to record children who struggle with or exceed the objectives in each lesson. The plans,...

This collection of resources contains six detailed weekly plans for mixed-age classes of Year One and Two children. They cover aspects of sequencing, counting, place value, fractions, addition and subtraction. A section for outcomes has also been provided, which can be used to record children who struggle with or...

This collection of Year Three resources contains a series of weekly lessons plan on number, place value, money, addition and subtraction. They include a section for outcomes which can be used to record children who struggle with or exceed the objectives in each lesson. The plans, provided by Hamilton Trust have...

This collection of resources contains six detailed weekly plans for mixed-age classes of Year Three and Four children. They cover aspects of number, place value, decimals, money, addition and subtraction. A section for outcomes has also been provided, which can be used to record children who struggle with or exceed...

This collection of Year Two resources contains a series of weekly lessons plan on number facts, counting, sequences and fractions, number, place value, addition and subtraction. They include a section for outcomes which can be used to record children who struggle with or exceed the objectives in each lesson. The...