From the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), this interactive resource halps to answer questions that students have about the production of medicines and the careers available in the pharmaceutical industry.

There is a wide variety of questions on topics as varied as:

• The...

This resource, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, challenges students to explain the phases of the Moon by linking the movement of the Moon around the Earth with our perspective from Earth of light and shadow on the Moon.

The two files are identical, apart from the curriculum links stated in the teachers...

This Catalyst article introduces Henry Gosse, an expert naturalist. He devised an alternative explanation for the fossil record, but it failed to impress his peers.

This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2016, Volume 27, Issue 1.

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This Catalyst article explores whether the use of mobile phones increases the risk of cancer, including a recent study from Denmark which investigates the issue further.

This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2011, Volume 22, Issue 2.

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In this activity students try several different experiments and then write true and false explanations. Explaining to others in the club, they must decide on the true answer.

In this simulation students can see how light knocks electrons off a metal target, and recreate the experiment that spawned the field of quantum mechanics.

[b]Sample Learning Objectives include:[/b]

*Visualize and describe the photoelectric effect experiment.

*Predict the results of experiments...

This is a common investigation using a bulb and coloured filters to determine the value of Planck’s constant (h).  An oscilloscope is required and advice on the settings required are given.

This resource has been provided by Keith Gibbs.

This task is designed to assess how well students understand ratio and arranging areas.

The task shows a large photograph with its width and height marked. Two arrangements are shown for printing the large photograph together with two smaller copies:

• Two smaller photographs are placed with their...

This book looks at several aspects of photography: * How film takes a picture * The pinhole camera * A simple camera * Using a commercial camera * Developing the film * Making positive prints * Enlarging * Uses of photography Photography was one of the Science at Work series. All the booklets in the series were...

The work suggested in this Nuffield Working with Science unit was intended to teach students how to process film and photographic paper at a relatively simple level, and to understand some of the principles behind the processes. Teacher were encouraged to make students...