breakthrough was a termly resource for teachers published between 1999 and 2001. Each edition highlighted a number of discoveries and inventions and the people who made them. This edition was published in September 2001. Each edition of breakthrough included feature articles and regular items such as profiles of...

This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the standards report for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Three (ages 11-14) science for the year 2000. The tests and mark schemes themselves are currently unavailable.

Students in England took national tests at the end...

This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the mark schemes for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2002. The tests themselves are currently unavailable.

Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to...

This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2005, and their associated mark schemes.

Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to the end of 2009...

This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2006, and their associated mark schemes.

Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to the end of 2009...

This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2007, and their associated mark schemes.

Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to the end of 2009...

This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2008, and their associated mark schemes.

Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to the end of 2009...

This resource from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) contains the documents for the Statutory Assessment Tests for Key Stage Two (ages 7-11) science for the year 2009, and their associated mark schemes and reports.

Students in England took national tests at the end of Key Stage Two up to the...

In this podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Sue Nelson hears about the birth of an ocean in the Afar depression in the Horn of Africa. The continental crust is being ripped apart at a phenomenal rate – one metre every year over the last five years. In...

The authors of Nuffield Advanced Physics were alert to the fact that the sixth form pattern for which the course was to be designed might vanish almost as soon as the materials were published. What was not clear at the time of writing was the form a new pattern would take.

The authors responded to this...

In this section of STFC's Seeing Science, two lessons allow students to explore how scientists work to control the outbreak of a disease. Can anthrax, a deadly disease lead to a cure for cancer? Early results using powerful x-rays produced in a particle accelerator known as a synchrotron suggest that it might....

This case study describes how Ringwood School promotes STEM subjects and careers to girls, through its Role Models Scheme.

The scheme stemmed from teachers needing additional help with low ability year seven classes, however its success has seen this expand into year eight classes.

Recognising the...

Although written to support the Scottish Advanced Higher Project, this is a useful resource for all advanced independent research projects.   The philosophy behind the booklet is that students should be supported in developing their skills of investigation. Students should not be abandoned to their fate, nor should...

Assessing Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences was written in the early days of the GCSE and balanced science qualifications as a guide for the many teachers involved in teaching Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences. The book was part of a series about assessment commissioned by...

This resource, from the Association for Science Education (ASE), contains a number of recipes for making fermented soft drinks and some suggestions about how students could explore the science involved in making them.

The predecessors of modern carbonated drinks were often made at home or on a small scale....