In this Teachers TV programme Joanna Postlethwaite, Head of Food Technology at John Cabot Community Technology College, sets Year Seven students the task of recording their eating habits for 24 hours. Megan and Ryan keep a video diary for the day, recording what they both eat at school and at home, producing some...

This assembly resource, from the Association for Science Education (ASE), focuses on whether we need to explore space at all, particularly in view of the vast cost involved. This material is part of the SYCD: Science Year Is There Life? collection.

The aim of the assembly series is to make students more...

This resource provides recording sheets for spotting different kinds of birds, supporting children to identify and count the number of different birds that they see. Containing pictures of commonly seen garden birds, they are differentiated for different year groups and/or abilities within a class. Welsh language...

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

Catalyst is a unique, subscription based, science magazine that provides STEM insight for 14 – 19 year old students. Featuring articles on cutting-edge science, research and interviews - prepared by those in academia and industry - Catalyst excites, engages and inspires students; encourages teaching, learning and...

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

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

This resource supports teachers to make sense of Teacher assessment frameworks at the end of Key Stage 1 and 2. It provides an overview of the primary science curriculum showing how children may progress. The document also breaks down performance descriptors and highlights which topics are covered in each year...

Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the unit called ‘Atoms and molecules’. This B unit provided enough material for six double periods in the third year of secondary school (year nine). The teachers’ guide included 10 worksheets to supplement the...

Published in 2012, by the US Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences,  this paper detailed how researchers examined...

This STEM activity supports pupils to develop their knowledge and understanding of litter and how data can be recorded and displayed. Pupils will have the opportunity to collect different types of litter and record the amount of each type found in a tally chart before being supported to create a pictogram to...

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

• Describe how the seasons change through a year.
• Describe the movement of the Earth through a year.
• Describe evidence that shows the Earth moves in a circular orbit...

The second year of the Nuffield Physics programme, like the first, put great emphasis on providing students with hands-on experiences so they would delight in learning through their own experiments. Teachers were asked to think of themselves as leading strangers in the...