This sub-collection of materials from the dy/dan collection contains three resources that bring mathematical storytelling to the classroom in the context of ‘volume’. Resources comprise:

• Act One: a video or photograph to provide a ‘hook’ to the problem

• Act Two: further relevant...

These Science upd8 resources are designed to both develop science skills and show practical applications for classroom science through the context of particular careers.

The activities include:

• The Mystery of the Levitating Train
• Accident...

'What will happen as we use up fossil fuels? Are we facing an energy crisis? Where will we get our energy from in the future?'

Understanding the nature of energy, how it moves from one place to another and how it can be changed from one form to another will help us harness energy more effectively in the...

This suite of resources consists of informative posters, using the context of the Jet Suits, to cover a number of topics from Newton’s Laws and forces, through combustion and energy transfer, to human biology and 3D printing. 

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'Not everyone has good eyesight. Many of us need spectacles or contact lenses to improve our vision. A lot of science goes into making sure people get the right spectacles to suit their needs.' These practicals and videos use a workplace context to help students to develop their understanding of the electromagnetic...

The Mars Challenge secondary school resources are a set of "unplugged" computing resources, aimed at students aged 11 to 14 years old.  The resources are set in the context of the European Space Agency ExoMars mission,...

This series of  write-in workbooks is an invaluable resource to help learners improve their maths and English skills and prepare for level 1 and level 2 functional skills exams. The workbook...

This collection includes a set of resources which use the context of trees to help teach areas of mathematics and science.  They include:

• Using counting trees as an example of how to estimate populations
• articles from the popular Catalyst magazine about horse chestnut trees
• a Crest...

The Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences Chemistry course was designed to introduce students to the everyday, industrial, and environmental importance of chemistry, while explaining sufficient theory to show them how scientific knowledge could help them to make sense of the world in which they live. The content was...

The 10 Further Science ('D') units in the Nuffield 13-16 programme each included enough material for eight double periods. Together they provided for a double-award in science by covering the content of a second Science course when combined with three X units. Schools were expected to cover about two and a half...

The 11 Science ('S') units in the Nuffield 13-16 programme each included enough material for eight double periods. Together they covered the content of a single-certificate Science course when combined with two X units. Schools were expected to cover two and a half units in a term.

The booklets for students...

This sub-collection of materials from the dy/dan collection contains three resources that bring mathematical storytelling to the classroom in the context of ‘percentages and fractions’. Resources comprise:

• Act One: a video or photograph to provide a ‘hook’ to the problem

• Act Two:...

'Modern hospitals have changed enormously in your lifetime. Thanks to amazing technological advances, we can see what is happening inside the body in more and more detail. Much of this is because of the work of medical physicists.' These practicals and videos use a workplace context to help students discover how...

This sub-collection of materials from the dy/dan collection contains three resources that bring mathematical storytelling to the classroom in the context of ‘statistics’. Resources comprise:

• Act One: a video or photograph to provide a ‘hook’ to the problem

• Act Two: further...

The Spode Group produced a number of resources to support problem solving in mathematics through real life problems. Some of the resources were produced to support the C.S.E. syllabus and others were written at the time mathematics teachers were preparing for coursework to become a compulsary part of the assessment...