Resources
This collection of resources from the Virtual Text Book contains eight sub-collections designed for use on an interactive whiteboard to aid the teaching and learning of a variety of topics. Each resource is an interactive excel worksheet to encourage teacher-student interaction.
The sub-collections are:
The Visible Classroom: Evaluation Report and Executive Summary - February 2015
This report, published in February 2015, discusses the findings of ‘The Visible Classroom’ project, which ...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
The vomit comet
This animation explains how we can use microgravity, using parabolic flights on aircraft, to test how particles come together. This allows scientists to study how planets may have formed in the early solar system. The animation is part of the 60 Second Adventures in Microgravity and is narrated by David...
The Voyages
This Cape Farewell video clip provides a general introduction to the voyage of The Noorderlicht to Svalbard and to the Cape Farewell scientists Simon, Val and Sarah. The scientists discuss their work with two teachers, Mike and Subathra.
The presentation called...
The War Against Malaria
Produced by Understanding Animal Research, this resource is a Key Stage Three science or citizenship activity looking at malaria, one of the world's greatest killers.
Why is such a small amount of research funding dedicated to this serious condition? Why should it take a celebrity sufferer, Cheryl Cole, to...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
The water cycle
This activity, created for use by teachers and/or Environment Agency STEM Ambassadors with the help of a teacher, provides the opportunity for pupils to learn about the water cycle. Pupils are introduced to the water cycle by asking them to...
The water cycle
In this set of activities, children will learn about the water cycle and, in particular, how water in the soil contributes to the cycle and responds to changes in it.
Activities are:
- learning about the story of a snowflake to illustrate the water cycle
- investigating evaporation and...
The Water Cycle
This short animation film joins the alien, Paxi, as he investigates the water cycle. He explains how important water is to life on Earth and how it moves around the Earth. Paxi delves into the processes of evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection.