Resources
The epic story of the beginning of life on Earth from the much loved and respected naturalist, writer and broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough. Spanning billions of years, 'First life' reveals the extraordinary story...
David Burghes on Maths
This Teachers TV resource features Professor David Burghes, former head of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics, who believes the teaching of mathematics in the UK is in crisis and claims that countless government initiatives to improve mathematics teaching have failed.
He...
Addressing the conclusions of 'The God Delusion' with the insight of a molecular biologist turned theologian, McGrath dismantles the argument that science should lead to atheism, and shows instead that Dawkins has...
Day and Night, Seasons
In this activity developed by the Institute of Physics, students model the motion of a planet around a star and investigate how day and night and seasons may be different on other planets. Working in pairs or small groups, students demonstrate night and day and seasons to each other. They can then go on to model...
This book is part of the Archive Collection which is available to view at the National STEM Learning Centre.
Day in the life of an ESO astronomer
Produced by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), this video shows what it is like to be an astronomer. In this video, we go behind the scenes at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile to illustrate what a day in the life of an ESO staff astronomer is like.
Further videos are available from the ESO...