Resources
Research into student learning and achievement shows that classroom teaching is at the heart of the process of schooling. What teachers do in the classroom is the factor that most strongly affects pupils' progress in...
Effects of a summer maths programme on algebra readiness
In 2015 WestEd released a study examining the effects of the Elevate Math summer mathematics programme on seventh-grade (Year 8) students’ algebra readiness, general mathematics achievement, and perceptions of mathematics. Elevate Math is a four-week programme that pupils attend for 19 days in the summer...
Effects of Climate Change
A Catalyst article looking at climate change. In particular the science of phenology, the study of the times each year that certain life-cycle events occur, is examined. It involves recording data on when birds migrate, eggs hatch or when leaves change colour. If the climate is changing, the timing of these events...
Effects of Climate Change - Images
A number of images from Practical Action showing the effects of climate change and climate change adaptation. The images can be freely used by students and/or incorporated into teaching resources by teachers. The following text describes each of the photographs: *Drought in Kenya means there is little water left...
Efficiency
The work suggested in this Nuffield Working with Science unit encourages the students to start thinking about efficiency by presenting them with some problems which are a familiar part of their daily lives. They are asked to investigate problems which have been chosen...
Efficiency
This video uses a comparison between an LED light and filament bulb to introduce efficiency (η).
The equation, %efficiency (η) = (useful energy out/total energy in) x100 is explained and then linked to rate of energy transfer (P=E/t).
Egg experiment to demonstrate inertia
A simple and effective practical demonstration of inertia using a spinning raw egg.
When the egg is spun its contents also spins. Momentarily stopping the egg does not stop its contents from spinning. On release the egg begins to spin again. The contents of the egg resist any change in its motion.
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Egg Fried Rice for Two
Given the recipe to make egg fried rice for two people, students are required to adapt the recipe to serve different amounts of people. Further tasks ask students to work out how many servings can be made given a limited amount of ingredients and express the proportion of one ingredient to another.
What is a worker bee? How do bees collect pollen? Where do bees live?
...From kangaroos and sharks to chickens and sunflowers, each title in this series is packed with facts about a life cycle. Photographs show children the processes that animals and plants go...