Resources
Handling Data: African Animal Maths (Age 7 to 11)
This resource from ARKive, aimed at key stage two, focuses on handling data, using some of the species that inhabit the African savannah as a context. It involves completing a table on the height and weight of animals and converting heights from metres into centimetres. In a second activity children are asked to...
Each book in this series, suitable for Years 3 to 6, provides a bank of 30 photocopiable activities and games to help children develop strategies for using and applying their mathematical knowledge in a variety of contexts. The ideas can be used with any other maths resource.
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.
Children consistently struggle in the science national tests when they asked to explain data presented as tables of results or graphs.
The skills needed to understand and use such data must be developed...
Children consistently struggle in the science national tests when asked to explain data presented as tables of results or graphs.
The skills needed to understand and use such data must be developed throughout...
Handmade Christmas decoration
In this activity from the IET, children engineer their own sturdy Christmas tree topper in the shape of star using sticks and rubber bands. They test different shapes for strength and learn that triangles create the strongest structures.
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 the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
Hands on Design and Technology provides a range of activities that develop children's skills and confidence in the subject. Each activity encourages children to plan, carry out and evaluate their work. Themes are...
Appropriate green technologies are sometimes regarded as a second-rate solution but the series Innovations for a Sustainable World challenges this concept by presenting real-life examples of successful appropriate...
Hands on Science at Key Stage 3
This video, from teachers TV, shows a science communication workshop by Science Museum outreach educators Nora Maddock and Katie Arnott.
Nora and Katie start with a dynamic show about electricity for the whole of Year Seven. We then see a workshop in which students learn how to present and explain a range...