Resources

Exploring Issues: a Teachers' Guide

Produced by the Citizen Science project, this teacher guidance summarises ideas on how to run successful discussions and debates within the secondary classroom. Examples illustrate how a range of techniques, such as TV chat show formats, can be used successfully.

These materials will help teachers to:...

Exploring Mars - key stage 2

Although no humans have been to Mars, we have sent lots of spacecraft and rovers to explore this distant world.  In this resource, students will design their own rover and answer the question “Which would be better to explore Mars, humans or robots?”

The accompanying video clip focuses on human missions to...

Exploring Mars - key stage 3

In this resource, students use real data to explore the conditions on Mars, and use their knowledge of the red planet to answer the question “Should humans or robots explore Mars in the future?”

The resource contains two activities:

• Conditions on Mars - students use real data and their...

Exploring Mars: Landers

These images, from NASA, show crafts that have been used in the surface exploration of Mars. They illustrate space exploration including the Mars Viking lander which looked for signs of life on Mars.

This book explores what glass is, where it comes from, how it's made, what its properties are, and what it is used for.

A series designed for students who wanted to go beyond the textbook.  Each book presents a stimulating topic in an informal and very readable style

This series is designed for students who want to go beyond the textbook. Each book presents a stimulating topic in an informal and very readable style; each is complete in itself and may be used for individual or class...

This series is designed for students who want to go beyond the textbook. Each book presents a stimulating topic in an informal and very readable style; each is complete in itself and may be used for individual or class...