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Filter fun
Children are challenged by ‘Tees Engineering’ to solve their water filtration problem using everyday filters found around the home. They hunt for household filters, make their own sample of murky reservoir water to pour through the filters to find out how quickly and how effectively they do their job.
Filtering the Truth
This activity asks students to work in teams to design an experiment or experiments which will test the claims of companies producing various types of domestic water filtration equipment. All teams can be given the same advert or all four adverts can be distributed for...
Filtering Water
In this activity, students to investigate different possible ways of filtering dirty water to improve its cleanliness by designing and building their own water filtration systems. The lesson can be extended with a practical session in which students work in small teams...
Final evaluation of the National Science Learning Centre
Published in June 2013, this report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) presents the findings from an investigation into the impact on students of the subject-specific CPD undertaken by teachers at the National Science Learning Centre.
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Final report of the Commission on assessment without levels
DfE Advice for schools on assessment after the removal of the national curriculum levels system for grading children.
Pages 20-24 cover the principles that underpin assessment policies.
Page 41 recommends what trainees should learn about assessment during their training.
Page 38 onwards...
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Finance Manager
Sarah is a finance manager for the Arcadia Group, she discusses her role in this video. Sarah is responsible for cash flow forecasts and finance reporting. Sarah always liked maths at school and completed a degree in economics at the University of Bath during which she participated in a...
Finance project
This Core Maths resource package involves students completing a financially-themed project. Students are given the task of promoting, manufacturing and delivering a new mobile phone for the best possible price. Students complete annual reports on monthly income and expenditure, explore interest rates, exchange...
Ava, the Financial Angel, will teach young children about money in simple terms. Kids from ages four to eleven will learn about saving, spending, giving, debit cards and credit cards. Written by a 9-year-old and illustrated by a 15-year-old, this little book inspires on many levels.