Resources
Benefits of Core Maths
In this video teachers discuss the benefits of teaching Core Maths.
The benefits highlighted include:
Making mathematics exciting and entertaining Encouraging more students to study mathematics post 16. Making links with other subjects. Helping students applying to university or for an apprenticeship...The real benefits of physical activity are easy to see with this interactive 3-D display. Its four swivelling panels show rewards of an active lifestyle on one side (strong muscles, healthy arteries, healthy joints, and reduced body fat) contrasted with consequences of a sedentary lifestyle on the cross-curricular...
Benjamin Franklin
A Nature of Science biography of Benjamin Franklin, one of the greatest names in American history. Franklin left Boston aged 17 with only a few pennies and became a national hero. His sense of adventure brought him success as a printer and fame as a scientist before becoming an ambassador for his country. Franklin...
A Nature of Science...
Benny the Blenny’s Shallow Sea Adventure is aimed at students aged 7-11 and gives a unique insight into Britain's underwater world.
BepiColombo
This short animation film joins Bepi, as she prepares to embark on a space mission to Mercury. Bepi explores a range of scientific facts and gets pupils thinking about all the things we don’t know about mercury. This video would be well placed at the start of a lesson researching a planet like Mercury. This video...
Beryllium
In the build-up to the Christmas Lectures in 2012, the Royal Institution published a new video for every day of advent revealing the elements that really excite and inspire people. In this short film, biochemist Liz Bonnin looks to the stars for her pick from the periodic table.
The properties of beryllium...
Some diagnostic questions from BEST 11-14 have been adapted for use in primary science (age 7-11). The development and adaptation of these diagnostic questions was part of a pilot study which was funded by the Salters’ Institute.
The diagnostic...
This collection highlights BEST age 11-14 resources that overlap with primary science so can be used when teaching primary science. These have been organised into English national curriculum topics.
We live on the Earth and it is the only planet that we know that has abundant and complex life. It is important we understand how the Earth and space systems interact and how this affects us.
“Earth and Space” is one of the topics in the Best Evidence Science Teaching collection for pupils aged 7 to 11....