Resources
BEST age 11-14 resources for year 6 - animals including humans
These activities from the BEST project can be used with primary pupils. The diagnostic questions probe pupils' understanding of the organs and blood vessels within the human body and activities which affect physical and mental health. The response activities help to develop pupils' understanding of the difference...
BEST age 11-14 resources for year 6 - electricity
These activities from the BEST project can be used with primary pupils. The diagnostic questions probe pupils' understanding of circuit diagrams and symbols. The response activities help to develop pupils' understanding of both building circuits from diagrams and drawing circuits they have built and are designed to...
BEST age 11-14 resources for year 6 - evolution and inheritance
These activities from the BEST project can be used with primary pupils. The diagnostic questions probe pupils' initial understanding and the response activities help to develop pupils' understanding further and are designed to follow on from the diagnostic questions. These activities explore the fossil record and...
BEST age 11-14 resources for year 6 - light
These activities from the BEST project can be used with primary pupils. The diagnostic questions probe pupils' understanding of reflection and shadows, focusing on how light travels in a straight line. The response activities help to develop pupils' understanding of this further using a laser demonstration and are...
BEST age 11-14 resources for year 6 - living things and their habitats
These activities from the BEST project can be used with primary pupils. The diagnostic question probes pupils' understanding of how biologists can sort organisms into groups based on their characteristics. The response activity helps to develop pupils' understanding of this further by allowing them to sort...
Best buy tickets
This resource features a task that involves modelling a practical situation using functions.
Students are presented with a situation where tickets are to be printed for a show. The task of determining the ‘best buy’ is given in an open format, with the solution of the problem being left open to students....
Best Buys
Students work out which are the best buys for items sold in different-sized packs at different prices.
This resource is part of the Nuffield Maths Level 1 Foundation resource collection.
Willy Bunny has learned to count and so will children, by the time they have finished Richard Scarry's fun-filled book. When Willy's father suggests that he practice counting all the things he sees, he begins with...
BEST diagnostic questions adapted for age 7 to 11 - axe
This diagnostic question is part of a series adapted for primary aged pupils from the Best Evidence Science Teaching project for ages 11 to 14.
It helps students to understand how...