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Big Schools' Birdwatch legacy counting sheets
This resource provides recording sheets for spotting different kinds of birds, supporting children to identify and count the number of different birds that they see. Containing pictures of commonly seen garden birds, they are differentiated for different year groups and/or abilities within a class. Welsh language...
Big Schools' Birdwatch Stories
Aimed at Early Years and primary level, this resource contains three bright and colourful story books which look at identification of birds and the different types of food eaten by different birds.
The stories, ‘Bouncy Blackbird’, ‘Cheeky Sparrow’ and 'Lucky Duck' could provide a starting point for an...
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Big Screen Science: Law of Averages
Produced by secondary school students, this Teachers TV resource explores the issue of kidney transplantation in a short drama made and acted by a group of 14 and 15 year old students. It can be used to stimulate debate about the applications and implications of science.
With the help of professional...
Big Screen Science: Stem Cell Controversy
In this video, produced by Teachers TV, Craig McMillan, a wheelchair user, investigates the moral and ethical dilemmas of stem cell therapy and questions whether it will ultimately affect his own disability.
Craig, who started using a wheelchair following a rugby accident, is filmed by a group of 14 and...
Big Screen Science: The Perry Pigger Show
Produced by secondary school students, this Teachers TV resource contains an animated film that tackles the complex subject of xenotransplantation using the format of a popular chat show hosted by a pig named Perry Pigger.
The resource describes how the film was developed and made by Year Nine girls from...
'First steps in science' has been written especially for foundation stage/P1 children and provides a full year's worth of planning and resources for teachers to incorporate science into the classroom, offering a co-ordinated starting point for other areas of learning.
A global family of giant telescopes - on the ground and in space - provides an inspirational context for STEM learning. This collection of resources linked in to astronomy cover the following topics within the curriculum: telescopes, the electromagnetic spectrum, infra-red, redshift and Doppler shift, image...
Big Telescopes
The Big Telescopes poster links ground and space based telescopes with the parts of the electromagnetic spectrum that they are observing and their locations on Earth or in space.
The poster explains how larger telescopes allow scientists to learn more about the early universe and map our own galaxy with...
Big-hearted briefing
Learning ...