Resources
EON Energy and Environment Resources
From the Centre for Science Education, the RA3 project aims to bring parents together with their children and teachers to explore the worlds of science.
These materials, produced by EON, consist of a range of activities that look at the use of energy and the need for sustainable energy. They include...
Epic: Animal Migrations focuses on 12 of the most remarkable animal migrations in the world, from the monarch butterfly, which weighs no more...
Epidemics
Published by the Wellcome Trust, the 'Big Picture' explores issues around biology and medicine. How do we stop new diseases emerging or re-emerging infections getting out of hand?
How does this happen in a world of...
Epigenetics article
This article looks at epigenetics in plants.
Rooted to the spot, plants cannot run away from problems. Instead,...
Epilepsy resources (and Illuminating the Self activities)
This resource introduces students to the topic of epilepsy. Activities include comprehension tasks and word searches of key words and exploring brain seizures through artistic interpretation. The Illuminating the Self activities encourage artistic input and students create a piece of art connected to brain...
Episode 100: Preparation for Electric Current Topic *suitable for home teaching*
From the Institute of Physics, this topic looks at basic electrical ideas, particularly current, potential difference and energy. The topic is split into teaching episodes. These are self-contained activities of varying time periods. The topics in this section include:
Episode 101:...
Episode 101: Introduction to Circuits
These activities, from the Institute of Physics, look at electrical circuits. They provide a review of previous knowledge and introduce the language needed to cope with the greater depth of learning at post-16 level. Activities include: • a discussion about electrical circuits to reinforce knowledge and highlight...
Episode 102: Current as a Flow of Charge
From the Institute of Physics, these activities allow students to understand the idea of electric charge and its relationship to a flow of current. There are a range of activities and these include: • using an analogy to represent the movement of charge • defining current and the coulomb • calculations to show the...
Episode 103: Currents and Charge Carriers
From the Institute of Physics, these activities present a range of examples involving different types of charge carrier and links the measured current to rates of flow of charge. The activities consist of a series of demonstrations which could be set up before the lesson. These include: • considering different...