Resources by Nelson Thornes

Organic Farming Versus Intensive Farming

From Nelson Thornes, these activities encourage students to analyse and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of organic farming compared with intensive farming. Students are asked to use the information in an article along with their own knowledge to decide whether there is a global future for organic farming,...

Bring your science lessons to life with Scientifica. Providing just the right proportion of 'reading' versus 'doing', these engaging resources are differentiated to support and challenge pupils of varying abilities...

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This Support Pack has been fully revised and updated with additional guidance on developing the new specifications, activities, ICT support, technician 'cards,' additional revision and assessment material including...

The most popular series for GCSE has been updated to offer comprehensive coverage of the revised GCSE specifications. Physics for You, has been updated in-line with the revised National Curriculum requirements.

Physics. What is it? What is it to do with you? Does it affect you? What do physicists do? How do they do it? Can you 'do' physics?

These questions...

Place Value Activities for Students Aged 5-7

A selection of resources, published by BEAM, for teachers of primary mathematics. They include challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities and resources to practise and develop students' mathematical understanding.

The three activities and their mathematical...

Place Value Activities for Students Aged 7-9

Published by BEAM, these two activities can be used to develop students' understanding of ordering and place value using numbers up to 200.

*Jigsaw uses numbers from 101 to 200. Students have to cut out the pieces then arrange them into a ten by ten grid.

*What's in a date? - students have to organise...

Place Value Activities for Students Aged 9-11

In this activity, published by BEAM, students have to solve mathematical clues to discover a hidden four-digit number. Each place value has a different clue which requires students to solve a problem using a variety of operations including squaring numbers, adding and subtracting decimals and using BODMAS correctly...

Place Value Games for Students Aged 11-13

Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of place value, rounding and ordering.

*One or less - involves students choosing numbers including decimals and dividing them to try to make a number close to one or two after rounding.

*Round to a whole -...