These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to look at the structure of a scientific research paper.

The materials contain two activities. Each relates to a scientific paper that is provided in separate sections. Students are presented with the different sections of the...

These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, challenge students to write a scientific article.

Students are presented with a writing brief and guidelines which contain the required structure for their article. The activity could be extended into the production of a class newspaper...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity is intended to introduce students to structured evaluations of scientific articles.

Students are first presented with an evaluation and are challenged to suggest the evaluation criteria used. They then use this approach to develop a detailed...

These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to see the accepted formats for bibliographies and references in different types of text. This includes information taken from:
* a book
* an article from a scientific journal
* information from the internet

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Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, the resources in this section help students to develop their skills in scientific writing. The activities involve looking at the kinds of text that are written by members of the scientific community, gives practise in...

These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to make oral presentations.

Students are encouraged to prepare a short presentation and, in doing so, consider the following points:
* Who are the audience?
* What does their audience know about the subject of the...

These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to reflect on a presentation they have practised and delivered.

Working with a partner, they evaluate their presentations to consider points that include:
* What were the key points of the presentation?
* Were key...

These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students look at the features of a scientific poster.

Students are challenged to compare posters that may be presented at a conference with other 'science interest' posters that may be on display in the school science department.

These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, gives students an opportunity to design and produce a science poster similar to one that could be presented at a conference.

The scientific poster format is an excellent way of presenting students’ work. It necessitates a brief and fluent...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, the resources in this section help students to develop their skills in presenting their scientific knowledge.

There are a variety of ways in which knowledge can be...

This report, published by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) in 2008, is based on a survey of ABPI and UK BioIndustry Association (BIA) member companies to review the position three years on from a previous report called Sustaining the Skills Pipeline in the Pharmaceutical and...

In this resource from the SATIS Revisited collection, students learn about skin cancer and analyse data on the incidence of melanoma. They also learn about use of ultraviolet radiation index forecasts to assess risk.

Skin cancers are extremely common, with more than 75 000 new cases registered each year in...

This ABPI resource introduces skin structure and function, including temperature control and the role of the hypothalamus. Students can learn about common skin infections, such as athlete's foot, and skin cancer.

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This rich data set includes several species of slugs, and can be used to investigate their distribution across the UK. The data has been collected over a period of several years, and includes the maturity of each slug and its location.

The data is biased in terms of the date and locations for sampling – a...

A Catalyst article about the early microscopists, including Leeuwenhoek, Hooke and Swammerdam. Their work looked at the miniature world beyond human sight and through publications raised awareness of phenomena such as how insects functioned and how disease spread. The article also examines the use of simple and...