Purpose: It is good practice for science students to record information as they progress through an investigation. This information may include adjustments in the procedure followed, safety notes, rough data, processed results, links to relevant information and so on. There are a wide range of commercial lab book...

This Cre8ate maths activity investigates the ratio of surface area to volume in adults and babies and explains why we keep babies wrapped up in winter.

To calculate surface area and volume students make scale models...

This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered:
* The use of soaps and soapless detergents.
* Emulsions and the action of emulsifiers.
* The hardness of water.
* The manufacture and use of cosmetics,...

A Catalyst article about modern car engines and how they can run smoothly and propel drivers for thousands of miles without needing much attention, apart from refuelling with diesel or petrol. The engine also needs oil. The article describes engine oil, its composition and ingredients, how it works and how to...

This topic, from the Association for Science Education, is designed to allow classes in schools across the world to explore and exchange information about common diseases, their treatment and the importance of lifestyle in determining good health.

A Year Ten module from the Salters’ double award science course. Practical tests using “urine” samples illustrate chemical diagnostic testing for illness. Different types of illness are classified, also different types of micro-organisms and the body’s defences against them. Experiments show how bacteria grow and...

A Catalyst article about homeostasis describing how the process enables birds and mammals to be active on cold days when other species are not.

This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2004, Volume 14, Issue 3.

Catalyst is...

This Mathematics Matters case study, from the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, looks at how mathematics modelling can aid investigations into the circulatory system. Blood-related diseases can seriously harm patients’ quality of life and even lead to death. Many of these diseases are caused by...

This activity requires students to consider the problem of maximising the market available to a pizza shop through the ability to keep a home-delivered pizza warm for longer. Students use a mathematical model to explore the issue that a pizza home delivery business faces in ensuring that the pizza arrives hot! They...

This resource from the Kent Mathematics Project, published by Ward Lock Educational, was developed by a team of mathematics advisers and provided teachers with a wide range of resources for use with students of all abilities. The record keeping system which accompanied the project allowed detailed reports for...

This resource from Ward Lock Educational contains exercises and tests for the Kent Mathematics Project which relate to Level Eight. They are arranged in numerical order and were allocated with reference to the Level Eight Concept Network.

The Kent Mathematics Project was developed to accommodate students'...

This resource from Ward Lock Educational consists of The Kent Mathematics Project book 5a, book 5b and a test book relating to the work covered in the books. At present only the test book is available.

The Kent Mathematics Project was developed to accommodate students' ability rather than focussing on their...

This resource from Ward Lock Educational contains exercises and tests for the Kent Mathematics Project which relate to Level Seven. They are arranged in numerical order and were allocated with reference to the Level Seven Concept Network.

The Kent Mathematics Project was developed to accommodate students'...

This resource from Ward Lock Educational consists of The Kent Mathematics Project book 6a, book 6b and a test book relating to the work covered in the books. At present only book 6a and the test book is available.

The Kent Mathematics Project was developed to accommodate students' ability rather than...

This activity, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, illustrates Kepler’s Third Law for our own Solar System using graphical methods, with a further look at how the same law can be used to derive information about the orbits of exoplanets around their parent stars....