ExperimentsAtSchool allows students to collect and analyse experimental data to draw practical conclusions in subjects including science, geography and psychology. Aimed at students aged 7 to 16, the experiments help them to develop and improve their data handling and statistical skills.

Each experiment has...

Explore Your Universe is a partnership between the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC) and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). The vision for the project is to inspire a new sense of excitement amongst young people and their families through telling the amazing stories and...

Exercise is important for people on Earth, but essential for astronauts who travel into space. Astronauts in space experience microgravity, and therefore do not have to use their muscles as much during everyday activities, so they begin to lose strength and their muscles become weak. To counteract these changes,...

This booklet, from Science Community Representing Education (SCORE), offers a range of practical activities and experiments for use in the classroom. Most are aimed at Key Stages One and Two students but a small number are provided for Key Stage Three to highlight the...

This booklet, from Science Community Representing Education (SCORE), offers a range of practical activities for use in the classroom. Most are aimed at Key Stage Three and Four and Post-16 students but a small number are provided for Key Stage Two to highlight the...

These images, from NASA, show crafts that have been used in the surface exploration of Mars. They illustrate space exploration including the Mars Viking lander which looked for signs of life on Mars.

Published by the Wellcome Trust in September 2011, this report aimed to find a deeper understanding of young people’s attitudes to science education, particularly regarding the value young people place on science education (for themselves as individuals and for society in general), as well as the key factors...

This activity, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, is designed to help students find out all about the Moon, and some of the other 200+ moons that orbit other planets in the solar system.

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This resource looks at extremes of temperature on the Earth, and inside and outside the International Space Station. Students must find data, draw bar graphs and perform conversions from Fahrenheit to Celsius.

These resources aim to broaden students' knowledge of careers in science whilst linking the curriculum to some of the work which scientists carry out at FERA in York.   The primary resources provide a context for pollination, biodiversity and classification, and the secondary resource supports those sections of the...

Teams of school students identify an everyday problem that directly impacts society. They come up with a new and innovative scientific solution to tackle this problem and present their findings in a 5 minute video.

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Pupils are introduced to six farmers who live and work in the mountainous regions of Western Nepal. Each of the farmers has a different story to tell, but they all have a lot in common, they share the struggle to produce enough food to feed their families and to sell at a market in a region affected by climate...

Farming & Countryside Education (FACE) aims to educate children and young people about food and farming in a sustainable countryside. FACE works with members and partners to promote visits to farms, and to provide easy access to a wide range of high-quality educational resources and activities to complement...