This manual introduces teachers to the approaches adopted in the Problem Solving with Industry series, devised by the Centre for Science Education. The authors describe problem solving as a composite skill, enabling the development of a wide range of personal...

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Twig World films are created specifically for use in schools. Each three-minute film is carefully crafted using world-class documentary footage with input from teachers and prominent academics.

Produced by Solar Spark, this simple activity helps to answer the simple, yet complex question: Why is the sky blue and the sunset red? It's all to do with light scattering and the Tyndall Effect and can be easily demonstrated using a suspension of milk in water.

Milk particles suspended in the water cause...

UK Fungus Day is an annual celebration of our fungal world. This collection of resources includes articles and activities suitable for students aged 11 to 19.

This folder of guidance and resources was published for UNESCO by the Association for Science Education. The resources consisted of 26 modules each with Student’s Notes and Teacher’s Notes.

UNESCO Project 2000+ was a collaborative partnership between eleven major international agencies and inter-governmental...

Clouds reflect the sun’s light, cooling the planet, but they can also act a bit like greenhouse gases, warming the planet. In this film, Dan Grosvenor from the University of Leeds, shows how different types of cloud have a different climate effect.

In the associated activity, students will test the...

This simulation can be used to explore pressure under and above water and see how pressure changes as you change fluids, gravity, container shapes, and volume.

Sample learning objectives include:

*Describe how pressure changes in air and water as a function of depth.

*Describe what variables...

This resource, commissioned by SCORE (Science Community Representing Education) and published in April 2013, reports on the findings of research into the nature of resourcing and funding of practical science within schools and sixth form colleges. The aim was to identify and understand types of issues that might be...

This series offers a comprehensive and up-to-date approach to all aspects of the human body. Each book looks in detail at a topic and uses close-ups to reveal inner...

This activity, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), allows students to investigate environmental issues in the context of the design and operation of a new school. Students are required to apply their mathematical understanding of formulae and...

Produced by Understanding Animal Research in collaboration with teachers, these materials aim to present how animals are used in research and encourage students to look at the issues involved.

Understanding Animal Research aims to improve public understanding of animal research. UAR works on behalf of...