This resource, from the Nuffield Foundation, was published in the early 1970s as part of the Science Teacher Education Project (STEP). The book contains detailed reviews of over ninety films that might be used in the professional preparation of teachers at that time. The book is therefore of very limited interest...

In this activity, students to investigate different possible ways of filtering dirty water to improve its cleanliness by designing and building their own water filtration systems. The lesson can be extended with a practical session in which students work in small teams...

This activity asks students to work in teams to design an experiment or experiments which will test the claims of companies producing various types of domestic water filtration equipment. All teams can be given the same advert or all four adverts can be distributed for...

Published in June 2013, this report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) presents the findings from an investigation into the impact on students of the subject-specific CPD undertaken by teachers at the National Science Learning Centre.

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DfE Advice for schools on assessment after the removal of the national curriculum levels system for grading children.

Pages 20-24 cover the principles that underpin assessment policies.

Page 41 recommends what trainees should learn about assessment during their training.  

Page 38 onwards...

Act 1

A five-way split video is shown of a student drinking...

This collection of Nuffield Maths resources explores Financial Calculations. The demand is roughly equivalent to that in Higher Level GCSE and Level 2 Functional Mathematics.

The collection contains the following resources:

Pay as you earn   Students work out how much income...

This Financial Capability document was produced by CCEA (Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment) and is designed to provide guidance to teachers in Northern Ireland when...

This resource contains three excel programs; ‘Chessboard’, ‘Chess Cube’ and ‘Painted Cube, each containing a series of interactive spreadsheets designed to explore situations requiring students to find a formula.

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This lesson develops the concept of area of a circle. In particular students will:

• Sketch and construct loci involving arcs of circles
• Calculate the area of a circle, given its radius
• Calculate the radius of a circle, given its area

The opening question is about a goat...

This lesson develops the concept of ‘Greatest Common Factor’ (GCF) and ‘Least Common Multiple’ (LCM). The central theme is to separate out the two concepts.

There is an introductory ‘guess my numbers’ activity. The GCF and LCM of a pair of numbers is given and students must work out what the numbers are,...

This resource from Ofsted is a full report and summary of the findings from a visit, in September 2009, made by two of Her Majesty's Inspectors to educational establishments in Finland. Evidence was gathered from three schools and a university from each of three towns about the factors that contributed to Finnish...

In this predict-observe-explain activity, students explore different ways of extinguishing a flame with some surprising results. The lesson is introduced with the video of engineer Yusuf Muhammad. Yusuf is developing a revolutionary new household fire-safety device, incorporating the techniques of professional...