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,...

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.

Where does the energy come from to keep London moving? In this lesson, students represent simple energy transfers (Sankey Diagrams) relating to change in motion for different modes of transport and different types of fuel in London.

Using examples from London’s transport, students explain how an increase in...

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 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 consists of The Kent Mathematics Project book 4a, book 4b and a test book relating to the work covered in the books. At present only book 4b and the test book is available.

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

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 resource from Ward Lock Educational consists of a series of work cards and a book of tests relating to the content of the work cards. At present only the test book is available. 

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

In this podcast from the Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) Planet Earth Online collection, Sue Nelson reports from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew where she finds out that some plants like the Snake's Head Fritillary have enormous amounts of DNA in their genomes.

These plants struggle in extreme...

This set of inquiry-based teaching resources, created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, help teachers deliver inspiring lessons about plant science and the environment. These are a sample of a larger collection that are part of Endeavour, an extensive set of curriculum...

What defines a successful STEM Club?

The STEM Clubs Programme supported by the Gatsby Foundation carried out research with schools across the UK and with STEM organisations to identify key principles that all STEM clubs should aim to achieve. 

Enabling a STEM club to be supportive of...