A fact sheet from the Geological Society that explores different types of mining and processing techniques for extracting minerals from the Earth. The leaflet also touches on some of the ethical and environmental issues involved in mining. 

This resource contains six activities.

[b]Find[/b]: Contains twenty five questions requiring students to use number properties to find numbers which fit the required criteria. An example is: find three consecutive numbers which when multiplied together make 2184.

[b]Converting Units[/b]: Requires...

These Key Stage Three National Strategy training materials from the Department for Education are designed to run a session with science teachers to help them: *identify commonly held misconceptions (alternative conceptions, alternative frameworks) *establish the importance of models and analogies *identify...

Two proof-readers are checking separate copies of the same manuscript. They each find a different number of errors. The number of errors found by both is given and the task is to calculate how...

This resource contains five activities in which students are presented with a situation in which a digit, a number or an operator is missing. Students are required to complete the calculation.

Missing Digits 1: Students are presented with a series of two digit column additions and...

Mission X is an international educational challenge that focuses on health, science, fitness and nutrition and encourages pupils to train like an astronaut. The challenge involves a set of physical and educational activities, developed by space scientists and fitness professionals working with real astronauts. Each...

This resource has been developed to support the Mission X: Train Like An Astronaut challenge from the European Space Agency. 

It focuses on essential skills, such as listening, speaking, teamwork, problem solving, leadership, aiming high,...

These are adapted physical activity strategies, designed to support the Mission X programme by suggesting alternative equipment or methods for each activity.

This resource is from the Mission X collection of activities which is an international educational challenge that focuses on health, science,...

This activity summary guide should be used alongside the Mission X challenge.

This resource is from the Mission X collection of activities which is an international educational challenge that focuses on health, science, fitness and nutrition, and encourages pupils to train like an astronaut. To find out...

The Mission X Journal is a ‘mission notebook’ for students to organise their physical activity practice time, document research and reflections, and collect data on their progress. Using the Mission Journal, students will be able to:

• set weekly physical activity or research goals
• record...

Mission X is supported by the UK Space Agency, ESA and NASA. It is a free education programme developed by NASA scientists and fitness professionals working with astronaut and space agencies across the world. Mission X uses the excitement of space exploration to inspire students to learn more about nutrition,...