The Science in a Topic students’ book Sports and Games begins with exploring games and sports in the present, past and other countries. Investigations include bouncing balls, reaction times, the impact of games played on grass, the tension in racquets and what affects the movement of a ball through the air....

This Practical Action resource presents a fun hands-on and brains-on challenge for Key Stages Two to Five.

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This document from the Department of Education looks at how teachers at schools in the White Horse Federation lead by example to encourage good behaviour and academic achievement. The resource explores strategies including teacher induction on behaviour, language skills and celebrating diversity, as part of the...

This collection includes some activities for primary and secondary aged pupils which could be linked to Star Wars day.  

There are several activities looking at exoplanets and the search for alien life elsewhere in the Universe, which could be used to challenge the scientific validity of the film series....

Starters for STEM consists of lots of easy to run activities suitable for children from 4-11. Designed for parents to use at home they help children develop their science, technology, engineering and maths skills. These activities are easy-to-resource and provide children with the stimulus to talk about the world...

Starters for Science consists of lots of easy to run activities suitable for children from 4-11.  Designed for use in school or at home they help children develop their science knowledge and...

A big idea in chemistry is the idea of how substances behave and change. This is important because we are surrounded by objects made from different materials, each with their own physical properties that make them suitable or unsuitable for different purposes. How substances behave helps us to categorise them into...

This STEM activity gives pupils the opportunity to investigate the effects of static electricity. Pupils will rub a balloon against their jumper and use the build-up of static charge to make tissue paper cat shapes pounce onto and stick to the balloon. They will then be encouraged to discuss and explain the outcome...

This activity, aimed at Key Stage Two, investigates a range of materials in the classroom, identifying by touch whether they are thermal conductors or thermal insulators. Children are then asked to plan the appropriate clothes to pack for hot and cold destinations, and...

From the Centre for Science Education, and with support from Shell Education services, these materials help children to design a game to test their hand control. The game makes use of the fact that electricity will only flow around a complete circuit.

Children need to navigate a wire loop along a bent wire...

This activity aimed at primary learners looks at the properties and uses of materials focussing on aluminium and steel. Children find out more about these two materials and how they differ and learn about how much energy can be saved if these materials are recycled. They then design two cartoon characters; Alice...

This resource by Pedagogics explores subtle adjustments to teacher's language in order to be less emotive, more objective-led and promote progress.

Produced by the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC), this activity could be used as an extension investigation into pH for 10 -11 year-olds. This resource is also relevant to the curriculum for 12 -13 year-olds. Students look at the pH of household materials and then apply their knowledge...

Stop the spread is a new STEM challenge for students aged 7 to 16. Highlighting the global issue of infectious disease students design, build and test a model of a hand washing device and produce educational materials for children in Kenya to encourage hand washing. It is accredited for the British Science...