For the g-forces activity pupils will be able to discuss how astronauts use forces to simulate the effect of launch and landing on their bodies, when preparing to go into space. The pupils look at the forces on a ball at the end of a piece of elastic and discuss the forces on an Astronaut in a centrifuge. For the...

The fourth and final Royal Society ‘state of the nation’ report considers the ‘pool’ of the UK’s 16–19 year old students taking mainstream science and mathematics combinations suitable for entry to higher education. It makes three major points about these students.

• The size of this ‘pool’ is critical to...

This resource contains four instant maths ideas exploring how to represent data graphically. In the first task students record how long they watch TV, group the results and draw two separate graphs to compare boys and girls. The second task requires students to consider what type of diagram is suitable to represent...

This activity has been designed to help pupils understand the effects of water pressure on animals that live in the deep sea.

To complete the activity, pupils simply need to put a mini marshmallow into a plastic syringe and cover the tip with their finger. Air pressure inside can be decreased by pulling the...

This is a report on a pilot study by the Best Evidence Science Teaching (BEST) project based at the University of York, funded by the Salter's institute, to explore primary school teachers’ responses to a selection of BEST resources adapted from BEST age 11 to 14 resources and see how teachers used the resources in...

Teachers TV was originally a television channel which aimed to provide professional development support for teachers, school leaders, support staff and governors. Many of the programmes were filmed inside real classrooms, with teachers sharing good practice and ideas for lessons.

The videos in this...

This collection of resources supports the teaching of 'Evolution and Inheritance' at primary level, providing videos and hands-on activities around the tricky concepts of Variation, Adaptation, Natural Selection and Evolution. The resources include: a news report on the Evolution of Life on Earth, an activity...

This report, based on a scoping study carried out for the Wellcome Trust by Queen’s University Belfast and St Mary’s University College Belfast, set out to explore teachers’ views and experiences of primary science across the United Kingdom and to identify ways in which it could be improved.

The publication...

This is a resource to aid primary mathematics co-ordinators when planning in-service training (INSET) sessions. Whilst some of the specific information is dated, the general ideas are still relevant and can be easily updated. As well as providing information there are also a number of activities for use in INSET...

Teachers TV was originally a television channel which aimed to provide professional development support for teachers, school leaders, support staff and governors. Many of the programmes were filmed inside real classrooms, with teachers sharing good practice and ideas for lessons.

The videos in this...

Produced by Becta, these materials consider five major opportunities for children to use ICT in learning mathematics: learning from feedback; observing patterns and seeing connections; exploring data; teaching the computer, and developing visual imagery.

These materials look at how primary children can learn...

Polydron is a system of strong, colourful shapes capable of being fitted together to make nets of shapes that can be folded to make 3D models. Primary Mathematics with Polydron describes forty six activities, in eight themed chapters, designed to promote exploration and creativity as a vehicle for understanding....