This collection supports the Tim Peake Primary Project, containing resources which link to many aspects of the curriculum and to Tim Peake's mission to the International Space Station. Including background information, key subject knowledge and activities for use in the...

This resource contains a sheet of fifty four space themed printable stickers. The stickers have been designed specially for the Tim Peake Primary Project. 

The stickers have been provided by ESERO-UK. 

This resource aimed at primary, contains an interactive spreadsheet containing problems involving time, they include: calculating the length of time for events, calculating the length of day and night given sunrise and sunset times, using a bus timetable to work out...

This resource, aimed at early years and lower primary, contains an interactive spreadsheet designed to illustrate teaching points on the topics of time and money. Ideal for use with the whole class at the start or end of a lesson it provides screens on the following:...

This article, from the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) publication ‘Mathematics Teaching’, and is taken from MT227. Ian Thompson reviews the evidence of effective practice in the teaching of early arithmetic found by Ofsted and published in the document...

This report evaluates an interactive exhibition on toads, held in 2011 as part of National Science and Engineering Week. The exhibition led by young people on Froglife’s Green Pathways scheme showed an exciting and innovative way of communicating the plight of toads on the roads. It looks at how the exhibits were...

This paper, from April 2016, looks at how there is a growing interest and desire amongst teachers, policy-makers and others for teaching practice to be better aligned to research findings.

NFER has developed a range of products and services designed to help schools engage with research and in enquiry. This...

In this activity children use disclosing tablets to reveal plaque on their teeth and are then supported to use an appropriate brushing technique to remove it.  The associated activity sheet explains why regular brushing is necessary and describes the best way to do this. This resource has been provided by The...

A colouring sheet which shows bacteria and food in the mouth and how, over time, the acid leads to tooth decay. There are two versions, one with words and one with spaces for children to fill in the missing words. This activity has...

This activity encourages children to think about how the diets of different animals influences the teeth that they have. It also helps them to understand the importance of teeth for helping animals, including humans, to get the energy...

Inspire as many students as possible with inspiring and inclusive messages about engineering.

This 12-page guide is for ambassadors, teachers, advisers and anyone delivering engineering activities or talks to groups of young people. With a handy preparation checklist and sections on ‘embedding careers...

In this STEM activity pupils will have the opportunity to measure the circumference of a tree trunk and use this information and number skills to work out the age of the tree in years. They will then repeat this for other trees and present and discuss their results as a class. This activity supports the teaching of...

Published in August 2014, this is the final report of the three-year evaluation of the Triple Science Support Programme (TSSP) and the two year evaluation of Triple Science Networks (TSN).

The full collection of STEM Learning impact and evaluation research reports can be viewed...

This article, from the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) publication ‘Mathematics Teaching’, and is taken from MT224.

Victoria Tilley discusses the equals sign. Starting with the history of the equals sign, Victoria proceeds by describing her study of how primary school aged students interpret the...

The curriculum objectives covered by this resource are:

• To identify and name different types of angles
• To know and recall vocabulary associated with different types of angles
• To identify and recall the...