This summary was produced by the Department for Education in 2012 to support schools with their behaviour policy. This document summarises the legal powers and duties that govern behaviour and attendance in school at the time of writing, and explains how they apply to teachers, governing bodies, pupils and parents...

This student facing information sheet explains the term 'ethical research', why it is important and what pupils undertaking an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) need to consider in this area when undertaking research which uses an experiment, survey or observational study. It guides students through a series of...

This Nuffield Working with Science unit showed students how to plan, fund, carry out and complete their own enterprise designed to make money.

Guidance for this topic appears in the...

This booklet contains a range of suggested activities and contexts for teaching about enthalpy at A level.  Curriculum links include heat transfer, enthalpy profile diagrams, exothermic, endothermic, reaction profile diagrams, enthalpy change of reaction, enthalpy change of formation, enthalpy change of combustion...

Deagan is an entomologist for the Forestry Commission and has travelled the world as part of his job. Curriculum links include classification, climate change, biodiversity, species, taxonomy, ecosystems, rainforests.

This series of resources has been created for use by teachers and/or Environment Agency STEM Ambassadors to teach pupils about the importance of biodiversity for all living creatures including humans...

Manna is an environmental officer for the Environment Agency, she discusses her role in this video. The team she works in inspects businesses to ensure they are managing their waste properly, working closely with fire service and police as first responders in major disasters such as chemical fires.

This...

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) have published a number of briefing notes and brochures which give excellent insights into some of the big environmental issues such as climate change, natural hazards, sustainable use of this planet's resources, biodiversity and pollution.

Two of these...

Nathan is an environmental improvement manager at North East Lincolnshire County Council.  He looks at the impact of the council on climate change and what they can do to reduce that impact across the full range of council services.  He’s essentially an ‘eco-warrior’ for the council.

Curriculum links include...

This set of resources was originally developed for post 16 applied science specifications and include practical activities and study sheets. Resources include:

David works for the Scottish Parliament as an environmental manager. He is responsible for trying to understand the environmental impact of the parliament, such as the amount of energy it uses.  The parliament has set itself challenging targets to reduce the amount of gas and electricity it uses through initiatives...

Two worksheet based activities that can be used to identify the impacts of technology upon people to sustain their communities in the future. The first activity considers the environmental impact upon sustainability with key questions to research and the second task is an analysis activity looking at cultural,...

Produced by Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS), these materials give a range of suggested activities that investigate enzyme activity in ripening fruit. These include:
• the changes in enzyme activity during ripening and storage
• the activity of the same...

In this activity, students are asked to make a bioreactor containing an immobilised enzyme and use it to produce lactose reduced milk. They then assess the effect that temperature has on the enzyme driven reaction within the bioreactor. 

This teaching guide provides a range of ideas and resources for teaching about enzymes at A level. Curriculum links include lock and key, active site, induced-fit, inhibitor, and cofactor.

Although produced to support the teaching of OCR AS and A Level Biology A specifications (H020 and H420), the resource...