The booklets in this series, published in 1971, provide background information and a set of practical activities which explore scientific ideas across range of everyday contexts.

In this resource students are challenged to answer a mystery about colour.   They investigate the additive and subtractive synthesis of coloured pigments and explore what coloured objects look like under different coloured lights.
 

This is the classic investigation which demonstrates the idea of radioactive decay and half-life. There are lots of variations of this, but this one looks at using dice and removing those with a number 6. You then plot the graph to work out the ‘half-life’ of the blocks. This is a good investigation to make ...

In this video clip radioactive decay is modelled using the rolling of dice. The data are plotted on a graph and the half-life is determined. 

The Hamilton Trust has produced a range of resources that aid teachers in delivery of the primary science curriculum. Each of the resources in this collection is a self-contained topic of six lessons. They contain detailed lesson plans, teacher guidance, practical investigations and worksheets. The resources are...

The Hamilton Trust has produced support materials which encourage a practical approach to primary science. These resources for Year Five contain teacher guidance and student worksheets. Each resource has six lessons, with full lesson plans, that cover the topics of:

• Living things and their habitats...

The Hamilton Trust has produced support materials which encourage a practical approach to primary science. These resources for Year Four contain teacher guidance and student worksheets. Each resource has six lessons, with full...

This collection of resources have been produced by Hamilton Trust to support science in Year 1. They are split into 6 blocks of 6 sessions, each of which can be completed within a half-term. The materials are designed to encourage a practical approach to primary science and includes key skills and ways of working...

The Hamilton Trust has produced support materials which encourage a practical approach to primary science. These resources for Year Six contain teacher guidance and student worksheets. Each resource has six lessons, with full lesson plans, that cover the topics of: 

• Drugs and bugs
• Further...

The Hamilton Trust has produced support materials which encourage a practical approach to primary science. These resources for Year Three contain teacher guidance and student worksheets. Each resource has six lessons, with full lesson plans, that cover the topics of:

• Forces and magnets - amazing...

The Hamilton Trust has produced support materials which encourage a practical approach to primary science. These resources for Year Two contain teacher guidance and student worksheets. Each resource contains full lesson plans,...

Produced by Solar Spark, this activity shows how two metal plates and a person, can make a battery (cell). This helps to demonstrate how a solar photovoltaic cell works.

A solar cell has two electrodes. These have to be connected up to make a circle which we call an electrical circuit. One side is connected...