Starting with the Sun, this resource gives a general introduction through the idea of stars being born, growing old and ending their days in...

This video features a panel discussion with space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock, the cosmologist Carlos Frenk, and the science fiction novelist Adam Roberts. They discuss the possibility of life elsewhere in the Universe and ask the question 'Are...

These four videos discuss life in our Solar System - 

What lies under the ice of...

This resource from NASA describes how low-mass stars expand in size and become red giants at the end of their lives. Then they shed their outer layers and become planetary nebulae.

The image of NGC 2440, a planetary nebula, is on the first page of the lithograph. Background information about the life cycle...

This resource, from the European Space Agency, contains exercises in physics and chemistry based on real space data, designed for secondary schools. The exercises and data were developed and checked by ESA space scientists and engineers. They are most appropriate for students at Post 16 level. There are a total of...

This resource from Physicists in Primary Schools (PIPS) supports the teaching of [b]light[/b] at Key Stage Two. A presentation introduces sources of light and how we see them, demonstrating how we see objects, reflection of light, composition of white light and primary colours. The presentation is interspersed with...

Light is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas...

This Nuffield Primary Science book consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 7-9. The book ends with a glossary and index.

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This resource provides a lesson plan showing how to use the history of science as a context for teaching light and colour. 

The research summary discusses how pupils find light a complex and challenging topic which leads to many misconceptions including that colour is an intrinsic property of an object. ...

From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of: * Seeing with light * Modelling light with ray diagrams * Reflection and refraction * Colours of two kinds Each topic is explored from the following perspectives: • The...

This Nuffield Primary Science Teachers’ Guide for teaching the Light topic, to students aged 5-7, is divided into three chapters:

*Chapter 1: Planning - showing how to use the resources to plan a topic and, in the...