A series of videos, from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), in which environmental scientists describe their work, what they enjoy most and how important their choices of A levels were. Environmental science covers a wide range of different careers with a common goal of understanding how our planet...

This resource supports students in carrying out independent investigations.  It helps them to choose, plan, carry out and write up an in-depth scientific investigation.

This resource gives an overview of the scientific method, and includes information of biases.

This series of spotter sheets are useful when identifying living things in their habitats at different times of the year. They contain sheets for each of the seasons include sheets which help to identify:

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...

A variety of resources for secondary and post-16 students commissioned by the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council to support the study of biology. These include discussion topics and a wide range of activity sheets. 

In these resources from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), students look at the scientific and factual side of this important aspect of the curriculum. The Key Stage Three lessons look at how plants can be used to clean up contaminated land and the science of acid rain. The Key Stage Four lessons...

In this resource from STFC, students investigate the cutting edge research techniques which are being applied to food science. Powerful x-rays, produced in a particle accelerator known as a synchrotron, are being used to discover what happens at an atomic level when chocolate is made and what changes take place as...

In this section of STFC's Seeing Science, two lessons allow students to explore how scientists work to control the outbreak of a disease. Can anthrax, a deadly disease lead to a cure for cancer? Early results using powerful x-rays produced in a particle accelerator known as a synchrotron suggest that it might....

These resources from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) look at parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. The Key Stage Three resources look at how synchotron radiation is used to look at the structure of proteins and viruses. The Key Stage Four lesson focuses on infrared radiation and its uses,...

In these STFC resources, students discover fascinating facts about materials and their properties. The Key Stage Three resources look at the many different facets of cement. The Key Stage Four resources examine ethics and science of oil drilling, oil being the basis for the plastics industry. The resource also...

The Science and Technology Facilities Council offers a variety of lessons to support secondary teaching of space science. The Key Stage Three resources consist of nine lessons based on the QCA programme of study:

•Our solar system
•Moving Earth
•Using models
•Because I said so!
•Is...

A series of booklets highlighting children’s ideas and misconceptions in science topics. Great to look at before teaching a new topic. Find a topic that you will be teaching soon and look at the examples of children’s ideas on the topic. When planning your lesson bear in mind that some children may hold these ideas...

This handbook looks at opportunities for educators to introduce environmental education across the EYFS framework and primary national curriculum for England.

It looks at the curriculum and gives examples and case studies of how teachers can explore environmental issues with their students. It provides...

This handbook looks at opportunities for educators to introduce environmental education across the national curriculum for key stages 3 and 4 in England.

It looks at the curriculum and gives examples and case studies of how teachers can explore environmental issues with their students. It provides...