This study unit offers some practical strategies that teachers use to guide pupils’ learning. The techniques suggested are tried and tested; they draw on both academic research and the experience of practising teachers.

By working through this guide, you can build your teaching repertoire step by step,...

This Catalyst article explores how cyclists can use physics to explain certain limitations to their performance. Variables which may affect a cyclist's speed such as force, energy and power are considered along with formulas for calculating the correct amount of each in order to optimise performance.

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Published in 2009 by LSIS, this report describes action research carried out by Greenhead College. The research project was to develop a peer mentoring scheme in chemistry to help students who struggle with the difference in demands that AS courses make compared to GCSE. In turn, it is hoped that this will lead to...

Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), this resource follows a storybook approach to science. The materials are divided into three sections, each looking at a different aspect of science but always linked to the use of stories as an exciting and motivating context for young children....

Penguin Awareness Day helps to raise awareness about these flightless birds, their habitats and lifestyle. Use these resources to help explore the topic of penguins and their environment, across the STEM subjects.

Resources for primary level are towards the top of the list, with resources suited to older...

Through this fun and creative activity, from the ARKive collection, students learn about the different types of penguin species and how they are adapted, physically and behaviourally, to live in different environments. Each student is provided with the materials to make a mask showing one species of penguin, which...

Produced by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), this interactive resource looks at the people and processes involved in the development of a new medicine. Developing a medicine takes about 10 to 12 years and involves a number of phases. This resource looks at the researchers involved and...

This Nuffield Working with Science unit used the context of roads and road safety to provide opportunities for students to collect and interpret data, carry out experiments and come to a point of view on an issue.

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This resource contains six activities that link to Animals, including humans and Materials, they are designed for use with mixed age groups classes of Year 1 and 2. Activities include:

• exploring and observing animals in their school grounds, through a nature walk.
• opportunities to observe...

This article looks at how signals from the eyes are interpreted by the brain, unconscious perceptions, and what brain disorders can tell us about consciousness.

This activity for gifted and talented students introduces some of the fascinating worlds outside our own solar system. Students begin by learning about the conditions which might make a planet habitable. They then study data about exoplanets, and evaluate evidence to...

From the British Nutrition Foundation, in partnership with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB...

The development of the jet engine is engineering at its most extreme. In this activity, students analyse data to choose materials with suitable properties for different parts of the jet engine.  

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This resource looks at how people create strategies to help them cope with pressure and stressful situations such as performing in front of others or taking examinations. Psychologists have looked at how sportsmen and women cope with pressure to see if the strategies they use would also work for ordinary people. As...

This resource, provided by the Association for Science Education (ASE), is a pick and mix collection of activities enabling students to create their own stunning scents from scratch. Besides a collection of experiments for making and testing fragrances, there is extension material on applying the particle model to...