Produced by the University of York Science Education Group and published by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), this resource contains ten teaching units that explore the social, industrial and economic aspects of chemistry as well as encouraging...

This topic, from the Association for Science Education, allows classes in schools across the world to explore and exchange information about the many chemical products which people use in their homes. The topic is provided in English and 10 other languages.

Students examine the labelling of chemical products...

In this lesson, students apply their knowledge of reaction rates, and structure and bonding, to an exciting new context – the chemistry of interstellar space. Having watched an engaging animation, students work in groups to find out about the nature of interstellar space and its atoms, ions, and molecules. They...

Can people really move objects through the power of their mind? In this lesson, students witness the amazing chi wheel, which claims to work by focusing chi energy. Students test hypotheses to obtain scientific explanations about how it really works.

The activities allow students to explore why hot fluids...

This resource support the learning of the language associated with pattern and number sequences. The aim is for students to:

• To identify patterns within certain sequences of numbers;
• To determine whether certain sequences of numbers follow given rules;
• To extend those sequences of...

This Core Maths task is linked to the Baby boom task and explores standardising Normal distributions by analysing the weight of eggs.

Chicken and egg: Teacher guidance
This teacher guidance gives an overview of the task...

These resources, from the Nuffield Foundation, follow a previous study which reviewed the available research on how students learn mathematics. Probability is the focus here and this review, published in 2012, was commissioned to explore several aspects of the topic....

In this activity from the Nuffield Foundation students use the Chinese postman algorithm, also called the Route Inspection Problem, to solve practical problems. The College Open Day problem provides an introduction to the concept, and asks students to investigate the minimum distance someone would have to travel to...

In this activity pupils will learn about cutting and assembling a simple graphic product from a template. Children will cut out the circle templates for the Chinese zodiac animal wheel and also learn about the twelve different animals.
The activity could be used as a main lesson, to teach learners about simple...

In this code-breaking activity from the IET, pupils carry out maths calculations to break codes based on the zodiac animals of the Chinese New Year. 

The activity could be used as a main lesson activity to reinforce basic...

From Solar Spark, this activity allows students to see how chlorophyll can be energised and how this causes it to fluoresce. Chlorophyll in plant leaves absorb red light and pass the energy on to other parts of the plant, hence leaves look green. But if there is nowhere for the energy to go, it gets released as...

Europeans love chocolate - we eat over half the world's supply! The bad news is that we are eating more cocoa than can be produced and soon chocolate may become a rare and precious commodity as farmers struggle to meet demand. In this activity students apply their knowledge of pollination to discuss why cocoa...

Taking inspiration from the Born to Engineer video from Nina Parsons, a young engineer who has combined her love of motorsport with a career in composite design, this resource supports students to increase their understanding of composites in a motorsport setting. Students will learn about different composites,...