This lesson develops the concept of identifying when two quantities vary in direct proportion to each other. Students enhance their ability to:

• Distinguish between direct proportion and other functional relationships
• Solve proportionality problems using efficient methods

The...

This lesson develops the concept of distinguishing between rational and irrational numbers. In particular, students will enhance their ability in:

• Classifying numbers as rational or irrational.
• Moving between different representations of rational and irrational numbers.

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The first activity in this resource asks students to consider x = 5 and answer the question ‘what value is y’? An initial discussion builds up understanding of graphical representations of linear equations.

This lesson develops solving pairs of linear equations by considering their graphical representations...

This cross curricular activity includes science content from Year Four of the primary curriculum. It introduces programming and control, linked to the outside world through sensors - in this case, the computer's built-in microphone or a peripheral microphone. Programs are written using Scratch (online or offline)...

This resource provided by Siemens, aimed at primary learners, looks at how science, technology and engineering has shaped the way we live. It is divided into four activities which link to aspects of the technology, science and mathematics curriculum.

• The power of steam - The first part...

In this resource students are required to use moving averages to investigate evidence for trends in local temperature change. There are links to the very real political and scientific debates regarding the question of climate change.

Climate Change Overview This brief overview makes...

The Nuffield Foundation provides this activity which students use to create spreadsheets that model what would happen to the temperature of the Earth if there were to be a sudden change in the amount of radiation entering or leaving the planet. Students then investigate polynomial and exponential functions to find...

This resource from The Economist Educational Foundation engages students with big questions about climate change and human intervention. The sessions explore the viability of our attempts to keep temperatures down and supports students to discuss the obstacles to success and question where...

The Nuffield Foundation provides this resource which shows students how, given a set of measurements along an irregular coastline, it is possible to approximate the area of land which is lost to coastal erosion over a period of time. Coastal erosion A - this activity uses the context of coastal erosion to introduce...

This activity comes as a presentation, aimed at using a strange - shaped seed to probe the children's thinking, reasoning and scientific talk skills. Asking questions such as: ‘What is it?’, ‘Where does it come from?’ and ‘What are its characteristics?’ it provides an opportunity to get the children thinking and...

This activity involves planning and block coding a whack ‘em all style game with a score and timer in Scratch, using selections and variables. The lesson focuses on exploratory learning, giving the pupils time to explore and work out for themselves how to create the code needed for their game. 

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This is one of a series of resources to support the use of the BBC micro:bit. This resource focusses on pupils designing, programming and using a BBC micro:bit to find other micro:bits in a class treasure hunt.

In this activity pupils will make use of the BBC micro:bit to design and create a programmable...

Act 1

A room is shown that has been carpeted using coins....

Carom Maths provides this resource for teachers and students of A Level mathematics.

This thought provoking presentation introduces the mathematics of coincidences, challenges students to produce a spreadsheet which shows the probabilities of sharing a birthday, as well as highlighting the coincidence of...

This unit of work enables students to understand the risks, costs and potential benefits in the commercial exploration of space; and why decisions about scientific and engineering solutions need to take account of expert opinions from a broad range of disciplines.  Initially students work...