Part of a series aiming to introduce key subjects to primary school children, this book tackles the concept of earth and space through topics such as rocks and soil, water, the variety of life forms, air and the sky, and space and time. Classroom activity ideas are integrated with the explanations.

This is an investigation of the things and places around us which relates something of their past. It includes ideas and activities designed to encourage children to explore their environment. Topics covered include school, home, streets, shops, weather, churches, building sites, rocks and pebbles, canals, and...

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Support from employers is a vital part of all young people’s careers education.

This employer’s guide to STEM careers education explains how employer engagement can support secondary schools and colleges in England to deliver high-quality science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers...

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

'An exploration of three dimensional shape and space' is a collection of 25 sets of notes and activities based around a selection of 3D mathematical models. Presented in three folders, the first draft versions cover activity sets 1-25 and final draft versions for sets 15-25. 

'An exploration of three dimensional shape and space: building number in the 3rd dimension' is a collection of notes and images to support a wooden model constructed from 100 pieces of wood, glued and pinned together on a 10x10 array.

'An exploration of three dimensional shape and space: the final relationships' is a collection of notes and images to support a model showing the relationship between an icosahedron and dodecahedron.

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

Aimed at both physics students and non-scientists, this book explains Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity pictorially, using diagrams rather than equations. 

Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.

The truth about the climate crisis is an inconvenient one that means we are going to have to change the way we live our lives. Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it has become...

This research article published in 2012 in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching investigates the effectiveness of an integrated science and literacy approach at primary school level. Teachers in 94 fourth-grade (Year 5) classrooms in one US Southern state participated.

Half of the teachers in...