Published by the Wellcome Trust, the 'Big Picture' explores issues around biology and medicine. Addiction is a term we all use, but what does it mean? Explore some of the ways people understand addiction.

Find out about the science behind addictions. Two lesson plans are also included. The Deadliest Drugs...

This school briefing, from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), gives the facts about drink, drugs and alcohol addiction amongst teenagers and young people. Despite, media stories about famous people struggling with their addictions, drug use, smoking and drinking is increasing and death rates are...

This interactive excel file deals with column addition of integers, money and decimals. The first interactive sheet shows pairs of numbers to be added and students can click beneath the columns to check each stage of their working. The next sheet shows the addition of...

Increasing number awareness and making maths enjoyable, this series presents a rich variety of maths activities and games, explaining basic concepts and extending skills.

This activity is based upon addition and subtraction of integers, requiring students to find patterns and relationships, develop formulae and prove results.

The resource consists of printable worksheets, teachers' notes and solutions.

The activity can be extended by the use of algebra to explain...

A good A-level physics revision video linked to adding vectors.  Here you look at how this can be done both mathematically or using scale drawings, by being taken through each method step by step.  This is ideal for revision and could be used in a lesson or shared with students.

This resource features a selection of questions requiring students to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers.

The questions are split into three sections: must, should and could. Students are directed to complete the first question in each row. Students then decide whether they are confident enough to...

This series provides a colourful resource to enhance and reinforce the understanding of basic mathematical calculations and number sense. Each title uses familiar contexts to make the concept relevant and easy to...

Part of "Understanding maths", a series of learning workbooks for children at key stage 2, this book focuses on the adding and subtracting. It also explains the different ways to add and subtract numbers, using both...

Increasing number awareness and making maths enjoyable, this series presents a rich variety of maths activities and games, explaining basic concepts and extending skills.

Increasing number awareness and making maths enjoyable, this series presents a rich variety of maths activities and games, explaining basic concepts and extending skills.

This lesson develops the concept of adding and subtracting directed numbers. The activities address common misconceptions about the addition and subtraction of directed numbers. Students explain their reasoning using diagrams.

The activities use the ‘charge’ model of directed numbers. For example, a diagram...

A number line is used in this resource, from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, to illustrate how to solve a calculation involving negative numbers. To help correct misconceptions regarding these, the term taking away is used to represent minus and giving back for plus. Thus -8 +6...

This series of excel sheets look at column addition of whole numbers and money.

The first interactive sheet contains four questions on adding three- and two-digit numbers. Answers can be revealed and a new series of questions can be generated at the click of a button.

The second sheet contains four...

The "Maths builder series" is a set of five books covering addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and decimals and fractions.

The books have been designed to appeal to pupils aged 9-13 years who are...