Six resources in the Co-operation between Science Teachers and Mathematics Teachers series produced by the ISCU Committee on the Teaching of Science considers how mathematics is used in other areas of the curriculum.

In this Nuffield investigation these resources from AMP, co-funded by the Clothworkers and Nuffield Foundation, students investigate how many positive integers are less than and co-prime to any given positive integer. This activity requires some confidence with the co-...

This collection of resources provides material to support the development of behaviour for learning strategies.

This resource is a full investigation with additional activities using a variety of multi-sensory approaches where students are experimenting to make the best protective sea wall.

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A container in the shape of a trapezium based prism...

This problem features a coil of tinplate being stored on a mandrel. In the first problem, students are presented with the diameter of the mandrel, the height from the floor, the width of the coil and the density of the steel. The problem is to calculate the maximum coil weight. A worked solution is included with...

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

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A video shows coins being placed into a change...

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A video shows two equal sized glasses, one contains...

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A video shows an inflatable swimming pool filled with Cola. How many bottles of Cola did it take to fill the pool?

Produced by the Microbiology Society, this resource contains highly illustrated and accessible information about how the common cold is caused by viruses. A simple classroom activity looks at how the rhinovirus can be spread.

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Purpose: The camera built into many mobile digital devices is an effective way of recording the equipment used in practical science, and the outcomes of investigations.  A sequence of recorded images displayed as a collage, with annotations added, is a simple and quick way to communicate procedures and findings to...

Purpose: Usually students work in groups at a practical activity, and use their own results to interpret the outcomes. For some investigations, it is helpful to use larger data sets, than single groups could collect during a lesson. Google forms provides a simple means of collating a large number of sets of data,...

In this video from Osiris Educational Bill Rodgers discusses what effective colleague support can reasonably be given when dealing with behaviourally...