Published in April 2013  This report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) presents the findings from an investigation into the views of senior staff with responsibility for determining CPD strategy, within schools and further education colleges.    

Anna works at the University of Leeds.  She uses satellite data to look at glaciers at the poles of the Earth.  She uses optical and radar data to track ice movement.  She explains how she went to Greenland and Antarctica for field trips to obtain more data for her research.  Anna explains how we need to study ice...

This resource is part of a collection of Nuffield Maths resources exploring Personal Finance. The demand is roughly equivalent to that in GCE A level.  The resources include slide shows to introduce the topics, student sheets and teacher notes, as well as other relevant materials.

Students calculate the...

This set of resources exemplifies ways in which practical work can be used alongside a pedagogical approach known as argumentation. Argumentation is a core practice used by communities of research scientists, and it is through these activities that science knowledge is developed and agreed. Argumentation activities...

Students design a new layout for the classroom, measuring the furniture, making scaled cut-outs and placing them on a prepared plan.

This resource is part of the Nuffield Maths Level 1 Foundation resource collection.

This game gives learners practice in working with money, entering items onto a bank statement and calculating the balance.

This resource is part of the Nuffield Maths Level 1 Foundation resource collection.

In this report, ACME considers the quality of initial teacher education and gives advice on how to ensure that trainees leave Initial Teacher Education (ITE) effectively equipped to begin their teaching careers in mathematics classrooms throughout England.

The report seeks to address a number of key...

Students work out which are the best buys for items sold in different-sized packs at different prices.

This resource is part of the Nuffield Maths Level 1 Foundation resource collection.

In this resource students are asked to play the role of a local theatre manager, tasked with finding the best way to organise the audience to minimise the amount of space they take up. To solve the problem students must apply a series of first fit algorithms.

The resource includes a teacher presentation,...

These career profiles provide information on the wide range of people involved in the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project (...

This Core Maths task involves substituting values into the BMI formula in order to make health decisions.

An introductory ...

British Science Week is organised by the British Science Association. The theme for 2022's activities was 'Growth'. This collection includes four packs from 2022 which contain age appropriate activities to promote learning and discovery, and breakdown the stereotypes surrounding science, technology engineering and...