This resource contains poems written by children on science themes. The poems look at scientists, science lessons, an electrical circuit and an eclipse. They show how learning in science could be linked to literacy.
Originally published by ASE as part of the ASE/Pfizer poetry competition they are part of the...

This SMILE resource contains one pack of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching and learning of coordinates.

The pack contains ten work cards with a wide variety of activities requiring students to use coordinates to solve a coded message, draw a picture, use...

From the Centre for Science Education, and with support from Shell Education services, these materials help children to see how electricity can be used to split the components of a solution (copper sulfate).

Graphite pencils are used for electrodes and the process is called electrolysis. It is commonly used...

This resource provides a cross-curricular design and technology and science project aimed at primary children. Using the context of the school class going to Greenland and forgetting all their shoes, children are asked to construct shoe soles that will insulate them as they take part in a dog-sled trip. Children...

An activity to build an animal shelter for the winter which provides suggestions for the range (and types) of materials required.

Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), these materials put curriculum science in a real-life context. The activities are based on the development of a new cough syrup.

Children identify the best conditions for growing micro-organisms to produce the active ingredient in the cough...

In this activity, pupils compare Earth and Mars in the context of geography and science. They will begin by comparing the positions of both planets in the solar system, and end by designing their own life forms that could potentially survive on Mars.

Data in computers is stored and transmitted as a series of zeros and ones. In this activity students explore how words and numbers can be represented using just these two symbols. This resource includes ideas teachers can use to introduce the topic in order to develop understanding of the binary system followed by...

This activity from the Institution of Engineering and Technology involves interpreting and using hieroglyphic symbols for simple mathematical functions.

Pupils will discover how the Ancient Egyptians used a decimal system using 7 different symbols for numbers up to 1,000,000, They will learn how to write...

This series of interactive excel sheets aimed at students in Year Two looks at counting, reading and ordering whole numbers up to 100. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button. To return to the menu page click on the musical...

This series of interactive excel sheets aimed at students in Year Three look at counting, reading and ordering whole numbers up to 1000. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button.

This series of interactive excel sheets, aimed at students in Year One, looks at counting, reading ordering and comparing numbers. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button. To return to the menu click on the musical note...

This STEM activity supports pupils to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division multi-step problems in context, giving them the opportunity to decide which operation to use and justify why. This activity is based on the Countdown TV show, pupils will be asked to select 5 random numbers and work out a...

This edition of the Computing at School newsletter focuses broadly on computing in primary schools, and contains articles covering:

*The new National Curriculum Programme of Study for Computing

*Designing a new computing curriculum in your school; adapting previous curriculum models

*Computing...