This Nuffield Secondary Science theme focuses on the uses and properties of materials covering a range of traditional, modern and new materials.

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This Nuffield Secondary Science theme ranges from the local rocks and weather to outer space. Thus it covers aspects of earth science, meteorology and astronomy. 

Areas for investigation: The information in the theme book provides detailed practical advice and guidance related to a wide...

The developers of Nuffield Secondary Science described the resources they published as a 'quarry' from which teachers could select suitable material to build courses that would be significant for their students.

The resources are divided into eight themes. Each theme is divided in a number of fields of...

Nuffield Working with Science was developed in the 1970s to meet the needs of ‘the new sixth former’ in schools and colleges. The programme offered teachers a variety of resources as a basis for courses aimed at students staying on in education after the age of 16 for a...

A collection of resources, from Nuffield Science, covering topics in space. 

Understanding data is vital for studying any science. These articles are especially relevant for any biological science. Get ahead with statistical understanding using these resources and learn how to summarise data, see whether figures are significant and put findings into context, so you can make decisions based...

This resource contains a number of articles explaining how statistics help us understand the world.

Investigating fingerprint types

This Catalyst article looks at the work of field ecologists, discussing how ecological studies require the gathering and processing of large amounts of data. This article looks at how ant populations are studied in the field and how their study can produce information about the way living organisms exist in the...

In this lesson, pupils learn how energy is required to fuel many different body processes, growth and activities and that different people need different amounts of energy. They explore macronutrients and micronutrients and how we can measure energy intake using kilojoules or calories as well as learning about...

This biology and food resource uses the real-life context of the British America’s Cup team INEOS TEAM UK to introduce the topic of nutrition and a balanced diet. There is a short video clip 'Nutrition and fitness Teach with confidence' intended for teachers which introduces the resources and how to use them.

The accredited specification for OCR AS/A level physics B H157 and H557 (Advancing Physics) A level.

This collection of resources from OCR contains:

• delivery guides
• mathematical skills handbook
• practical skills handbook
• drawing skills handbook

These booklets, from OCR, contains a range of suggested activities and contexts to enrich the teaching of A level biology topics.

A handy guide to biological drawing skills at A level.  The guide covers

• Introduction to biological drawing
• Guidance for biological drawing
• Drawing from a microscope slide

This booklet provides useful guidance on how Level of Response questions should be approached by students and how they are marked.

LoR questions allow students to be credited for demonstrating

• their scientific knowledge and understanding and their ability to apply these to familiar and...