A heart, square, hexagon, and three-quarters of a square are shown with subdivisions. The challenge is to shade exactly half the area of each shape. This resource is suitable for Key Stages 2 and 3.

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Eight squares with various designs are shown. The challenge is to find which ones have half of the area shaded. This resource is suitable for Key Stage 2.

• Half-a-square puzzle
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This is the classic investigation which demonstrates the idea of radioactive decay and half-life. There are lots of variations of this, but this one looks at using dice and removing those with a number 6. You then plot the graph to work out the ‘half-life’ of the blocks. This is a good investigation to make ...

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A photograph of a flyer shows that a customer may win...

Produced by Solar Spark, this activity shows how two metal plates and a person, can make a battery (cell). This helps to demonstrate how a solar photovoltaic cell works.

A solar cell has two electrodes. These have to be connected up to make a circle which we call an electrical circuit. One side is connected...

MEI GCSE Extension materials for handling data (statistics). Tasks are available on the mean from a frequency table, interquartile range and tree diagrams.

The materials are aimed at students who are working towards...

Designed to improve confidence in mathematics, these resources from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, focus on handling data and were developed particularly for primary teachers and those non-specialists who teach mathematics in the lower secondary years.

Each section offers an historical...

There are nine units in this book from Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics. Each unit provides information for the student to read and questions and activities for them to do. The units, which are in short sections, have detailed content descriptions at the top of...

The nine handling data units, all at level five, in this Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics book are:

• The mean and the range
• Collecting data
• Probability
• Picture this
• That’s just typical
• Comparing distributions
• Using databases
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This resource on Handling Data from Nuffield...

This level seven book, from the Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics series, was suitable for students following an intermediate GCSE course. It has nine units of work on handling data, each with information, questions and activities. The units, which are in short sections, have detailed content descriptions at...

This resource from ARKive, aimed at key stage two, focuses on handling data, using some of the species that inhabit the African savannah as a context. It involves completing a table on the height and weight of animals and converting heights from metres into centimetres. In a second activity children are asked to...

Produced by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Hands-on Universe is a space curriculum pack for students aged 7 to 11. The resource pack consists of six information and activity cards, each of which investigates a specific area of astronomy. The activities cover the Earth and solar system,...

This resource from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is a hands-on classroom activity for Key Stage Two students that aims to support the teaching of microbes and hand hygiene. This interactive, practical activity demonstrates how microbes, such as bacteria and viruses, can be spread through hand to hand contact....

In this project, part of the HTML and CSS projects , you’ll be introduced to HTML & CSS by learning how to make your own ...