The Nuffield Foundation provide this resource which enables students to carry out significance tests on proportions and test hypotheses about successful applicants to higher education. The data provided on information sheet A is simulated but similar to real data available on the UCAS website. Information sheet B...

Students take the role of airline workers, planning a presentation to help petrified passengers become fearless flyers. They plan how to explain the functions of the four main components of a jet engine, and consider how to incorporate...

From Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS), this practical activity was developed for Scottish Highers specifications, but the protocol can equally well be used for other specifications.

Students sterilise seeds of...

This resource was produced to get students working in teams and understanding the scientific and industrial processes involved in sugar making. The resource consists of 23 cards detailing each step of the sugar making process, which students are asked to arrange in the correct order to go from harvesting the sugar...

This resource focuses on the sugar content of soft drinks and the constituents of a balanced diet. Students use the data provided from secondary sources to answer a series of questions which explore the effect of drinking soft drinks on students' sugar intake and to compare this to recommended daily amounts. The...

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A public health video shows a person opening and then...

In this activity pupils look at how much sugar is in some everyday food and drink, and use their maths skills to find healthier swaps. They solve simple addition calculations to work out the amount of sugar in different kinds of food that may be...

In this activity children learn about the amount of sugar in everyday food and drink and use their maths skills to find healthier swaps. They then solve problems using the appropriate operations.

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This prompt asks whether the sum of two fractions can ever be equal to their product.

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This activity enables students to consolidate their knowledge of the properties of two dimensional shapes by working with a variety of stained glass designs. The activity is based on a real life context and designed to aid class discussion about 2D shapes and symmetry. The images in the slideshow can be used to...

In this activity, students explore how to use the sun to tell the time and employ a range of mathematical skills to understand the theory and to construct a sundial for themselves. The case study is contextualised through a video about sundials and an interview given by a gnomonist who explains how mathematics is...

This resource from Physicists in Primary Schools (PIPS) supports the teaching of Earth, Sun and Moon...

Aimed at Key Stage Two, this resource looks at variation in the size of body parts and how this may affect performance in sport. Providing curriculum links to PE and the topic animals including humans, it also aims to develop enquiry skills. Follow the character Fizzy as she sets the children a series of questions...

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A video is shown of mini, regular and super-sized...