A resource containing a collection of puzzles and problems designed to help students discover the ‘real life’ mathematics that is all around them as they visit the Royal Horticultural Society garden at Harlow Carr. The trail encourages group work and collaborative problem solving, develops observation and recording...

Seven activity sheets produced by the Institute of Physics (IOP) to accompany the MODEL Project's Harnessing Energy video.

Worksheet one takes an overview of the topic. Worksheets two - seven are targeted at specific sections of the video.

Answers to all the worksheet questions are provided in the...

Eight practicals produced by the Institute of Physics (IOP) that help students to understand energy transfer and transformation and the use of energy in its various forms.

Accompanied by the Teacher and technicians'...

Situated in North Yorkshire, Harrogate Grammar School is a large state mixed comprehensive school, with sixth form provision, run by the Red Kite Learning Trust. The school has over 1800 pupils, with around 550 of these studying in sixth form. As well as being one of the first designated teaching schools in the...

If you travel from the UK to France via the channel tunnel, your carriage is riding on rails made of a particular kind of steel that Harry Bhadeshia invented. He has also developed the world's strongest armour, called 'super bainite', in part through the discovery of a steel that seemed to sing.

He has done...

It is a valuable experience for students to experience coding in a variety of languages. This worksheet introduces the functional paradigm and compares functional coding in Python and Haskell. The resource is a useful introduction to the Haskell language.

A wealth of mathematical activities arranged by topic. Some of the activities are suitable for use with older primary school-aged students whilst the majority are aimed at the secondary classroom.

Contents:

• Involving fractions: Egyptian fractions, fraction pairs...

This activity gives children a chance to bring their own ideas and materials and try to grow some plants from their seeds. Children bring in all kinds of seeds such as: conkers, acorns, and apple pips, provide the conditions for germination and observe them over time to...

This resource is based on the Inventive podcast. The podcast mixes engineering fact with fiction. Each podcast features an interview with an engineer. In this activity, manufacturing engineer Greg Bowie is the inspiration for Emma Newman to write 'Healing the Fractured'.

Short audio clips about the...

Published by the Wellcome Trust, the 'Big Picture' explores issues around biology and medicine. The Earth's climate is changing ever faster, and human activities play a role in speeding up this change.

The Earth’s climate is changing. In fact, it has always been...

This toolkit investigates the complexities of measuring health and well-being. Students can use the Health Index tool and access the raw data that is used to calculate it. This will allow them to analyse and interpret health and well-being trends and patterns within a local area or across different regions.

In this resource from Cre8ate maths students have the opportunity to work with complex charts, used by professionals who monitor the physical development of children.

The activities, for students to undertake, include...

This Science upd8 resource revolves around the concepts of evidence and validity. A chocolate manufacturer claims its new, high cocoa bar is good for your heart.

But is it? This is the context for teaching students how to evaluate evidence and the 'how science works' concept of validity. The activity is...

These materials by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC) allow children to investigate tooth decay and the effectiveness of toothpaste. This science investigation pack draws on the example of a toothpaste manufacturer who wants to develop an appealing toothpaste, that provides maximum protection...

As the London population has grown over time, pressure on water supplies has increased. This lesson, which sets the scene for the unit, considers changing sources of drinking water and the relationship that our domestic use of water has to the water cycle that students will have learned about in primary school....