These cross-curricular activities, from Centre of the Cell, introduce the concept of vaccination and why it only protects the population if most people are vaccinated. They show how early vaccination was tested and discuss the role of informed consent in Clinical Research. Students learn about the process of...

US doctors are planning the world's first ever womb transplant. In this Science upd8 activity, students become an NHS ethics and funding committee. They consider ethical arguments and decide whether or not the NHS should fund non-vital transplants, like those of wombs, hands and faces.

In this case study Newham Sixth Form College, one of London’s largest sixth form colleges, discussed how it offers Core Maths to some of its more than 2,500 full-time students.

Produced by ARKive, this resource teaches key stage three children about biodiversity and classification whilst developing skills in independent research, collaboration and scientific thinking. It also gets students thinking about how scientists plan expeditions and surveys. A presentation introduces biodiversity...

Produced by ARKive, this resource teaches key stage two children about classification, variation and how to create and use their own classification keys. A presentation introduces biodiversity through images of a range species and looks at how new species are still being discovered by scientists. Following the...

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Identify the Sun as a star

• Explain why Sun looks bigger and brighter than other stars

• Describe how the stars (and Moon) appear to move in the sky...

Using LDRs and sparkles, the student learns how to code a nightlight coming on only once it gets dark. Digital switches can also be incorporated into this.

The main aim of this resource is for students to understand the impacts of anthropogenic nitrogen pollution on heathland plant communities. The resource provides practical, scientific investigations without the need to organise a field trip.

The resource is divided into three separate activities:
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In this activity students play a game to help them to understand how nitrogen gets recycled throughout the environment. They will become nitrogen atoms and move from compound to compound in different areas of the ecosystem. They then apply what they have learnt to...

In this activity students carry out an investigation to find out how the concentration of nitrate in the soil affects the growth of root nodules on peas. This A level practical will help students to develop skills in following a method, collaborating to gather results and writing an analysis and conclusion...

In this activity, from the LSIS, learners examine noise safety. It is an activity that raises awareness of the danger of high noise levels by involving students in practical recording of sounds from a range of sources and by making a visual representation of their findings.

The activity demonstrates theory...

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This Core Maths activity gives students the opportunity to practise using the Normal Distribution to solve problems in a variety of situations. 

Students calculate and interpret mean and standard deviation and draw diagrams such as a box plot.They need a good understanding of...

Normalisation of floating point binary numbers is usually a topic where students require practice. This pair of documents explain the technique and then provide a set of questions with answers for independent working.

Northampton Academy is a large modern secondary school with over 1400 pupils. This case study deals with the staffing challenges within the maths department including recruiting a non-specialist teacher to deliver Core Maths.