This film tells the story of how DNA sequencing was used to identify the gene BRAF. Clinical researcher Ultan McDermott tells the story of how scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute discovered a specific mutation in the BRAF gene, which is found in around half of malignant melanoma cases. He...

The award-winning BRIGHT atom gives every student the opportunity to learn in an intuitive and self-evident way. Students use their hands to make atoms,...

BRIGHT teacher atom is the perfect educational tool for presenting the abstract concepts of atomic structure, isotopes and ions to the class; directly on the classroom whiteboard...

The BRIGHT teacher molecule presents molecular structures, chemical structures, chemical bondings and chemical reactions in an easy way to the class. The demonstration model is...

These biology resources for students in Years 10-11 are part of the BRaSS initiative and should be used in conjunction with the ...

These biology resources for students in Years 7-9 are part of the BRaSS initiative and should be used in conjunction with the ...

These chemistry resources for students in Years 10-11 are part of the BRaSS initiative and should be used in conjunction with the Teachers' Pack.

The cross-curricular topics explored are:-

• green chemistry...

These chemistry resources for students in Years 7-9 are part of the BRaSS initiative and should be used in conjunction with the ...

These physics resources for students in Years 7-9 are part of the BRaSS initiative and should be used in conjunction with the Teachers' Pack.

Lesson aims:-

• To develop an understanding of colour vision...

These physics resources for students in Years 9-11 are part of the BRaSS initiative and should be used in conjunction with the Teachers' Pack.

Aims:-

• to explore the scientific aspects of the Big Bang
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These physics resources for students in Years 7-9 are part of the BRaSS initiative and should be used in conjunction with the Teachers' Pack.

These physics resources for students in Years 9-11 are part of the BRaSS initiative and should be used in conjunction with the Teachers' Pack. There are five lessons of approximately 50 minutes’ duration and teachers are free...

This lesson explores the ways in which scientific methods and theories develop over time and the nature of progression in physics.

Students are encouraged to contrast the way in which physics is presented to them, as something fixed, with the actual process of doing physics through history, to gain a sense...

The Broadening Secondary School Science, or BRaSS initiative, seeks to develop teachers’ and students’ understanding and insight about:-

• how knowledge works
• cross-curricular links in science 
• the place of...

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