Purpose: Usually students work in groups at a practical activity, and use their own results to interpret the outcomes. For some investigations, it is helpful to use larger data sets, than single groups could collect during a lesson. Google forms provides a simple means of collating a large number of sets of data,...

In this video from Osiris Educational Bill Rodgers discusses what effective colleague support can reasonably be given when dealing with behaviourally...

The Collect package of resources supports students to try out user-centred design principles,  helping them to collect information about their chosen theme for the V&A Innovate challenge. The resources encourage students to explore, listen to people, observe and uncover everything they need to know to help...

This resource contains nine instant maths ideas exploring what makes a good questionnaire, tasks requiring students to make their own questionnaire, experiments for students to perform in order to collect data, and tasks looking at the subtleties of sampling and grouping data. Student resource sheets ask students...

This SMILE resource contains one pack of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching and learning of data collection.

Collecting data contains five work cards with activities covering how to perform a vehicle survey, how to compare hand and foot size,...

For this session students will work out a limited set of instructions to enable the ExoMars rover to find good locations to take samples for analysis. They will have to consider carefully what instructions the software will have to carry out to make the ExoMars rover’s hardware function effectively. They will then...

Purpose: Good practical science should include a variety of types of investigation and locations. Digital technology can support activities that involve outdoor work and observations over time, without being disruptive to school routines. 

Teaching approach: In the example described in the link below, data...

This kit comprises specimen of ten insects preserved in resin blocks with details about each of these bugs to amaze. Use the magnifying glass included in the kit to...

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

A design-based course for 11-14 year olds that encourages students to use both intellectual and practical skills to solve problems. The aim is to involve students actively in craft, design and technology (CDT) by encouraging them to tackle design problems, solve problems successfully and develop necessary skills...

A design-based course for 11-14 year olds that encourages students to use both intellectual and practical skills to solve problems. The aim is to involve students actively in craft, design and technology (CDT) by encouraging them to tackle design problems, solve problems successfully and develop necessary skills...

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Part of the CDT series, this book looks at designing, basic graphics, technology in society, principles in control, materials and their applications, energy, electronics, digital electronics, mechanics, pneumatics, structures and project work. 'Technology' offers options for project work and includes colour...

This text has been written to match the content demands of the 1996 GCSE science separate subject syllabus documents. This work stresses the way physicists and engineers attempt to understand and control the physical...

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes the latest publications from UK educational publishers.