This resource is aimed at students and is a 22 page document outlining the careers of 9 people involved with the SAMHE project, designed to inspire future careers in research. The people include a communications specialist, project manager and web developer, as well as researchers.

This play follows a school child on a day of being healthy, though everything around her makes it easy to be unhealthy! Temptations include: sugary cereal aimed at children, fast food shops on the...

This task looks at planning a school trip. Information is given about three places to visit, including the cost and distance from school. A class vote takes place with students listing their first and second choice of which place they would like to visit. Additional information gives the cost per mile of hiring a...

One of a series of titles dealing with basic scientific concepts and aimed at reluctant readers aged 9-11.

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

• Describe the apparent movement of the Sun during the day.
• Describe the effect of seasons on temperature, day length and the apparent movement of the Sun.
• Explain why days...

How many days are in a week? Find out in this title.

This year, next year, sometime, ever. This title gives the calendar for every year. Looking back into the past, it can be used to find out on what day of the week any event took place, or on what day anyone was born...

This resource, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, uses daytime viewing of the Moon to reinforce ideas learned in the classroom about light, shadow and the Moon itself. Advice is given on the best times to view the Moon, and the compulsory and optional equipment needed. By viewing the Moon during the day,...

An activity where students use telescopes or binoculars to project an image of the sun onto a screen. Using a microwave oven, they then calculate the speed of light.

Aimed at older primary children, this resource looks at nutrition and digestion in humans. Children find out about different nutrients and the effects they have on our bodies. They then look at...

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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.

In his first ever ' Deadly diaries' Steve Backshall shares what it means to him to film the world's top predators. The reader will learn how it feels to have a blue whale silently power past them in crystal clear...

This book introduces Mohan. The evil Dark Lords of Zoron have destroyed Mohans planet. Mohan is determined to restore hope to the few survivors and ensure the endangered creatures all over the universe are protected...