This book is part of the Archive Collection which is available to view at the National STEM Learning Centre.

Most math instruction comes to students in pre-packaged lessons, where the learning outcomes are often stated to students in...

With puzzles involving coins, postage stamps, and other commonplace items, students are challenged to account for the simple explanations behind perplexing mathematical phenomena. 

This article describes the processes behind discovering and proving the existence of new chemical elements.

This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2016, Volume 26, Issue 3.

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This book has been designed to introduce the readers to a fascinating byway of social history extending from 3000 BC to the turn of the nineteenth...

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.

The activities in this book cover topics in biology, chemistry, and physics. Each activity is designed to support independent learning. A question is posed followed by a suggested method and key questions are asked. Detailed scientific explanations for each activity are also provided. Many of the activities offer...

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 Nature of Science book which tells the story of how a cure was found for Scurvy, an illness that had been killing people for hundreds of years. The chapters are: 1. Magnetism and astronomy for voyages 2. 'The curse of the mouth' 3. Old theories and old cures 4. New medical science 5. The disease of rich babies 6...

This lesson develops the concept of Pythagoras’ theorem. In particular students will:

• Use the area of right triangles to deduce the areas of other shapes
• Use dissection methods for finding areas
• Organise an investigation to systematically collect data
• Deduce a generalizable...

A Nature of Science...

Discovering the Environment outlines the facts about serious environmental issues - such as pollution, ozone and land degradation - and suggests ways to save the planet with measures such as energy conservation, recycling, alternative power sources and maintaining biodiversity. Each unit contains a wealth of...

This is a problem solving lesson, designed to help you assess how well students are able to:

• Select appropriate mathematics to solve a problem
• Compare and evaluate different methods for solving a problem and make generalizations about the appropriateness of different approaches
• ...

Do you know how many planets can be found in our solar system? Take a guided tour into space and discover for yourself our cosmic backyard, the solar system - from its planets and stars, to its moons and meteors.

Do you know how many planets can be found in our solar system? Take a guided tour into space and discover for yourself our cosmic backyard, the solar system - from its planets and stars, to its moons and meteors.