- GCHQ Christmas Quiz
Break codes like a spy! GCHQ is setting a special Christmas Challenge on Thursday 14 December, and they are keen to get secondary schools and colleges across the country involved.
Read more - Planet Possibility
Planet Possibility is a project funded by the IOP Challenge Fund and is intended to attract young people from under-represented groups to careers in physics in the UK. It has now launched its full digital platform.
Read more - New Horizons in Medicine
New Horizons in Medicine is supported by a series of six posters covering Biotechnology, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Stem Cells, Genetic Engineering, Unravelling the Genome and Cloning. Poster are free to order or download from ABPI.
Read more - The Lamb Diaries
After the success of Science Farm LIVE and Harvest LIVE, NFU Education and NFU Cymru have joined forces to bring you the first ever bilingual live lessons to celebrate Welsh Farming Week 2023! Wednesday 21st June 2023 - 11:00 am.
Read more - Biotechnology
An introduction to biotechnology for 14-16 and 16+ students with downloadable poster. The resource consists of a poster and a set of teaching materials that includes information, classroom activities and quizzes. Free full size posters can be ordered from the ABPI site or downloaded in pdf format.
Read more - Stem cells
An introduction to stem cell science and ethics for 14-16 and 16+ students. The resource consists of a poster and a set of teaching materials that includes information, classroom activities and quizzes. Free full size posters can be ordered from the ABPI site or downloaded in pdf format.
Read more - Cloning
An introduction to cloning for 14-16 and 16+ students with a downloadable poster. The resource consists of a poster and a set of teaching materials that includes information, classroom activities and quizzes. Free full size posters can be ordered from the ABPI site or downloaded in pdf format.
Read more - Genetic engineering
An introduction to genetic engineering for 14-16 and 16+ students, including a downloadable poster. The resource consists of a poster and a set of teaching materials that includes information, classroom activities and quizzes. Free full size posters can be ordered from the ABPI site or downloaded in pdf format.
Read more - RSC Education Prizes
The RSC Excellence in Education Prizes and Horizon Prizes recognise achievements in primary science through to higher chemistry education. You can nominate an individual, team or collaboration, including teachers, technicians, teaching assistants, professors and education researchers. Anyone can submit a nomination.
Read more - UKROC Competition
UK Roc is a competition for young people aged 11-18 from any secondary schools, colleges, educational facilities or youth groups to design, build and launch a model rocket, ensuring its fragile cargo (a raw egg!) is safely delivered back to the ground without breaking. The deadline for teams to enter is February 2024 with regional events planned across the UK in April 2024
Read more - NFU Live lessons
Inspire your children during science week! Visit the NFU website to join the NFU team live on the farm.
Read more - Royal Society of Chemistry Teacher PD
The Royal Society of Chemistry provides a CPD programme that supports a holistic approach to professional development. The CPD offer includes a wide range of opportunities to suit individual teachers’ needs. We offer PD for primary and secondary teachers:
Read more - Education in Chemistry
Education in Chemistry (EiC) is an online and print magazine that features ideas, teaching guides and resources. It provides valuable support to chemistry and science teachers working at all levels.
Read more - Royal Society of Chemistry resources
The Royal Society of Chemistry offer a wealth of support for teaching primary, secondary and higher education students. Thousands of free teaching resources – featuring everything from practical experiments and simulations to tutorials, quizzes, games and videos.
Read more - Teach Chemistry
Brought to you by the Royal Society for Chemistry, Teach Chemistry provides support including events, resources and discounts for teachers and technicians in secondary schools, colleges and teacher training institutions in the UK and Ireland.
Read more - Royal Institution Lectures
You're in for a treat this week at the Ri! We've got four fascinating talks coming up in our Theatre and at home. Our expert speakers are ready to take you on a journey of discovery, with talks covering the science of the brain, mathematics, plastics and the impact of living amongst deadly predators.
Read more - ABPI resources gain the ASE Green Tick
ABPI resources predominantly cover aspects of the biological sciences, in accessible and interactive ways, and the ASE team highlighted that of particular value are the explanation and applications of newer technologies within this curriculum area.
Read more - CheSSE - Chemical Safety in Science Education
Online Resources for Chemical Safety in Science Education, CheSSE, is a three-year ERASMUS+ project to develop condensed, up-to date, online resources about chemical safety in science education. A desired long-term goal is that teachers feel competent and safe when handling chemicals and managing school laboratories. CheSSE is aimed at schools within Norway, Finland, Slovenia and Sweden.
Read more - Online physics courses for non-specialists
This series of modules aims to support non-specialist, early career and trainee teachers with physics teaching to Key Stage 4. It will be delivered by experienced trainers from Physics Partners working in partnership with the ASE. Each module is a 3-hour Saturday session and will focus on one topic.
Read more - Ohaus Guardian 3000 hotplate - stirrer
Offer to ASE Members! Timstar is pleased to offer ASE members a 12.5% discount off the Ohaus Guardian 3000™ and the optional temperature probe for all orders placed before 28/02/2022.
Read more - RAS outreach astronomers and geophysicists
The RAS outreach map aims to provide a link between teachers, educators and others involved in public engagement with astronomy, space science and geophysics, to individuals and organisations that may be able to assist by providing talks, workshops and mentors.
Read more - UK Space Agency resources
These include lesson plans for teachers, other resources for the classroom as well as exercises and activities for home learning for both children and adults. Visit the gov.uk website to arrange a school visit, classroom resources and much more!
Read more - Royal Museums Greenwich
The Royal Museum Greenwich has a wealth of learning resources for schools. Visit the website to filter resources by subject Key Stage and research type or use the keyword serch bar.
Read more - Royal Astronomical Society
The RAS has education resources online and in PDF format, as well as a lively education events section
Read more - Curious about...
Welcome to Glasgow Science Centre’s 'Curious About' Festival. Live events in Science Week for chidren aged 8 to 16. Get ready to take a closer look at science and technology through interviews and insights, activities and resources, photo galleries and art exhibitions.
Read more - Millgate
MHE & ASE Publications is a new publishing venture born from the merger of Millgate House Education and The Association for Science Education.
Read more - e-Bug
e-Bug resources support students to learn about microbes, infection prebvention and control, antibiotics and vaccination. There are free National Currciulum mapped lesson plans available to download from the e-Bug website.
Read more - KindredSquared - SEEN Programme
The SEEN resources are an excellent resource for complementing the science curriculum, by providing a fully comprehensive set of activities that allow students to explore a topic that is not only fascinating, but also has relevance to us as individuals and as a societ
Read more - Century Tech
To celebrate being awarded a Green Tick for our secondary science content, we are offering all ASE members free access to our award-winning teaching and learning tool for the rest of this academic year.
Read more - National Insect Week
A week of activities nationwide, National Insect Week encourages people of all ages to learn more about insects. National Insect Week returns in 2023
Read more - Anytime, Anywhere Engineers
‘Anytime Anywhere Engineers’ is a new and innovative project funded by the Royal Academy Of Engineering and delivered by hi-impact & NFU Education to engage young people with the wonderful world of engineering. With a focus on agricultural engineering, participants will have the opportunity to meet some of the most innovative and amazing engineers in their field.
Read more - Science Farm
Science Farm is a range of Science lesson plans and activities to teach Key Stage 1 children about food and farming whilst also meeting the needs of the Key Stage 1 Science programme of study. Join us on farm with our intrepid explorers from local primary schools in the stimulus video and then complete fun packed practical tasks.
Read more - Farmers for Schools
Farmers for Schools gives students access to voices from modern farming and invites your students to an open conversation about agriculture in the UK. We are offering you the opportunity to have two engaging, enthusiastic speakers visit your school to spark discussion and debate as part of an engaging, interactive assembly or group discussion.
Read more - Climate Superheroes
The Farmvention: Climate Superheroes challenge is all about the problems that climate change creates for British farmers and how they are fighting it to become Climate Superheroes. Explore our themed inspiration hubs to get you thinking. Each one is full of investigations to complete at home or school
Read more - Subject Knowledge for Physics Teaching
The Ogden Trust is now delivering Subject Knowledge for Physics Teaching (SKPT) courses. FREE blended learning CPD for teachers of 11-16 year old students without a physics specialism.
Read more - Take charge - Global battery experiment
Taking part in our global battery experiment will help you to understand how batteries work and their huge potential as a tool in the transition to more sustainable sources of energy. And it might inspire you to study further and even pursue a career as a scientist working towards a brighter energy future. The global battery experiment will run throughout 2022, so you can take part and share your results at any time this year.
Read more - Gratnells Featured Products
Take a look at Gratnells featured products to what's new in the world of staorage!
Read more - HIV Education Toolkit
Empower Students: End HIV Stigma is an education toolkit developed by young people living with HIV which enables teachers to educate students with the facts about HIV in an engaging way, and to inspire them to become the generation that ends HIV stigma.
Read more - Meet our people: Lucy
Meet Lucy, UK STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education and Charitable Partnerships Manager at GSK, and how she found her passion for powering the next generation of innovators.
Read more - Meet our people: Emily
Meet Emily, a Mechanical Engineering Associate on the Future Leaders Programme. Read about her 3 year progarmme with GSK and the three roles she undertakes during the programme.she
Read more - Meet our people: Leonora
read about Leonora, Associate Clinical Development Manager, involved in the testing of new medication in human clinical trial. Leonora works on the study team in a study management role, ensuring the trial is conducted ethically and safely.
Read more - Meet our people: Oyiza
Oyiza is a Clinical Data Manager at GSK within Global Clinical & Data Operations in Pharmaceutical Research & Development (R&D). She manages data on clinical trials around the world. Read more about her career.
Read more - Meet our people: Megan
An interview with Megan Bell, an Emerging Technology Manager at the GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development Department
Read more - GSK Virtual Work Experience: Benji’s story
Back in June 2021, Year 10 student Benji Lewis took part in a week-long virtual work experience programme at GSK As part of the online programme, Benji had insight into different roles at GSK and learnt how his school subjects are relevant to the word of work.
Read more - What I do in 30 seconds
Curious to know what an engineering apprentice at GSK does? Find out from our colleague Alexandra who works in a department that standardises the manufacture of Ellipta inhalers used to treat COPD and asthma.
Read more - GSK: Discover a career with a purpose
As a science-led global healthcare company, there are jobs in a company like ours across a variety of areas, many of them within science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). We have several early career programmes that allow young people to learn on the job, while getting an education and discovering the right job or next step for them. Get to know a few of our employees here and find out more about some ways into GSK.
Read more - GSK: We're not all scientists
Meet a few people who work at GSK in jobs you may know less about and find out more about the sorts of skills they use. There are so many many roles in a company like ours in different areas of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
Read more - GSK Educator Support
Find out how the free curriculum-linked GSK resources can ignite your students' imaginations. Download the GSK module navigation guide, innovation challenge guidance and STEM Capital guide!,
Read more - Moon Calendar 2022
The British Association of Planetaria is pleased to bring you the 2022 Moon calendar as a downloadable PDF file. Download and display in your classroom. Use it to teach about patterns and cycles in the natural world, and changes over time.
Read more - One health
This interactive resource from abpi is intended for students aged 16+ years. One Health is a programme that recognises that the health of humans, animals and ecosystems are connected. In this approach, multiple disciplines work together locally, nationally, and globally to achieve the best outcome for human health, animal health and the environment.
Read more - Solids, liquids and gases
This interactive resource from ABPI is intended for children aged 7 to 14 years and includes short video clips illustrating the three states of matter, information for teachers and a quiz.
Read more - Mary Anning: A fossil hunter's story
To help primary educators of children aged 9-11 embed key moments in history and science within their curriculum, we have used the incredible real-life story of early 19th century fossil collector and palaeontologist Mary Anning to produce a series of high-quality teaching resources and professional learning strategies that all educators can now access free of charge.
Read more - Rolls Royce apprentice programme
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is offering a record number of places on its apprenticeship programme for 2022. Applications are now open for a total of 37 places. Closing date:20th February 2022.
Read more - Reaction game
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! Challenge them with this fun online game which puts their mental arithmetic and quick fingers to the test.
Read more - Running an innovation challenge session
Encourage creative thinking and cement links between classroom learning and the real world by combining GSK STEM activities and running an innovation challenge session.
Read more - What is STEM Capital?
Find out more about the theory of science and STEM capital, and how it underpins the GSK STEM Education programme.
Read more - GSK STEM Education: Module navigation guide
Use our interactive toolkit to find out what content is available for each subject area.
Read more - How we breathe
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! This activity introduces gas exchange systems by looking at the basics of how we breathe and the factors that can affect it, for example: allergies, smoking and exercise.
Read more - Forces at work: Bounce
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! Use this activity to reinforce learning about the forces that act on objects as they move through air and water, and as they bounce.
Read more - Dust and breathing
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! Use this activity to introduce them to gas exchange systems and what can affect them, from smoking to exercise, asthma and allergies.
Read more - Forces at work: Drag and lift
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! In this actvity, they learn about the forces of drag and lift through a simple activity investigating how these two forces work on objects at different angles.
Read more - Discovering digestion
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! Introduce the main food groups to them with our Discovering digestion module, and look at why we need each of them in our diet.
Read more - The science of exercise
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! This activity looks at the cardiovascular system and cellular respiration through an investigation of the science of exercise.
Read more - Forces at work: Friction and grip
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! They will take part in a simple activity to demonstrate the importance of Friction and grip, through the use of a force gauge/force meter to measure force in Newtons.
Read more - What is data science?
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! Engage them in the real-world application of data science through GSK examples of how we use data science in our business, and bring this career to life for your class.
Read more - How an arm works
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! They investigate the basics of biomechanics and antagonistic muscle pairs in this activity. They look at where different types of lever exist in the body, as well as learning how to explain antagonistic muscles.
Read more - Real world statistics
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! How can data and statistics help make society healthier? Demonstrate the important role of large data sets in making decisions about healthcare as students analyse data in smoking and lung cancer mortality.
Read more - Fighting malaria
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! Introduce them to the challenges that scientists face when tackling the world’s largest parasitic killer: malaria.
Read more - Apps to the rescue: Part 2
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM!How can we use technology to improve healthcare? In this activity, students explore how smart technology can address design opportunities in a healthcare context.
Read more - Apps to the rescue: Part 1
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! This activity supports students to develop an understanding of mobile apps and how they can be used to detect, predict and adapt behaviour. They analyse hidden sensors within smartphones and their relationship with mobile applications through two interactive activities.
Read more - Discovering chromatography
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! They use chromatography to separate felt pen inks into pigments. A fun, hands-on experiments to engage young people in STEM that can be completed at home or in school.
Read more - Exploring electrolysis
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! Students explore the process by building a circuit with simple materials and make sodium hydroxide; one of the most used ingredients in making medicines.
Read more - Inclusive design
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! What is inclusive design, and why is it important? This module explores the seven key principles of inclusive design and how they inform the idea development process.
Read more - Coding for health
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! Put ytheir coding skills to the test with this fun activity that asks them to explore user needs, identifying and understanding them in order to design, build and code an activity tracker from a micro:bit.
Read more - You and your community
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! They are challenged to create an enterprising idea that will help solve a public health problem in their local area. The activity is intended to help students to understand public health better, research issues relevant to their community and develop a campaign that could help address the problem.
Read more - Fundamentals of data analysis
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! Using the Reaction game, students conduct a 'clinical trial' in this module. They test their reaction time and use their mental arithmetic skills to analyse the data set, getting an insight into the world of a statistician.
Read more - Molecule to medicine
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! Students become lab scientists for the day and discover the seven stages of medicine development. By the end of the activity, they will have learnt the definition of a medicine, describe the main factors behind medicine development, and understand the different stages in the process.
Read more - Probability and immunity
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! In this activity, students explore probability through the lens of vaccines and immunity. They use judgement to make predictions about events and use a probability scale to assign numerical values to these judgements. Agreat resource for students to practise converting values between fractions, decimals and percentages.
Read more - What is a vaccine?
Engage your age 11-14 students with STEM! Help them to explain what a vaccine is and understand how a vaccine helps the immune system fight disease through our starter activity.
Read more - GSK STEM Education Resources
GSK have produced a series of curriculum-linked STEM resources for 11-14 year-olds. They include learning resources for students, educator guidance and support, and STEM careers guidance.
Read more - 100 Ideas for Science
100 Ideas for Primary Teachers is a succinctly written, yet comprehensive collection of engaging activities and suggestions for teaching and learning science. This book covers several of the most challenging concepts in primary science, and offers a range of simple yet effective activities and strategies to help teachers plan engaging lessons.
Read more - GCSEPod
In or out of school, GCSEPod provides education on demand for 28 subjects. GCSEPod has Award-winning GCSE / IGCSE content trusted by 1700+ secondary schools.
Read more - Teaching Vacancies
Teaching Vacancies is the free national service for searching and listing teaching roles. Are you looking for a new role or wish to advertise one?
Read more - IOPSpark
IOPSPark provides authoritative content written by experts in the field of physics and bring together hundreds of teaching activities so you can find the right approach for your class.
Read more - 'Sea snot' plague hits Mediterranean sea
A large blanket of 'sea snot' has recently spread through the Sea of Marmara, south of Istanbul. Find about more about 'sea snot' and World Oceans Day here.
Read more - Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society with the goal of advancing the chemical sciences. It supports professionals working in the field of chemistry, teachers and their students.
Read more - RSC website
The RSC’s education website is designed to help teachers find inspiration in their classroom teaching and feel supported in their continuing development and career progression.
Read more - Steps into Science
Steps into Science is the brand-new website from the Royal Society of Chemistry, developed with generous support from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. It’s a place where teachers can see all our primary science resources in one place.
Read more - 2021 Institute of Physics Awards
• The IOP Teachers of Physics Award celebrates secondary school physics teachers who have raised the profile of physics in their school. Is this you or someone you know? Submit your nomination today!
Read more - If You Were An Engineer, What Would You Do?®
This exciting competition mapped to the curriculum, asks pupils from primary schools, secondary schools and nurseries to identify a problem in the world and design a solution to it. Inspired through engagement with engineering professionals, pupils are encouraged to ‘find the engineer they could be’ by designing the future of engineering.
Read more - GCSE Physics Formula and Symbols
We commissioned the Association for Science Education (ASE) to create these useful resources to help your students learn and recall what they need to know, plus bonus additional support materials.
Read more - ASE Book of the Year Competition
The award is designed to celebrate science writing that educates and inspires science learners and educators of all ages. We are seeking books that go that extra mile and support our vision of ‘science for all’.
Read more - Superhero Scientists
This beautifully illustrated book explores the work of famous scientists from long ago, other scientists who are alive today and people who use science in their jobs. Take a journey through the 21 chapters packed full of fabulous facts, life stories and scientific discoveries.
Read more - Incredible You
These free colouring-in resources explore the surprising beauty of your body at a tiny scale, and are suitable for all ages. Incredible You offers the chance to explore all 17 pathology specialities – there is at least one illustration, plus supporting information, for each.
Read more - Do Try This at Home
We want to make it easy for parents and carers to get their children excited about physics. That's why we've created Do Try This at Home, a series of fun science experiments for kids, with short demonstration videos and simple, step-by-step instructions.
Read more - Field Studies Council
FSC have collated a whole host of useful resources for science teachers to help support students whilst they are learning from home, from free video lessons to complete digital courses including live lessons to support fieldwork.
Read more - Harlequin Ladybird Survey
Through the winter you can get involved with a national Harlequin Ladybird Survey - using your mobile phone if you like!
Read more - UK Ladybird Survey
A citizen science project following the distribution of ladybird species in the UK
Read more - AQA Support for 2021 Exams
Read about AQA's offer of support for the 2021 science examinations. To help prepare your students with confidence, our curriculum experts have curated a range of resources to help reinforce key GCSE science assessment skills.
Read more - BEST (Best Evidence Science Teaching)
BEST is a collection of free research evidence-informed resources for effective teaching of difficult ideas, embedded formative assessment and adaptive lesson planning. It is initially focussed on science at ages 11-14.
Read more - Tassomai online learning
Tassomai's Learning Program offers schools an additional resource to support remote learning for students and for supporting flipped learning.
Read more - BPS Back to School Guidance
The British Psychological Society has published new guidance to support education professionals to meet the psychological needs of children as they plan for their return to school during the Coronavirus crisis.
Read more - Special Species Competition
Create your own Special Species and enter into our competition! We are currently accepting entries from all age groups (even adults!). Winners are awarded in April, July, September and December.
Read more - Antimicrobial resistance
For Post-16 students. Globally in 2016, approximately 700,000 people died due to antimicrobial resistance. If nothing changes, by 2050 antimicrobial resistance will result in 10 million deaths per year. Antimicrobial resistance is a huge threat to global health - we must take action!
Read more - Look At Me Now campaign
It looks at the importance and impact of role models on the next generation by profiling STEM professionals. The campaign looks at what their influences were as children and how this shaped them into the individuals they are today.
Read more - IET Home-learning resources and activities
Resources and activities for 5-16 years old. The ever popular Faraday Challenge Day materials are ideal for using at home with your children. All activities are supported by teachers' notes, risk assessments and children's resources.
Read more - CREST Awards
CREST (CREativity in Science and Technology) is a UK-wide Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) award scheme managed by the British Science Association.
Read more - The Squashed Tomato Challenge
Challenge your students to take on a real life problem affecting people in Nepal.
Read more - What's in my tray?
What’s in my tray was created on social media to encourage teachers and technicians to use their Gratnells trays as part of their teaching resources.
Read more - SeeMe
A collaboration between Siemens and the Girls’ School Association (GSA). TV presenter and scientist Fran Scott presents an interactive, curriculum-linked stage show to build confidence and motivate girls to consider a job using STEM subjects.
Read more - IOP Resources
IOPSpark is growing bank of over 2000 free, inter-linked IOP education resources and has been designed to give teachers, trainees and teacher trainers a one-stop-destination to access the best physics resources and thinking available.
Read more - OurFuture.Energy
OurFuture.Energy is the place to find all the energy themed resources you'll need for your classroom
Read more - Collins AQA A Level Support
These study and revision guides provide essential support for exam preparation.
Read more - Collins Grade Booster Workbooks
Choose from Workbooks for grades 1-3, 5, and 8/9. All three are packed with level-specific practice to help students prepare for their exams.
Read more - Collins GCSE Lab Books
Everything your students need to perform their required practicals in one place.
Read more - Collins GCSE Science Ready
Diagnose knowledge gaps and intervene at KS3 to enable success at GCSE.
Read more - World Osprey Week
Free resources for schools about satellite tracking of ospreys and more about these birds
Read more - FSC Marine Camps
Field Studies Council’s (FSC) have launched their latest marine science camps. They offer a fantastic opportunity to discover a new place, meet people with a similar interest and consider future study or career options.
Read more - Who's responsible for global goals?
This lesson activity encourages pupils to consider who is reponsible for ensuring we achieve the Global Goals (also known as the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs). Suitable for pupils 9-18 it stimulates discussion and debate, and help pupils recognise the role they themselves have to play.
Read more - Global Goals
Practical Action have produced a range of different materials to support teachers in helping pupils understand the Global Goals and their targets; why they are important in reducing world poverty, and how pupils can take action themselves to help achieve them. Several activities for pupils aged 8-18.
Read more - Food Preparation and Nutrition
This new set of resources have been developed to support teachers to deliver the new Food Choices, Provenance, Security and Sustainability units within the new Food Preparation and Nutrition GCSE courses.
Read more - Sensory ecology and evolution
Teach about adaptation and camouflage through engaging online games. The Sensory Ecology and Evolution Group at University of Exeter is using online games to explore the effectiveness of different animal camoufleage. Suitable for upper primary and secondary age pupils.
Read more - OF.E and ASE Energy Resources Project
Exploring energy resources provides students with an insight into their future, as the world’s energy mix is likely to look very different in the coming decades as we tackle the challenges of climate change a growing world population, and the need to connect over a billion people who currently don’t have access to electricity.
Read more - OurFuture.Energy
OurFuture.Energy is an online education resource for 11-16 year olds, which aims to inform young people of the importance of energy in our daily lives, the basic science behind it and the challenges we face in balancing our energy use and supply to meet demand
Read more - Why do scientists?
A website developed by Keele University to help non-scientists, or students embarking on a career in science, to understand "the scientific mind-set"
Read more - The Virtual Physics Laboratory
This suite of 27 interactive virtual physics practical exercises from Virtual Science Ltd allows the user to take ranges of measurements over a wide variety of simulated practicals, from Rutherford’s alpha scattering to measurements of Plank’s constant using LEDs.
Read more - Collins GCSE Science Skills Booster
Help students practice and perfect the core skills for the new GCSE (9-1) specifications; Applying Maths in Science, Working Scientifically and Writing Extended Answers. Suitable for all exam boards
Read more - Collins AQA GCSE Workbooks
Build confidence, support the development of key skills and provide plenty of practice with targeted GCSE Science skills support from Collins for the (9-1) specification. Suitable for any AQA GCSE Science course
Read more - Science and Food Safety
A collection of lesson plans, practical sheets, homework sheets and teacher notes on the science of keeping chilled foods safe.
Read more - Chilled Careers
The UK chilled food manufacturing industry is the most advanced in the world with more than 20 major companies, employing around 60,000 people. Science graduates and apprentices are in high demand.
Read more - History of Medicine
A resource for 14-19 year-old students, the History of Medicine shows how ideas have developed over the centuries. Today's medicine has evolved over thousands of years as each generation built on the knowledge of earlier times.
Read more - Nervous System
This resource for students aged 14-16 years explores how the human nervous sytem works and makes life processes such as movement and nutrition possbile. An interactive online resource about the structure and function of the nervous system including the eye and vision.
Read more - Genes and inheritance
An introduction to genes, DNA, cloning, inheritance and medical issues for 14-16 and 16+ students.
Read more - Heart and Circulation
A resource to support students aged 14+ to understand the structure and purpose of the human circulatory system.The heart and circulation system is explained with detailed animated graphics.
Read more - Hormones and their effects
A concise resource for students aged 14 to 19 years covering hormones in the human body with clear animated graphics.
Read more - Balanced Diet
An interactive game to help students aged 11-16 to find the right balanced diet for healthy living.
Read more - Beating bacteria
Activities and lesson plan notes for teachers on antibiotics The activities are intended for students aged 14-16 years.
Read more - Breathing and Asthma
An animated graphic resource on the physiology of breathing and asthma for students aged 11-16 years.
Read more - Cell division and cancer
A resource with animated graphics on the cellular mechanisms causing cancer, diagnosis and treatment for 14-16 year old sudents.
Read more - Diet and digestion
A resource to help stdents aged 11-16 to understand the process of digestion, food types and the need for a balanced diet.
Read more - Homeostasis - kidneys and water balance
An interactive resource for students aged 14 to 19 years with excellent animated graphic sequences, focusing on the renal system.
Read more - Homeostasis-blood sugar and temperature
This resource for students aged 14-16 years covers the hormonal control of blood sugar and body temperature and the physiology involved.
Read more - Infectious diseases - timeline
Through the years many different scientists have changed the way we understand and treat disease. Many of them were living and working at much the same time. The timeline shows some of the main characters involved. For students aged 14-19 years.
Read more - Skin structure and function
This resource supports students aged 14 to 16 years to understand the structure and functions of the skin including temperature control, disease prevention, diseases and conditions.
Read more - Infectious diseases: diseases
Part one of the four part ABPI resource on infectious disease. This resource explores the symptoms and treatment of nine diesease and is intended for students aged 14-19 year.
Read more - Infectious diseases: immunity
Part Two of the ABPI resource on infectious disease for students aged 14-19 years explores how the immune system recognises and destroys pathogens such as bacteria and viruses inside the body. It considers vaccination, immune memory and herd immunity and concludes with consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of monoclonal antibodies for treating disease.
Read more - Infectious diseases: medicines
Part three of the ABPI Infectious Diseases resource for students aged 14-19 years considers how chemicals may be used to teat pathogens. It explores antibiotics and antibiotic resistance and the challenges posed in developing new medicines.
Read more - Infectious diseases: pathogens
Part four of the ABPI infectious diseases resource
Read more - Body Builder
Learn about the different bones and organs that make up your body. Where are they and what does each do? Suitable for students aged 11-16.
Read more - First Lego League
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is the operational partner for the FLL® competition in the UK and Ireland. FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) is a global science and technology competition with over 250,000 young people taking part each year.
Read more - Free A2 posters from IET
A range of free primary and secondary curriculum support posters, related to various aspects of electricity and power. IET also work as part of Tomorrow's Engineers and these additional engineering posters are available for download or order.
Read more - IET Faraday Careers Packs
The IET offer a post-16 careers pack full of useful information about the routes to a wide range of engineering careers.
Read more - Is solar power part of the energy solution in the UK?
This lesson resource developed in partnership between Solarcentury and UYSEG explores how electricity is generated and used within the UK and the electricity a typical domestic solar panel installation generates compared with typical household electrical use. It concludes with the arguments for and against solar farms.
Read more - How can solar energy make a difference?
This lesson resource developed in partnership between Solarcentury and UYSEG considers how kerosene lamps are used in Africa, the chemistry of combustion and the risks to people's health and and safety as a consequence of their use.
Read more - Birdgirl
I have been birding and twitching forever. I am 20 years old and am a birder, twitcher, conservationist, environmentalist and writer
Read more - Why you'll never catch smallpox homepage
This superb new resource is brought to you by the Association for Science Education in partnership with James Films, with support from the Wellcome Trust. It offers a great opportunity for integrating science within cross-curricular learning in the context of smallpox and other communicable diseases.
Read more - Trajan MiPlatform
The MiPlatform: Special offer extended to Janauary 2017! Transform your optical microscope with a MiPlatform and a smartphone. View high quality images quickly and ergonomically.
Read more - Whipsnade Zoo Education Sessions
Boasting a diverse and highly skilled Education Team, we provide unique learning sessions for all ages (5-19) and abilities. Linked to the National Curriculum, we aim to deliver interactive experiences using resources such as live animals, biofacts and multimedia
Read more - Safety at work
This module for stdents aged 14 to 16 years investigates how safe working is encouraged in industrial laboratories by considering safety signs, hazards and risks.
Read more - Collins OCR GCSE Student Books
Written for the OCR Gateway GCSE (9-1) Science specification, our new resources will develop and embed the skills your students need to succeed in all three assessment objectives.
Read more - Collins AQA GCSE Student Books
Written by a team of expert authors for the AQA GCSE (9-1) Science specification, our new resources will develop and embed the skills your students need to succeed in all three assessment objectives
Read more - Operating Theatre Live
Operating Theatre Live is the UK’s ultimate medical experience. Team Operating Theatre Live travel the UK delivering workshops in schools teaching science with a careers focus in a real operating theatre using real anatomy!
Read more - Practical Action Posters
A range of colourful posters freely available from Practical Action.
Read more - Technology Justice
Questions around technology and the right to access it in today’s world and more are explored in this engaging set of resources for students aged 9-19.
Read more - Moja Island
Evaluating renewable energy resources, Moja Island is a discussion based 1-2 hour activity which will reinforce students' understanding of renewable energy sources.
Read more - Practical Action evaluation tools
Support your students to evaluate products and designs. The Practical Action evaluation tools give students (aged 7-19) an opportunity to analyse their products, designs or existing products.
Read more - Water for the world
Help pupils find out about access to water and build their own filters. An activity developed with Engineers Without Borders as an education outreach workshop for pupils aged 7-14.
Read more - Small Is Challenge
A design challenge for students aged 7 to 14. Students look at technologies from the last 100 years and invent a product that could help us lead a more sustainable future.
Read more - Practical Action the 6R's
The 6Rs activity is a hands on activity where students look at the 6Rs of sustainability, recycle, reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, rethink. Suitable for students aged 14-18 it is relevant to D & T, geography and engineering.
Read more - Practical Action galleries
Images from Practical Action's projects around the world, helping poor people use technology to improve their lives. All images can be used by teachers and students for educational purposes.
Read more - 100 Small things
A free colourful A1 Poster for students aged 7-18 with 90 ideas of small things they can do to make a difference to their global community and environment, plus space for them to add 10 ideas of their own. Divided into the 6R’s ( Reduce , Reuse, Recycle , Repair, Refuse, Rethink) it can be used as a great teaching resource as well as a poster.
Read more - Who's most at risk
Who's most at risk? is an exciting role play activity that enables pupils aged 11-18 years to understand some of the key factors that place people around the world at risk from the effects of natural hazards.
Read more - The wind power challenge
A hands-on activity where students are given minimal materials and challenged to design a wind powered machine that can lift a weighted cup off the floor. Teachers instruction sheets, related video clips and even certificates are available to download.
Read more - Solarcentury solar energy resources
Solarcentury, together with SolarAid and in association with the University of York, have developed science resources for 14-16 year olds which will help answer questions about the impact and uses of solar photovoltaics (PV) in Africa and the UK.
Read more - Floating garden challenge
A fun hands on investigation suitable for KS 2-5 pupils The problem: as a result of climate change there is more rain in Bangladesh than ever before. Land where farmers used to grow their crops is now flooded on a regular basis.
Read more - Antibiotic Apocalypse
To help with teaching about antibiotic resistance, watch the innovative short film, Antibiotic Apocalypse. The film was created by an interdisciplinary team formed by Game Dr, Little City Pictures, UCL (Dr Adam Roberts) and University of Glasgow (Dr Daniel Walker).
Read more - Copper news from Athens
Two kindergartens in Athens are leading a movement to replace frequently-touched surfaces in schools with equivalents made from copper alloys that will continuously kill germs, helping reduce the spread of infection between children and staff.
Read more - Reactivity of copper: etching and patination
Copper is low on the reactivity scale but reacts slowly in the atmosphere to develop an attractive pale green patina. It also reacts with ferric chloride solution and copper chloride which make copper etching possible.
Read more - Copper, pathogens and disease
This resource looks at the antimicrobial properties of copper and how these are being harnessed to help prevent the transmission of the pathogens that cause healthcare-associated infections in hospitals.
Read more - Long-term availability of copper
This resource explores the long-term availability of copper in terms of known reserves, copper production and recycling.
Read more - Copper in wind power
Copper is a vital metal in making wind power possible. Copper provides the conductivity, corrosion resistance, strength and flexibility to meet all the demands of harsh conditions, where servicing and repair are very expensive.
Read more - The BBC micro:bit
Philip Harris is really excited to be working with the BBC to deliver their brand new BBC micro:bit to your door. The BBC micro:bit has loads of great features including Bluetooth, a motion detector and it can even tell what direction you’re going in.
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Inspiration for your career: Watch people telling their career stories through video in their own words. Good careers advice that students find relevant and interesting isn’t always easy to find and perhaps your students need help to decide if they want to take science subjects at GCSE or A-Level, so why not inspire them by exploring some of the career paths that sciences can lead to?
Read more - Hydrogen: fuel of the future?
How can hydrogen fuel be produced safely in cars? In this activity students consider how research into fuels derived from ammonia could be used to ensure future fuel security whilst reducing harmful emissions.
Read more - Contaminated Crops
Nuclear disasters such as Chernobyl and Fukushima have resulted in land being contaminated by radioactive isotopes. In this activity students consider how research into variations in the uptake of radioactive isotopes by crop plants could be used to reduce human intake.
Read more - Protecting Communities in Africa from Pneumococcus
In this activity students consider the design of clinical trials to test the effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccines for community protection in The Gambia, and interpret results from the original research trials.
Read more - Copper in History
Copper has made vital contributions to sustaining and improving society since the dawn of civilisation, from the most basic tools of the Copper Age almost 10,000 years ago, through to the Large Hadron Collider, as can be seen in the timeline poster above. This resource describes some of the uses of copper throughout history.
Read more - Copper Alloys: Introduction
The history of alloys goes back thousands of years. Long before electricity was invented, ancient man discovered that copper alloyed with tin made the very first useful alloy, bronze. Bronze is much harder and stronger than copper and much tougher (less brittle) than flint or stone. This resource introduces the idea of alloys for pupils and the multitude of copper alloys which exist.
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FREE resources, lessons and activities for Key Stages 4 & 5
Read more - Visualising the Invisible
How can hand touch data help to reduce healthcare associated infections? Using their own understanding of the communication of disease and real life hospital data, students can consider how an understanding of hand touch patterns may be used to reduce healthcare associated infections
Read more - Copper and Electricity: Efficient Motors
This new resource form the Copper Development Association explores ways in which electric motors can be made more efficient and factors that affect their efficiency.
Read more - Bulk Properties of Copper: An Introduction
This introductory resource from the Copper Development Association starts to explore copper's electrical and thermal conductivity.
Read more - Bulk Properties of Copper: Density and Resistivity
This resource explores density, resistivity and electrical conductivity in the context of copper.
Read more - Copper Alloys in Aquaculture
Aquaculture is a $100 billion global industry that supplies almost half the world's demand for fish and is the fastest growing animal-food producing sector worldwide. Copper alloys inherently resist biofouling, without any special treatments or additions.
Read more - Copper Alloys in Sculpture
Copper alloys have been used in sculpture for thousands of years. These include bronzes, brass and gunmetal. This resource looks at the processes involve in modern bronze sculpture.
Read more - Copper Alloys in Music
Explore how copper alloys are used in musical instruments from brass tubas to cymbals and bells.
Read more - Copper Alloys in Coinage
The corrosion resistance of copper and its alloys means that coins and tokens are found which date back hundreds and sometimes thousands of years. Archaeologists use coins to help date excavation sites. The copper alloys used for coins can retain information such as names and dates, even after being buried in the soil for generations.
Read more - Copper Development Association Resources
The very popular Copper Development Association resources have now been expanded and updated. They are now available to download as Zip folders of interactive PDF files.
Read more - Copper - properties and uses
The chemical and physical properties of copper.
Read more - Macaques and Malaria - The spread of disease
Malaria is a disease affecting countries all around the world. What research are Scientists doing to help prevent the spread of this deadly disease? This classroom activity is based on new research in Borneo and gets students using real-world survey data.
Read more - Lighting the Night
Street lights make pedestrians feel safer at night, and cut crime. Can we keep street lights bright enough to make people feel safe, but reduce their demand for energy, so cutting greenhouse gas emissions? This activity gets students working on the problem. Image: Peter Smyth
Read more - MRC YouTube
Our top picks for education from the medical research council youtube channel. Find out why randomised control trials are so important? Go for a video tour of one of their research labs or listen to medical researchers talk about their work.
Read more - BBSRC YouTube
Inspirational short videos from BBSRC. Our favourite video looks at 3D printing giant germs!
Read more - Short films from STFC
STFC have developed a series of great short films that can be incorporated into lessons or used to introduce new topics. Out 'top pick' is a series of shorts called 'In search of giants'. These are presented by Professor Brian Cox and provide excellent short introductions to topics.
Read more - Richard III - The Isotope Story
The skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park in 2012 has been confirmed as that of English King Richard III. This free activity explores how isotope analysis of the skeleton revealed more about the lifestyle of the king.
Read more - Making a Smart Tunnel
Cambridge University scientists and engineers use smart sensing to find out what happens when you build a tunnel right under another one.
Read more - Climate Through Time
Become a rock detective! This useful free map shows the rocks of Britain and Ireland grouped according to the environment under which they were formed. The accompanying table explains how evidence for past climates can be found in the rocks around us.
Read more - Sun|trek - Projects for schools using real solar data
Sun|trek (www.suntrek.org) is an educational website about the Sun, our star, and its effect on the Earth’s environment. It has been produced by a team of solar research scientists and teachers. The resource is full of information from the latest satellite imagery, adventures, games and experiment plans.
Read more - Young Scientists Journal
We celebrate the scientific and creative thinking of young scientists, aged 12 -20 and encourage them to share their love of science by communicating their ideas, research and opinions with other young scientists around the world.
Read more - BBSRC Secondary resources for Age 14-16
Publications and web based biology resources for 14-16 years from BBSRC. Boost your students maths skills with these activities which teach maths through cutting edge biology. Activities range from the statistics needed to plan A-level investigations to teaching Pythagoras through bee flights.
Read more - OneZoom Tree of LIfe
'OneZoom is a new way to visualise the tree of life. Zoom down to species level. Now links to ARKive and other sites.
Read more - Teaching Medical Physics
Medical Physics applications to support GCSE and A Level
Read more - The Naked Scientists
Popular science shows that strip science down to its bare essentials, and engage everyone in the world of science and technology. The show includes live lectures, interviews with renowned scientists and live discussion with questions from listeners - Many of which you can link to the curriculum.
Read more - Story of Atoms
Intoducing the atom, with useful graphics and animations.Great for revision
Read more - Periodic Videos
Inspiring and now world famous videos from Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff and his colleagues at the University of Nottingham chemistry department.
Read more - Planet Earth - NERC
NERC's award winning quarterly magazine contains all the latest environmental science news. A great resource for teachers and students.
Read more - Q-files
A free online illustrated encyclopaedia for children
Read more - Johnson Matthey 40 years of cleaner air
A timeline illustrationg the progress of catalytic converters in vehicles
Read more - Sciberbrain
Sciberbrain is a collection of teaching resources to help scientists and teachers discuss controversial science with a range of audiences, such as 14-19 year olds and the general public.
Read more - Diabetes
An introduction to the symptoms, causes and treatment of diabetes, including the manufacture of insulin for students aged 14-16 years..
Read more - Copper - Electric Motor
A basic introduction to the DC motor
Read more - Vision of the future- BBSRC
This resource provides novel practical ideas that can be carried out in class and instructions on carrying out eye dissections.
Read more - Deadinburgh Biomaths-BBSRC
Mathematical skills are essential to solving problems scientifically. Maths is used in every area of science from epidemiological modelling to disease diagnosis and chemical calculations.
Read more - Copper and Electromagnets
Copper coils create the magnetic field in electromagnets
Read more - Climate change schools' project resources
The Climate Change Schools Resources were developed by the Climate Change Schools Project, based at the then Science Learning Centre in Durham and led by Krista McKinzey. A large number of teachers and schools in North East England were involved in their development
Read more - Isaac Physics
Isaac Physics a project designed to offer support and activities in physics problem solving to teachers and students from GCSE level through to university.
Read more - Videos on the social impact of volcanic eruptions
Short videos on the social impact of volcanic eruptions in St Vincent
Read more - Calcium loss turning lakes to ‘jelly’
Declining calcium levels in some North American lakes are causing major depletions of dominant plankton species.
Read more - RSC Learn Chemistry Partnership
Learn Chemistry Partnership is a free programme to ensure your school makes the most of RSC activities and resources.
Read more - Alstom hydropwer infographic
A useful downloadable infographic poster on world hydropower capacity.
Read more - BGS Iceland Glacier Observatory Project
A video from BGS on the whole glacier monitoring experiment in Iceland.
Read more - Electricity Timeline
A graphic view of the history of electricity in your own time machine
Read more - Electric Circuits
The original resource from British Energy
Read more - UK Aquaculture Industry Global Food Security Insight pdf
Useful background reading for biology students and teachers for both science and careers
Read more - Fast Periodic Table
Back by popular demand! The ICI interactive periodic table.
Read more - Johnson Matthey Catalysts
Catalysts are big business. The chemical industry depends upon catalysts. We depend upon the chemical industry for our 21st century life style. We depend on catalysts.
Read more - Bitrex® – ‘Bitter’ to be Safe than Sorry
Making things taste bitter can reduce risk
Read more - European Southern Observatory
ESO builds and operates a suite of the world's most advanced ground-based astronomical telescopes. It is a huge source of information and images for the public and schools.
Read more - Tomorrow's Engineers
Everything about engineering, schoool activities, events and careers in one place.
Read more - Space Math @ NASA
SpaceMath@NASA introduces students to the use of mathematics in today's scientific discoveries. Through press releases and other articles, it explores how many kinds of mathematics skills come together in exploring the universe.
Read more - National Schools Observatory
The National Schools' Observatory provides schools in the UK and Ireland with free access to the Liverpool Telescope. Your school can book time on the Liverpool robotic telescope in the Canary Isles. An exciting resource for schools!
Read more - Bradford Robotic Telescope
Your school can book time on a robotic telescope in Tenerife and use online resources from schools.telescopes.org too.
Read more - Met Office Weather Observations Website
A website that displays online data submitted by groups or the public
Read more - Metlink
Metlink is the home for school resources from the Royal Meteorological Society
Read more - Faulkes Telescope
“Bringing the Universe to your classroom”. Our aim is to provide free access to robotic telescopes and a fully supported education programme to encourage teachers and students to engage in research-based science education.
Read more - myVolcano
myVolcano is an iPhone/iPad app that tells you about all the volcanoes in the world and allows you to add photos and other information in citizenscience mode.
Read more - Beehave Computer Model
A freely downloadable computer model that simulates the effect of multiple environmental factors on beehive populations.
Read more - BGS Discovering Geology
Discover all the online and free resources available from the British Geological Survey
Read more - iSpot
iSpot is a citizen science project run by the OU that brings together the nations expertise in widlife observation and location. You can become part of this team to learn and contribute.
Read more - Rutland Ospreys
Rutland Ospresy runs World Osprey Week and posts photos and information all year round including satellite tracking data on migration flyways.
Read more - SGM Education Resources
The Society for General Microbiology produce a range of resources for teaching microbiology across the key stages and careers resources. The majority of resources are free to order. or download, from our education website
Read more - The Science and Technology of Aerosols
Find out how aerosols are made and how they work.
Read more - The Quest for Longitude
Not knowing your position at sea was one of the great problems of science. In 1714 the government decided to offer a huge prize to the person who could solve the problem. Would it be astronomers or craftsmen who won?
Read more - Finding Longitude
Not knowing your position at sea was one of the great problems of science. In 1714 the government decided to offer a huge prize to the person who could solve the problem. Would it be astronomers or craftsmen who won?
Read more - Star in a Box
Star in a Box allows you to explore one of the most enigmatic tools in astronomy - the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Change the mass of the start and see an animation that shows how its brightness, size, surface temperature change over time.
Read more - NRICH enriching mathematics
Mathematics learning and teaching resources for all school ages
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list page for biology 14-16
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list page for chemistry 14-16
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list page for earth science 14-16
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- Practical Action
Practical Action is a development charity which works closely with some of the world’s poorest people. Our Education website produces free, tried and tested primary and secondary resources that support the curriculum while giving a unique global dimension to lessons.
Read more - Celebrating Crystallography
A short video celebrating the history of X-ray crystallography from Max von Laue to modern synchrotron sources.
Read more - Copper and Electricity
A detailed study of the role of copper in electrical motors, transformers, transmission through the grid. Resistance, resistivity and drift velocity are covered in detail.
Read more - Copper Extraction
An introduction to the extraction, purification and recycling of copper.
Read more - Copper in Health
A detailed study of the importance of copper as a trace element in our diet, with interactive graphics showing how it is involved in our physiology.
Read more - Copper Mining
A guide to the mechanics, chemistry and electrochemistry of commercial copper extraction.
Read more - Copper Recycling and Sustainability
Copper is one of the most recyclable metals. This e-source looks at the science and environmental benefits behind recycling.
Read more - Microbiology Online
Microbiology online has been devised by the Society for General Microbiology, the leading UK professional body for scientists who work in all areas of microbiology. This inspirational online resource supports teaching and learning of microbiology in the classroom across the key stages
Read more - Disaster Zone!
A set to four downloadable PDF posters and quizzes to accompany the Disaster Zone! Volcano Information Posters
Read more - Physics in Steelmaking
More advanced handling of sound and heat in a steelworks and an additional section on the application of ionising radiation.
Read more - Voicebox - the physics and evolution of speech
Voicebox is a suite of content including simulation software that shows how the larynx works and how voice evolved.
Read more - Discover Petroleum
Take a virtual tour of an oil platform and Fawley oil refinery. Find out how oil is found, extracted and processed. NEW worksheets added.
Read more - Fawley Oil Refinery Tour
Travel round one of the largest manufacturing sites in the world to find out how crude oil is converted into fuel and oil products that drive the global economy.
Read more - The Science of Crime
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 is a fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.
Read more - Sixty Symbols
Short videos on the big concepts of modern physics and astronomy from Nottingham University
Read more - Discovering Antarctica (British Antarctic Survey)
The most up-to-date, in-depth, interactive teaching and learning resource on Antarctica
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