Teaching Resources

GENERAL SCIENCE

Planet Science 
http://www.planet-science.com/home.html
Free & fun Science resources for children, young people, teachers and parents. A huge range of great stuff!
GSK At Work With Science 
http://www.atworkwithscience.com/Page/Default.aspx
a wealth of resources to support “how science works” at KS3&4.
NanoMission
http://www.atworkwithscience.com/Page/Default.aspx 
NanoMission™ is a science action-adventure PC game, which educates players about
basic concepts in nanoscience through real world practical applications from
microelectronics to drug delivery. Free to schools throughout the world.
Seeing Science 
http://www.seeingscience.cclrc.ac.uk/home.aspx
Enthuse and motivate your students with seeingscience: unique interactive science
resources for Key Stage 3 (11-14)years and Key Stage 4 (14-16)years
PBSKids
ttp://pbskids.org/scigirls/

The Naked Scientists
The Naked Scientist website has lots of simple (and some not so simple things) to try as well as podcasts and all the rest. http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/

BIOLOGY

Cancer Research
http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/youthandschools/teachersresources/index.htm
GenesRUs
http://www.genesareus.org/
An excellent resources on genetic diseases
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry resources:
http://www.abpischools.org.uk/
Interactive resources suitable for ages 5-19.
Centre of the Cell
http://www.centreofthecell.org/games/index.php
Interactive games and models of cells, films, pictures etc – inspired by the ongoing work of 60 leading specialists at Queen Mary University of London and Barts & the London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Cells Alive
http://www.cellsalive.com/
has some fantastic interactive resources & videos to do with cells
BBSRC
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/society/schools/index.html
some great activities including Popcorn investigations
John Kyrk
http://www.johnkyrk.com/
some cell biology animations
Wellcome Trust Big Picture
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-and-education/index.htm Resources to help promote contemporary science in the curriculum, support teachers in the delivery of high-quality stimulating science education and enable young people to engage with biomedical science and the issues it raises.
Nature Detectives 
http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/  
Loads of great resources, online games, freebies, competitions etc, all to do with nature
RSPCA education
http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/Satellite?cid=1086091844592&pagename=RSPCA/Page/TeachersPortalHome 
Free online tried and tested curriculum-linked resources written by teachers. There are more than 90 different lesson ideas with teacher and pupil factsheets, pupil activity sheets and engaging photos and pictures.

CHEMISTRY

The Periodic Table of Videos
http://www.periodicvideos.com/#
exciting and educational videos about each element.
Top 10 Flash Bang demos
http://www.whynotchemeng.com/uk-and-ireland/teachers/top-ten-flash-bang-demos 
videos, instruction sheets, risk assessments
SpectraSchool
http://www.le.ac.uk/spectraschool/  
A range of resources to help in your understanding of the principles and practice of
spectroscopic and spectrometric methods.

PHYSICS

Do Try This At Home
http://www.physics.org/marvinandmilo.asp
Lovely physics activities in cartoon postcard format. Most involve household equipment so very easy to set up.

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

Nuffield Foundation Primary D&T resources:
http://www.primarydandt.org/resources/
Food – a Fact of Life
http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/Sheet.aspx?siteId=20&sectionId=85&contentId=347
Free paper toy templates
http://www.thetoymaker.com/2Toys.html
Sustainable Design & Technology
http://practicalaction.org/?id=sustainable_design_technology

ENVIRONMENTAL

BP education:
http://www.bp.com/education
Cimate Heath Challenge – online game
http://www.climatehealthchallenge.com/GlobalOutbreak/
Education for Climate Change 
http://www.bgci.org/education/climatechange/?jmid=1120&j=238481407&utm_s
Oxfam have some brilliant resources:
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/ including this video: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/campaign/climate_change/face_the_music_animation.html
3M Worldlywise
http://www.3m.co.uk/intl/uk/3Mworldly-wise/?WT.mc_id=www.3mworldlywise.co.uk

ENGINEERING

IET Faraday
http://www.centreofthecell.org/centre/?page_id=239
An exciting year-long programme of resources, activities, competitions and events designed to inspire young people about science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). With a new theme every year, the website contains a wealth of resources, including teaching materials for KS3, KS4 and Engineering Diploma, specially made films and games, which bring the real world of engineering to life
BAE Systems education website
http://www.baesystemseducationprogramme.com/content/teachers/
Cogitate game
http://cogitate.theiet.org/
online STEM game using lego!

MATHS

NRICH
http://nrich.maths.org/public/
Thousands of our free mathematics enrichment materials (problems, articles and games) for teachers and learners from ages 5 to 19 years. All the resources are designed to develop subject knowledge, problem-solving and mathematical thinking skills. The website is updated with new material on the first day of every month.
Cut the Knot
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/ 
Interactive maths games and puzzles
Transum
http://www.transum.org/software/
Interactive maths games and puzzles
Resources for foundation & KS1 
http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/md/index.html
Maths “Hands-on Risk & Probability show” 
http://www.mmp.maths.org/sites/default/files/Risk_Nov09.pdf
The Enigma Project
http://enigma.maths.org/content/
The Enigma Project is a presentation about the history and mathematics of codes and code breaking, from ancient Greece to the present, including a demonstration of a genuine WWII enigma machine. Then later, in the workshops, it is the student's turn to be the codebreakers! Cryptography is one of the most interesting, inspiring and exotic applications of mathematics.
Primary Mathematics Challenge
http://www.m-a.org.uk/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=250