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Age
11-13
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Sc4
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Electricity is
a new interactive resource that
uses analogies to develop pupils'
understanding of electricity
concepts. A fun and very visual
resource, this should prove
a useful resource for pupils
of all ability levels.
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Age
11-13
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Sc3
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Top Science introduces
pupils to the Periodic Table.
This is a card game where pupils
trade elements by comparing
various criteria. For example,
discovery date, atomic mass,
density. Top Science is also
a good revision tool.
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Age
11-13
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Sc4
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Graph Shots is
an interactive game that develops
pupils' understanding of distance/time
graphs. Pupils compare graphs
with written accounts and video
footage of a football match,
which demonstrate a different
key point at each level of the
game.
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Age
11-13
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Sc4
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Music PhotoJam
is a freely available piece
of software that allows you
to produce presentations with
an edge. This resource provides
pupils with all the images they
need to make their own revision
package on sound, together with
guidance on how you might use
this package to make revision
time more worthwhile.
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Age
11-13
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Sc2
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Good to Eat is
an interactive game focusing
on nutrition and balanced diets.
Pupils research different nutrients
and then amend the favourite
menu of a Premiership footballer
to improve the balance. They
get feedback on their choices
and an opportunity to swap their
own healthy menus with pupils
in different schools.
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Age
13-14
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Sc3
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Newton's Apple
An introduction to a new cross-curricular
resource based on soap making
and the associated chemical
changes. Practical activities
with accompanying materials
for use with or without the
website that contains materials
to link this resource to other
areas of the curriculum.
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Assemblies A debate
to explore the controversy surrounding
mobile phones.
Events The British
Association for the Advancement of
Science (BA) Festival of Science is
Europe's largest science extravaganza
with over 400 scientists, 3000 visitors
and the world's media coming together
to celebrate science and the quality
of life. This year it will be held
in Leicester from September 9th-13th.
Find out how your school can be involved,
either by attending or joining in
from home. This section also lists
other science centre events around
the country.
Newsletter A newsletter
for parents enabling you to communicate
your school contributions to Science
Year quickly. Presented on the CD
ROM as a Word file so that you can
amend it.
Grants Two examples
of school events funded by the ASE
and BA's Science Year grant scheme.
Whilst this scheme is now closed,
information on how to obtain funding
for school projects is provided through
the BA.
Literacy Science EXTRA!
Using Newspapers in the Science Classroom
is a new resource that aims to encourage
young people to read about science
in newspapers and empower young people
to engage critically with the science
they read in newspapers. The teachers'
notes suggest how newspapers can be
used in the science classroom, and
to help get you started they come
with four illustrative examples for
you to use.
Citizenship A PowerPoint
presentation and materials to support
pupil research into an issue that
incorporates science, politics and
business. The resource encourages
pupils to think about the way these
areas influence each other and the
world we live in.
Drama A specially commissioned
script for pupils to explore radioactivity,
to stimulate discussion and explain
the science concepts.
Quizzes Sources of
quiz material across the curriculum.
Fun-size 15-20 short
activities to begin a lesson, inject
humour, and stimulate discussion.
These are particularly relevant as
revision activities.
Modelling An innovative
modelling programme for teachers and
pupils to illustrate variables and
relationships with an easy-to-build
interactive model. Even the most nervous
ICT model builder can be designing
and running interactive relationships
within minutes. Unlike many commercially
available packages, this resource
is not specific to a particular concept.
Mini-projects Developed
by the York Education Group to breathe
some life back into GCSE investigations.
This is a yearlong project to trial
projects that maintain scope for real
pupil decision-making. After feedback
from you, a framework will be produced
to allow these open investigations
to be used to meet your Sc1 assessment
requirements.
Other Resources A selection
of resources from other organisations
to support your teaching.Weblinks
A collection of website reviews focusing
on general science sites for teachers
and pupils.
Scientist An on-line
neuroscientist who will respond to
email questions generated by pupils.
Science Across the World
A highly successful ASE project in
which some of you are currently involved.
Pupils swap data and conclusions with
children performing the same investigations
around the world. Usually Science
Across the World puts you in touch
with a link school, but the possibility
of collaborating with your own MFL
exchange school makes the process
very relevant to your pupils.
Science Challenge Find
out more about ASE’s innovative
competition for pupils.
Careers A series of
resource sheets illustrating science
in action across a range of careers.
These materials are designed to build
into a wall display that will grow
throughout Science Year.
Science Year Partners
Information on Science Year activities
co-ordinated by the National Endowment
for Science Technology and the Arts
(NESTA) and the British Association
for the Advancement of Science (BA).
A CD ROM allows us to distribute
many resources very quickly and easily.
CDs also allow ICT activities to be
incorporated where they are helpful
in delivering science concepts. Around
30% of the materials of the resources
are software that runs from the CD
ROM. The remaining 70% of the resources
are materials for you to print off.
The CDs are therefore primarily for
teachers, but since your pupils may
access some resources through it directly,
the look and opening text has been
designed to appeal to them as well.
Many of the pages contain links to
relevant webpages to which you should
be able to connect providing you have
Internet access whilst running the
CD ROM.
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