For 'Who am I ? ' there are six main resources to enliven existing areas of the curriculum. You should not need to make extra space for them in your current schemes. This overview map illustrates where the resources can slot into the curriculum. (Year groups are suggestions in line with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) schemes of work.)

The 'Who am I ? ' theme naturally includes more Sc2 activities. We are very conscious that overall there should be a balance in curriculum areas. This will be reflected in the resources throughout the year.

Activities Map 'Who am I ? '

Y7

Passport is a template for successful bridging projects between KS2 and KS3. Visas for KS2 skills and investigations are collected to carry forward and develop at KS3. A choice of investigations and structured follow-up help you plan the elusive smoother transition. Passport has been trialled in a number of primary schools this term; Year 6 can record scientific achievements throughout next year, and you can employ it to organise your bridging activities for your next Year 7 cohort. There are three suggested investigations which can be used when teaching environment, variation or the concept of dissolving.

Top Science introduces pupils to cells, tissues and organs. It is a card game where pupils trade specialised cells, tissues and organs by comparing various criteria e.g. number, mass, level of complexity. Learning as they play, pupils grasp concepts of specialisation and level of organisation. Top Science can be used when pupils are learning about specialised cells, and is also a good pre-SATs revision tool.

Perfumes is an intoxicating collection of activities to breathe new life into particles and separating mixtures, and develop literacy. Pupils create their own scent from scratch using basic separation methods.Perfumes can be used when teaching basic separating techniques such as distillation, and the concept of dissolving.

Y8

Sc2

Sci-files: Flesheaters Solving mysteries is not just for the X-files, it's science! Flesheaters is a learning adventure where pupils are the investigators, unravelling a bizarre murder. This is science by stealth, complete with video, computer interactivity and hands-on practical work. Flesheaters is a replacement activity for standard enzyme digestion practicals. It focuses on the principle of digestion and the effect of pH on enzymes.

Y9

Sc2

Inside body is a PowerPoint template enabling pupils to produce their own presentations. With gory pathological images and easy-to-follow technical instructions, ICT skills develop into a useful tool, not a hindrance. Inside body can be used when teaching the effects of alcohol, tobacco and solvents on the body.

Sc2

Race uses variation research data to explore the concept of race. It provides an excellent opportunity to tackle this aspect of citizenship in the science classroom or in citizenship lessons. It gives a brief introduction to human evolution, variation and genetics through distribution of inherited diseases in the human population. Race can be used when teaching variation, inheritance, classification and evolution.

Assemblies An off-the-peg speech examining some of the ethical aspects of cloning and its implications for future generations.

Events To generate school-wide involvement in Science Year is a real challenge. It undoubtedly takes organisation and time. We have been able to collect ideas from other teachers and disseminate them here. Adapt the ideas to suit you. They will make organising a Science Year event much easier. There are also details of national science centre events that tie-in with the Science Year themes.

Newsletter A newsletter for parents enabling you to communicate your school contributions to Science Year quickly. Presented on the CDROM as a Word file so that you can amend it.

Cross-curricular A section that aims to strengthen links with other departments in your school. For example 'Who am I ? ' can link you to your Modern Foreign Languages Department. Science Across the World is a highly successful ASE project in which some of you are currently involved.

Citizenship A curriculum area that your school may choose to deliver through subject areas or as an individual subject. For 'Who am I ? ' the CDROM Citizenship section uses the Race activity to support citizenship teaching in the science classroom. The resources could also be used for specific citizenship lessons.

Drama A very popular way of stimulating debate around controversial issues. The activities here can be developed as far as you like, from short role plays in science classes right through to bringing in the Drama department and putting on a full production for the school.

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 relevant to many different areas of the KS3 curriculum.

Modelling A generic tool that is powerful yet easy to master. For a given concept pupils decide which are the important variables and map the relationships between them. This process illustrates their level of understanding, allowing you to provide the level of support and development that is needed. To get you going there are some pre-set modelling simulations ready for use across the curriculum.

KS4 mini-projects Developed by the York Education Group to breathe some life back into KS4 investigations. This is a year-long project to trial KS4 projects which 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.

Biotechnology A protein-electrophoresis kit and resources that can be used when teaching dietary requirements at KS3.

Other resources A guide to organisations that can provide you with information and resources to support your teaching.

Weblinks A selection of web addresses covering 'Who am I ? ' concepts for teachers and pupils.

Scientist An on-line working geneticist who will respond to email questions generated by pupils whenever you are teaching variation and inheritance.

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 put 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 Science Challenge competition. Last year pupils aged 9-13 from all over the country presented their work and attended a wonderful awards day.

Pupil competition Exciting project competition for post-16 students.

Science Year Partners Information on Science Year activities coordinated by the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA).

A CDROM 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 20% of the materials of the resources are software that run from the CDROM. The remaining 80% 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.