This book explains what chips do, then gives step-by-step instructions for projects to make a dozen useful and interesting devices....

With the aid of simple and clear instructions and using materials which are readily available in most homes, you can do 50 interesting and exciting experiments and follow up by making 15 working models.

Alan works at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre, and is designing software for the James Webb Space Telescope.  Alan talks about his work on the mid infrared instrument which will look at the formation of galaxies in the early universe.  He uses coding in his job and explains how you need to write algorithms to a...

This SMILE collection contains twelve resources of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching of algebra.

The resources cover algebraic structure, equations, graphs, mappings, number and algebra, patterns and generalisations, sequences, and using graphs.

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These activities, from the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) publication ‘What kind of game is algebra?...

This SMILE resource contains three packs of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching and learning of algebraic structure, from forming simple formulae to changing the subject of a formula.

Algebraic structure pack one contains nine work cards with a...

An introduction to the Japanese art of paper folding. It provides a history of the art, an explanation of the basic origami shapes and forms, a set of origami rules, helpful ideas and a...

Alternatives for Science Education was produced and published by the Association for Science Education (ASE) in 1979. Its sub-title, A Consultative Document, indicates its aim and status. In addition to being a document of considerable historical interest, it contains arguments of continued relevance.

The...

Discover the amazing array of jobs within the field of engineering that you never knew existed. From the structural engineers who design the concrete and steel structures that keep skyscrapers and...

Discover the amazing array of jobs within the field of maths that you never knew existed! From the cryptologists who use their coding skills to break secret codes for governments and the military,...

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This set of guides has been prepared as part of the programme for introducing the National Curriculum in English and Welsh schools. It has been distributed to all primary, middle and secondary school teachers in order to promote understanding of the requirements of the National Curriculum at all age levels.

Published in April 2013  This report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) presents the findings from an investigation into the views of senior staff with responsibility for determining CPD strategy, within schools and further education colleges.    

This SMILE resource contains two packs of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching and learning of analysing and interpreting data, from reading information from a bar chart to interpreting cumulative frequency graph.

Analysing and interpreting data pack one...