This resource consists of two resources : the 20 hour Apprenticeship Self-development Pack and the Teacher's Guide, which will help to facilitate completion of the pack by students

The pack  is designed for:
• 16-19 year olds who want to go into employment, including apprenticeships and higher and...

This presentation provides students with information about what an apprentiship involves in the construction industry. It provides a workbook that prompts students to find out about apprenticeship opportunities and record key facts from the session.

The teaching materials in this resource were produced by the Plant Nutrition working group of the Children’s Learning in Science Project (CLIS). The scheme includes teaching strategies that are intended to help students understand difficult concepts.

Architect’s skills, from Cre8ate maths, will develop the process skills involved in understanding and making sense of mathematical information. Students have to give unambiguous descriptions to enable their partner to build an identical copy of a hidden shape, whilst the partner has to listen and interpret the...

This resource from the European Space Agency climate change resource pack provides background information on the role of Arctic sea ice upon the Earth’s climate system. All activities are set in the context of the Northwest Passage. Changes in the amount of sea ice can disrupt normal ocean circulation, leading to...

This resource consists of seventeen work cards each requiring students to investigate some aspect of area and perimeter of shapes. Associated with each card is a student help sheet and comprehensive teacher notes detailing assumed knowledge for each task, the purpose of...

This resource contains eight activities for use in the classroom.

Self descriptive numbers: 'Four' is a self descriptive number as the word four contains 4 letters. This is the only number for which this is the case. However if 22 is represented as 17+1+4 then this written in words takes 22...

This MEP resource from CIMT is taken from text book 7A which covers the mathematics scheme of work for the first half of year 7. This resource covers: addition and subtraction of whole numbers, dealing with brackets, addition and subtraction of decimals, dealing with money. The initial file forms part of the...

This MEP resource from CIMT is taken from text book 7A which covers the mathematics scheme of work for the first half of year 7. This resource covers, place value, rounding to the nearest 10,100,1000 and rounding to decimal places. The initial file forms part of the textbook. The activities sheet, extra exercises...

The materials in this resource are from the Secondary National Strategy ‘Progressing to Level 6 and beyond in science’ project. They were intended for science teachers who are focusing on helping their students in developing skills in aspects of ‘How science works’ –...

This assembly resource from the Association for Science Education (ASE) aims to take a light-hearted look at why some science fiction ideas become reality and others do not. The assembly emphasises the importance of a basic understanding of science, in order to enter...

Assessing Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences was written in the early days of the GCSE and balanced science qualifications as a guide for the many teachers involved in teaching Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences. The book was part of a series about assessment commissioned by...

These assessment materials from the National Strategies are based on the Assessing Pupils' Performance (APP) assessment criteria and organised in National Curriculum levels. There is a set of materials for each of levels four to eight. The focused assessment materials include for each assessment criterion: *...

The Bowland Maths assessment guide details the role of the assessment tasks in the classroom in helping students become aware of the key processes in mathematics and their importance in problem solving, helping students to take greater responsibility for their own learning and encouraging students to assess and...