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Produced by the Nuffield Foundation in partnership with the Society of Biology, Royal Society of Chemistry, and Institute of physics, these resources aim to support science classroom practitioners at secondary level. Practical Work for Learning comprises a set of resources exemplifying three different pedagogical...

Interdisciplinary science teaching (16-19)

Science, and its consequences, are a pervasive presence in 21st century life. Currently, however, there is a mismatch between the experiences young people have of science in schools and the way scientists work in the real world. In schools, science...

Dr Laura Hobbs is a research scientist at the University of Strathclyde and the Scottish Association for Marine Science. She uses data from instruments, called echosounders, that use sound waves to monitor the depth and abundance of zooplankton in the Arctic Ocean. Studying copepods, her research has shown that...