Using this resource students can develop an understanding of the structure and function of neurons via a series of different activities. These range from simplistic labelling of neurons and building a model motor neuron to constructing an electronic 3D simulation game that mimics brain activity. There are also...

Produced in 2015, this resource looks at glass microspheres, which contain radioactive Y-90, and are currently being used to treat liver cancer in humans, where their chemical durability is of prime importance.

This...

Published by BEAM this selection of games allows students to practise and consolidate their understanding of properties of number, including factors and square numbers. *Factor score - identifying factors in two-digit numbers *Factors game - strategy game to make a line of four numbers with selected factors *Four-...

Published by BEAM, this game gives students opportunities to read, count and sequence numbers. Students roll a die, move the appropriate number of places and if they land on a missing number they need to identify what it should be. *Missing numbers - a dice game for two players who are required to read the number...

Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of number recognition, multiples and ordering. *Missing tens - identifying multiples of ten *Missing twos - identifying multiples of two *Odd or even - identifying odds and evens on different dice *Odds and evens -...

Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of place value and properties of number. *2s and 5s - multiples of two and five *Multiples of three - identifying multiples of three *Read my mind - multiples and more or less *Recognising odd and even - odds and evens and...

Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of numbers and their properties. *Even and odd - strategy game *Factor-2-3-5 - using dice to generate numbers with specific factors *Multiples - square numbers and multiples *Numbers in boxes - completing a two-way table...

From the Wellcome Trust, this issue of the 'Big Picture' series reviews the causes, health consequences, and personal and social impact of obesity, and how it might be tackled.

How is body weight controlled? Why is...

This ASE PowerPoint quiz game ia aimed to liven up topics revision and reinforce vocabulary. The presentation includes two sets of questions on solids, liquids, gases and physical properties. They challenge students to find the "odd one out" from four options provided. A paper version of the question options and...

This activity from Cre8ate maths lends itself to the development of personal thinking and learning skills, based on activities for a playground. Making a maze involves students in quite complex 2-D visualisation, working with a prepared spreadsheet, in excel, which encourages students to refine and redraft their...

Aimed at Early Years this game provides many opportunities for developing number recognition, counting skills and discussion.

Each player is given a certain amount of coins at the start and as they travel along the board they will gain or lose coins depending on the cards that they are required to pick up....

This Pirate themed game provides many opportunities for children to use their times tables knowledge. It includes three versions of the game which use different multiplication facts so can be used with children at different stages of learning. The arrangement of the numbers on all of the game boards has been...

This whole class game allows children to practise reading three digit numbers and recognizing 'place value'. The game follows the familiar "I have... Who has?" around the class format where children read a statement about their number and ask a ‘who has’ question....

Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of place value, rounding and ordering.

*One or less - involves students choosing numbers including decimals and dividing them to try to make a number close to one or two after rounding.

*Round to a whole -...

Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of place value, number recognition and ordering.

The games, with their mathematical content, are:

*Make a two digit number - comparing two digit numbers

*Numbers in a row - using dice to generate numbers...