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Planet Earth podcasts, from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and hosted by Planet Earth online, cover a variety of topics about the world around us. Each podcast reports on two to four different stories, describing research projects and studies, dangers to the environment and wildlife, and proposed...
The mission of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is to gather and apply knowledge, improve understanding and predict the behaviour of the natural environment and its resources. It was established in 1965.
NERC funds and manages research and training in earth system science, advancing knowledge...
The Salters’ double award science course included 12 modules for Year Ten. Each module relates to materials, phenomena or ideas which would be familiar to students or of value in their everyday lives. These starting points illustrate scientific principles in action, creating an applications-led course of study. By...
The oceans are become more acidic. This is due to an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere through the ...
In this Crest Award accredited project, students monitor levels of atmospheric sulfur dioxide and rainfall acidity in the school grounds. Suggested investigations include:
- Investigate various methods of measuring acidities between pH4 and pH7, to decide which method is most accurate.
- Compare...
Salters' Science was a complete teaching programme to provide an applications-led approach to double award science at Key Stage Four. It was followed by 'Science Focus', a Key Stage Three programme to illustrate a similar approach to teaching and learning in science....
A set of four animations created by the Natural Environment Research Council for teachers to use in the primary classroom as introductions to new subjects. The four animations are: •Climate change •The final frontier •The splitting Earth •Evolution is still happening Each animation is accompanied by a closed...
The videos in this collection from teachers TV are aimed at secondary school science practitioners. They contain materials that can be used in the classroom, as stimulus material.
Clips in this section cover a wide range of topics, including:
* astronomy, space and the solar system
* Earth...
The Science and Technology Facilities Council offers a variety of lessons to support secondary teaching of space science. The Key Stage Three resources consist of nine lessons based on the QCA programme of study:
•Our solar system
•Moving Earth
•Using models
•Because I said so!
•Is...
This issue of Catalyst includes the following articles:
Fireworks: an Explosive Business
This article looks into how fireworks are made, set off and what gives them their particular colour or effect.
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These wide-ranging materials include interactive animations and print-based resources focusing on a space theme. The six major resources are: *Planet 10 - a virtual model of our solar system *Secrets of the ice - a practical activity to teach pupils about pollution and environmental change. It is set in the context...
The Naked Scientists are a group of physicists, science communicators, astronomers and researchers from Cambridge University. They use radio, live lectures and the internet to strip science down to its bare essentials and promote it to the general public.
Podcasts from the Naked Scientists are supported by...
This exciting resource consists of nine practical activities based upon the search for exoplanets, (planets beyond our own solar system), where life may exist. Aimed at primary children aged 7–11, activities are based around working scientifically and link to many aspects of the science curriculum including; space...
This issue of Catalyst includes the following articles:
This articles looks at the methods used to detect if there is life elsewhere in the universe.
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The students' books were intended to supplement classroom work but not to replace practical work. The books were generally not essential for the activities outlined in the Teachers' Guides.
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