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Publication forming part of the Open University module TU100 My Digital life. 

Publication forming part of the Open University module TU100 My Digital life. 

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Project Mathematics Update is a series of professional development resource packs from the Open University, sponsored by the DES. The materials are designed both for teachers who are already teaching mathematics and for those...

Project Mathematics Update is a series of professional development resource packs from the Open University, sponsored by the DES. The materials are designed both for teachers who are already teaching mathematics and for those who are moving into mathematics teaching.

The materials aim to:

• help...

Professor Steve Jones: Variation, Evolution and Inheritance

This video from Teachers TV follows Professor Steve Jones as he introduces a Year Six class to genetic diversity. The practical lesson links to the topics of classification of living things, evolution and inheritance. Children look at the observable similarities and differences between a sample of snails and then...

Snail Activities (Key Stage 1)

This resource contains activities which help children learn more about the banded snail. Linked to the Key stage One Snail Hunt activity, children observe snails and identify the parts of a snail using the correct vocabulary. They learn how to draw a...

Snail Hunt (Key Stage 1)

This activity introduces Darwin’s ideas on evolution by looking at variation, adaptation and distribution of banded snails. Children learn about Charles Darwin, then work as science explorers looking at different habitats and the snails found in them. Using correct vocabulary, they describe habitats and the snails...

Snail Space (Key Stage 2)

This activity introduces students to Darwin’s ideas on evolution by looking at variation, adaptation and distribution of banded snails. It links to the topics of living things and their habitats and evolution and inheritance. Children are introduced to Charles Darwin and his work whilst on his five year voyage on...

Space bugs

This animation explains how studies using microgravity on Earth can be used to investigate how bacteria would survive and multiply in space.  The animation is part of the 60 Second Adventures in Microgravity and is narrated by David Mitchell.