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Where Have the Fish Gone?
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) has created teaching activities based on climate change. Students discover how an invasive species (water hyacinth) has caused eutrophication and destroyed fish stocks. Students are given a series of cards containing information. Working in small groups, they are...
Where is climate change most apparent?
This is a data handling activity looking at how warming in various countries around the world varies. Initially it asks students to differentiate between the terms climate and weather. It then goes on to asks students to present and comment on data about temperatures over time in various countries. Finally it asks...
This series looks at the language behind key concepts in maths and science using photographs and simple sentences to help children understand words such as empty, opposite or float.
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
Where Maths Grows on Trees
This Teachers TV video shows how one school in Morocco is using a grove of olive trees planted in their school playground to teach students about mathematics. The students use mathematics as they care for the trees, harvest the oil, visit the camel-driven olive press and sell the resulting oil in their local...
Where Next?
This Catalyst article introduces Tom Denbigh who describes how he has worked as a volunteer on scientific projects to gain experience before his degree course.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2011...
Where on Earth am I?
The video and worksheet set out a measurement challenge for students that can be carried out either at home or in school. They must use a smartphone or tablet to calculate their locations using G.P.S. (Global Positioning System). They are encouraged to take multiple readings and submit them to the NPL website,...
Where on Earth?
This Catalyst article is devoted to the use of satellites for navigation. It looks at GPS (global positioning system), the involvement of satellites and how GPS signals work in navigation and calculating position.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2002, Volume 13, Issue 2.
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This book captures the first-hand accounts of when twelve people set foot upon the moon. Combining illustrations with the words spoken by the astronauts, the book offers an insight into what it felt like to live and work on another world.