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This book serves as a comprehensive introduction to a once little known but remarkable group of micro organisms which resemble bateria and function like simple green plants. Through blue-green bacteria represent one of the most ancient forms of life on Earth and are probly responsible for such fundamental changes...

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.

Dealing with science at Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum, these copymasters are linked to activities set out in the corresponding teacher's resource book. At the top of the copymaster there are symbols which explain how the sheets contribute to work on attainment target two.

The Learning Zone is designed to support teaching and learning across the whole curriculum. Space Cadets focuses on Key Stage 1 learners whilst the Space...

Boat

This resource from Boxford describes the design and manufacture of a vacuum-forming mould that can be used to make a toy yacht. The resource includes a copy of an exemplar stereolithography file that can be used to manufacture the mould on a rapid prototyping machine. Several images of the CAD models, the use of a...

Boat design challenge

The focus of this activity is on the principle of hydrodynamics through testing boat hull designs in a test tank.

This activity gives students the opportunity to explore and develop their critical thinking and decision making skills through a practical approach....

Boaz Almog Levitates a Superconductor

In this talk, courtesy of TED, Boaz Almog shows how a phenomenon known as quantum locking allows a superconductor disk to float over a magnetic rail — with no friction and with zero energy loss. The...

Bob is back but this time everyone's favourite man on the moon is feeling glum. What he needs is a best-ever friend to help him with intergalactic missions and jigsaw puzzles. But where will he find someone like that...

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 the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

Bodmas and Bidmas

This excel file has four interactive sheets dealing with the order of operations. The first shows groups of calculations involving addition, subtraction and multiplication where the answers can be revealed. The second interactive sheet is similar, but it deals with...