Resources by Wellcome Trust
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Produced by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, these materials help students to understand how malaria is tackled in an area where it is endemic. In this activity students are given a scenario where they are allocated the role of malaria programme managers for a community in a malaria area.
Malaria Life Cycle
From the Wellcome Trust, these animations show the life cycle of the malaria parasite. They illustrate how the parasite develops in the mosquito before being transmitted to a human host following a blood meal.
The...
Meet the Gene Machine
Supported by the Wellcome Trust and developed by the Science Communication Unit at the University of the West of England, Meet the Gene Machine is a fun, creative and comprehensive teaching package allowing teachers and young people to discuss the ethical and social issues inherent in the field of genetics. Each '...
Meet the plants
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Learn about the importance of cellulose, photosynthesis, the enzyme RuBiSCO and the role of different growth factors in plants. |
Meiosis - R2P
This resource provides a lesson plan showing how to use diagrams effectively to teach about meiosis, rated by teachers as one of the most challenging topics to teach. The approach used in the lesson is based on education research which is summarised in a separate research summary document.
The lesson...
Model organisms for genetics research
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Learn how some organisms have become vital to research, understand the reasons and discuss the ethical considerations. |
Modelling the helix
This resources provides a template for creating a model of the DNA double helix. The class should collaborate on one model. Each student should make just...
Nano Pairs
Produced by Citizen Science, this resource contains a set of cards that can be printed and used in a 'matching pairs' game. When completed, the pairs pose questions which students consider, around the use of nanotechnology. Suitable for students aged 11-14 the activity introduces students to some of the potential...
Nanoscience
From the Wellcome Trust, the 'Big Picture' looks at issues in science.
Dealing with things smaller than 100 nanometres (for comparison, a human hair is 80,000 nm wide), nanotechnologies are fast becoming the 'next big...
National Primary Science Survey (England): In-service Training Audit
This report, prepared for the Wellcome Trust in January 2008, presents the results of an audit of in-service training accessed by science teachers across regions of the UK. The data gathered provided a picture of what training was available, and the uptake of training.
Key findings showed various causes for...