Teaching Astronomy and Space was a DVD produced by the Institute of Physics (IOP) and Teachers TV, with funding by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). Its purpose was to support the teaching of astronomy, cosmology and space to students aged 11 to 16....

This School Science Review article attempts to summarise the good, bad and (occasionally) ugly aspects of teaching astronomy in UK schools. It covers the most common problems reported by teachers when asked about covering the astronomy/space topics in school. Particular focus is given to the GCSE Astronomy...

Joan Solomon wrote this book about science teaching at a time when, in her words, the whole profession was buzzing with new projects at almost every level and when the design of syllabuses had already passed out of the hands of the large project committees to small groups or individual schools. The book was...

The Institute of Physics's Medical Physics Group has produced a set of teaching materials which can be used to teach medical physics at GCSE/Standard level in schools. Much of the material is appropriate to use for A-level medical physics options. The Institute's Teaching Medical Physics resources, that include...

This document gives an overview of how to help pupils for whom English is an additional language access science language and vocabulary. It highlights the challenges these pupils face and how to support them.

Three of these booklets, Reasoning about numbers, Shape activities and Calculator activities were produced for schools that were taking part in the National Numeracy Strategy before it was launched nationwide for all schools. They all contained ideas and activities that supplemented the number-heavy curriculum...

This book, written by Wynne Harlen, looks at science education in the late seventies and early eighties. At this time primary science was relatively new and, although there was an acceptance in principle of the need for science teaching, the delivery in schools did not match up to this. The author discusses the...

This book was written with the aim of helping teachers to understand the science involved in the activities they lead in class. It is designed as a reference guide for teachers, providing simple background knowledge on key concepts within the National Curriculum science programmes of study, so they may teach...

This publication has been adapted from Teaching mental calculation strategies – guidance for teachers at Key Stages One and Two...

A set of tried and tested curriculum resources which aim to improve students' enquiry skills and increase engagement.  

These resources were published as the Numeracy and then the Primary National Strategy evolved and indicated needs in further guidance on teaching calculations and more materials for teaching specific ability groups of students.

This series is designed to teach the thinking skills that students need in order to progress and succeed in carrying out practical investigations in science.  Each book contains both non-practical and practical sessions.

The purpose of this booklet produced by the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA, formerly QCA) in collaboration with the National Strategies is to offer guidance to teachers on teaching effective mental strategies for calculation and to make clear the...

This research, commissioned by the Wellcome trust, was undertaken by an interdisciplinary team led by Ralph Levinson and Dr Sheila Turner at the Institute of Education, University of London between May 1st and December 1st 1999.

The project reports on five main areas:

• The perceived importance...