These fun craft experiments help you learn about science and guide you in step-by-step instructions through crafty experiments, as well as explaining the science of sound, forces, light, how things change and how they grow.

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.

This fun-filled puzzle book takes a close-up look at some of the world's most amazing bugs and insects.

Each scene brings a different insect habitat to life, with things to spot, and easy-to-read information...

Children can get their teeth into facts about big cats and then become a word wizard and dazzle everyone with their newfound knowledge.

Children discover the world of the big cats, from sleepy lions to spotty leopards.

Donated by Hachette Children's Group.

Dr Tim Gabriel’s job involves making materials for batteries and solar cells which have tiny structures and shapes, allowing them to work more efficiently. He describes how his combined degree in chemistry and languages allowed him to spend a year in France. Tim also explains how his research career helped him to...

Explore space in The Big Countdown from galaxies and stars to the planets in our solar system, including Earth, and our own satellite, the Moon.

The Big Countdown looks at popular topics and...

The Gaia spacecraft is a European Space Agency mission to map one billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy.  This collection of resources allows students to analyse real data from the spacecraft.  The collection is divided into 3 sections:

• Background information for teachers and students on the Gaia...

Explains basic facts about the Big Dipper, including which stars make up the constellation, how its position changes in the sky, and how it points to the North Star.

The Big Idea series is...

During a chemical reaction, atoms are rearranged forming new substances.

The Earth’s crust is constantly changing as new rocks are formed and older rock is worn away.

"Dynamic Earth" is one of 15 big ideas of science in the Best Evidence Science Teaching collection. Understanding of the big idea is built up by a series of key concepts at age 11-16, which have been organised into...

Substances can move within and between Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and biosphere as part of large-scale Earth systems.

Understanding the uniqueness of the Earth and the vastness of space gives us perspective and awe.

The everyday world is largely a consequence of electrical charge. Understanding electricity and magnetism helps us develop technology to improve lives.