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  All projects can be navigated in a web browser by clicking over the project title or choosing 'View project'. The download options will provide access to a zipped folder of the whole project.
   
  Primary Science
 
 

New! Year 6 Science

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Author: Teresa Sutton
Heath Primary School, Derbyshire

Each unit provides a set of questions for children to answer and a web link where they can research the answer. The aim is to improve children's scientific knowledge and vocabulary, whilst at the same time improving their ICT and research skills. The units are closely linked to the Year 6 QCA units.

     
 

New! Keeping Warm

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Author: Rachel Wood
Heath Primary School, Derbyshire

This unit of 10 one hour lessons are designed so that Year 4 [8/9 year olds] can work independently in small groups and/or as a whole class to investigate temperature as a measure of how hot or cold objects are and the role that thermal insulators play.

     
  Drink more water! View project | Download resource
 

Author: Thomas Moggach
Gospel Oak Primary School, London

This Gifted and Talented Project for children in years 4 and 6 links to KS2 Healthy Living and looks at the design of a portable water storage system for the primary classroom.

     
  Secondary Science  
 

New! Uses of Radiation

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Author: Hilary Essex
Dartford Technology College, Kent

This project covers some of the work from the EDEXEL 360 additional Science [Physics] units and examines the properties and uses of the three different types of radiation - alpha, beta and gamma. It also looks at background radiation and how to measure atom decay.

 

New! Catch Phrases for Science

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Author: Ted Essex
Dartford Technology College, Kent

This is an effective revision tool, used with success over the past six years in the Science department for both high and low ability students, albeit differently. For 2009/10, Ted is adding more revision materials for Core Science plus some detection games easily constructed in Powerpoint.

 

Cardio vascular studies

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Electricity

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Author: Hayley Thompson
Titus Salt School, Bradford

Lesson notes, presentations, worksheets and ideas to support the learning and teaching of the Electricity module in Year 7 KS3 Science.

 

Electrical Circuits

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Author: Louisa Goffredi
St Gregory's Catholic Comprehensive School, Kent

This series of lessons is aimed at a year 7 class, specifically for those students with language difficulties. It could be used in year 9 as well as a revision project or even as a homework project for Gifted and Talented students.

 

Chemical Synthesis

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Author: Hilary Essex
Dartford Technology College, Kent

This resource covers the first Chemistry module for Edexcel 360 Additional Science examination. The resource is designed for pupils to work through the core units [driven by Powerpoint presentations] completing the activities as they meet them.

 

Cardio vascular studies

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Author: Romina Iampietro
Notre Dame High School, Sheffield

This piece of work on the cardiovascular system is designed for the Anatomy and Physiology module for Health and Social Care A level, OCR syllabus and suitable for students of all abilities. However, it can be used as a resource for any anatomy or physiology modules in A level Biology.

  How Science Works

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Author: Louisa Goffredi
St Gregory's Catholic Comprehensive School, Kent

This scheme of work is designed to run for approximately four lessons and is suitable for mixed ability classes following the AQA Science GCSE (though it may also be useful for other syllabi).

  Introduction to Biology Topics 1-4

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Author: Ted Essex
Dartford Technology College, Kent

This resource was contributed for the 2006 programme and comprises PowerPoint-based revision exercises for the first four modules in the new Edexcel 360 Single Science programme.

  Introduction to Biology Topics 5-12

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Author: Ted Essex
Dartford Technology College, Kent

Ted has added to his 2006 project and provided Powerpoint-based revision for the remaining 8 modules in the new Edexcel 360 Single Science programme.

     
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  Use, Misuse and Abuse View project | Download resource
 

Author: Hilary Essex
Dartford Technology College, Kent

This piece of work is designed for the new Edexcel science syllabus - Topic 4 – Use, Misuse and Abuse and specifically produced for low ability pupils so they could access the key facts in the module.

See also Introduction to Biology
Topic 4 - Powerpoint-based revision

     
  GCSE Science Revision View project | Download resource
 

Author: Ted Essex
Dartford Technology College, Kent

This resoure covers the complete Edexcel GCSE science syllabus and comprises a series of presentations which serve to introduce a new module to the students and to provide testing after the module has been taught.

     
  Basic Genetics [GCSE] View project | Download resource
 

Author: Maggie Jarvis
Dartford Technology College, Kent

Through the use of self-assessment games and activities, this project focuses on the study of basic genetics for GCSE Science and the reasons for variation within species of plants and animals.

     
  Metals & their reactivity View project | Folder of resources
 

Author: Amit Amin
Dartford Technology College, Kent

These activities are suitable for both KS3 and KS4 work with metals. They will both reinforce the learning whilst also providing revision exercise.

     
 

Radioactivity

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Author: Martin Bendall
Dixon's City Academy, Bradford

The Excel spreadsheet models radioactivity measurement using a Geiger-Muller tube and a ratemeter or counter and is used to test a number hypotheses.

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Future Energy Resources

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Author: Ned Sproston
Dixon's City Academy, Bradford

This resource, suitable for GCSE Science students provides a starting point for independent research projects into renewable and future energy resources.

     
  Insulation View project | Download resource
 

Author: Ned Sproston
Dixon's City Academy, Bradford

This project looks at methods of insulation and impact on cost and energy efficiency. Users will require Flash Player to view this resource.

     
  Starters and Plenaries in Excel View project | Download resource
 

Author: Paul Henderson
Hatfield Visual Arts College, Doncaster

One of the problems with using bought activities is that some questions in these are not relevant. The advantage of creating your own activities is that they can be developed to suit your own teaching style and differentiated for the class.

   
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  Waves View project | Download resource
 

Author: Maggie Jarvis
Dartford Technology College, Kent

This resource is intended for teachers requiring digital material for the science topic 'waves'. Small manageable sections are offered for both teacher and student.

     
  Chemical Patterns View project | Download resource
 

Author: Hilary Essex
Dartford Technology College, Kent

This piece of work was designed for low ability Year 10 students following the Edexcel modular science B Chemical patterns Module 3.

     
  AS Cell Biology - Eukaryotic Cells View project | Download resource
 

Author: Hilary Essex
Dartford Technology College, Kent

This project is intended for students studying AS level Biology and focus on the cellular structure of the eukaryotic cell.

     
  Biotechnology View project | Download resource
 

Author: Timothy Cramp
Hartsdown Technology College, Kent

The aim of the project is to make topics within the GCSE Triple Science Module 14 on Biotechnology more interactive and accessible to students from any room in the school and from home.

     
  Wetsuits! View project | Download resource
 

Author: Mark Everitt
William Ellis School, London

This project is based around a wetsuit manufacturing company and can have cross-curricular involvement [Science, Mathematics and/or ICT] or be undertaken by students in one subject area.

   
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  See also ...  
  Bones and muscles PE and Sport
  Heart and vascular system PE and Sport
  Physiological Psychology Humanities [Psychology]
     

 

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