Data, Evidence, Theories and Explanations

Materials

BBC BiteSize: Evolution and EnvironmentWeb link
BBC online resource providing learners (and teachers) with basic information on the theory of evolution and extinction, including peppered moths, fossils and antibiotic resistance.
UPD8: Selective Breeding - Top DogWeb link
Activity to encourage debate about selective breeding in dogs for shows, linking to Crufts. This UPD8 website explores the notion of inherited characteristics.

Natural History MuseumWeb link
Home page of the Natural History Museum, promoting the discovery, understanding, enjoyment, and responsible use of the natural world. Links to many online resources and information on events and publi...
Kew Gardens: The Royal Botanical GardensWeb link
Homepage of Kew Gardens with links to resources on conservation and wildlife, science and horticulture, education resources and information on events and the collections.
SATIS Revisited: links to new Science GCSEsWeb link
Table from the ASE which links SATIS units to Specific Reference and Topic and Specific Learning Object for AQA 1206A, Edexcel 360 Science, OCR 1206 and AQA 1214 as a single file.
Climate Change Debate: teaching resources on global warming based around two filmsWeb link
Materials for a climate change debate centred around two films (copies required): The Great Global Warming Swindle and The Inconvenient Truth. Includes a lesson PowerPoint, a worksheet, card sorts and...
Internet Microscope for Schools: the microscopic structure of materialsWeb link
An internet electron microscope website from the University of Manchester. Images can be used to investigate materials and the role they play in engineering design. The menu is used to navigate around...

Cutting Edge Chemistry External Publication
This book is aimed at giving post-16 students a retrospective on the achievements of 20th century chemistry, but would be good for chemistry teachers to give them background knowledge on recent develo...
Nature's Building Blocks - An A-Z Guide to the Elements External Publication
This book gives detailed information about each element of the Periodic Table, in alphabetical order. It provides categorised information such as the role of the element in food, medicine, the body e...
Moles: A Survival Guide for Science External Publication
Step-by-step guidance on understanding and using the mole concept, with questions and worked examples. A short, user-friendly book which would be good to supplement a main textbook, to help reinforce...

Instinct: simple stimuli trigger fixed behavioursWeb link
Narrated animation from Sumanas Inc. showing the innate response of a herring gull chick to its parent's beak pattern.

Physics EvolutionWeb link
Explore the map to find the physics characters, their stories and how they influenced each other.
Cutting Edge Chemistry External Publication
This book is aimed at giving post-16 students a retrospective on the achievements of 20th century chemistry, but would be good for chemistry teachers to give them background knowledge on recent develo...
Moles: A Survival Guide for Science External Publication
Step-by-step guidance on understanding and using the mole concept, with questions and worked examples. A short, user-friendly book which would be good to supplement a main textbook, to help reinforce...
Continental drift and the origin of the oceansWeb link
Illustrated account of continental drift and the origin of the oceans and atmosphere with a wealth of data, by Dr J Floor Anthoni of the Seafriends conservation organisation of New Zealand.
Health: New ScientistWeb link
Webpage with links to health related articles from New Scientist. Includes breaking news and special reports on subjects such as stem cells, cancer and HIV.
The Flying Circus of Physics with Answers External Publication
This book contains a variety of problems set in the everyday world on many different topics in physics. They are sorted by topic and by keywords. It provides questions in an interesting and fun contex...

Nature's Building Blocks - An A-Z Guide to the Elements External Publication
This book gives detailed information about each element of the Periodic Table, in alphabetical order. It provides categorised information such as the role of the element in food, medicine, the body e...
Ask a Scientist: search engine and index directoryWeb link
American webpage with search engine to answers to an archive of over 20 000 "ask a scientist" questions. Questions are referred to a world wide team of experts before being archived. Maintained by Arg...
School PhysicsWeb link
Web site and CD ROM for 11 to 19 physics.

Nuffield Curriculum Centre: Teaching About ScienceWeb link
Nuffield Curriculum Centre site featuring six detailed lesson plans covering different areas of science. It features; electromagnetism, cell membranes continental drift, data quality, chemical data an...

BBC BiteSize: Evolution and EnvironmentWeb link
BBC online resource providing learners (and teachers) with basic information on the theory of evolution and extinction, including peppered moths, fossils and antibiotic resistance.
Instinct: simple stimuli trigger fixed behavioursWeb link
Narrated animation from Sumanas Inc. showing the innate response of a herring gull chick to its parent's beak pattern.

Sensors External Publication
This CD ROM includes details for a range of practical activities to give students a sense of how scientists and technologists use observations of phenomena in real applications and to provide an intro...
The Flying Circus of Physics with Answers External Publication
This book contains a variety of problems set in the everyday world on many different topics in physics. They are sorted by topic and by keywords. It provides questions in an interesting and fun contex...
The Virtual Physical Laboratory V5.0 External Publication
This CD contains 170 animations which cover GCSE, GCE and beyond, but they can be used as a stimulus for more able pupils, and to quickly explain the concepts in some more complex experiments. All of ...