Active Learning

Materials

CrocodileClips: Virtual Chemistry LabWeb link
Available to download free from Crocodile-clips.com. This virtual lab can simulate various GCSE practicals. User varies concentrations, reactants etc. Free registration required.
RSC Presenting Science: AfL - Revising the Periodic TableWeb link
This plan, about the periodic table, contains a printable worksheet and group work ideas. A lesson plan produced by the RSC designed to incorporate assessment for learning into chemistry teaching.

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...

Classic Chemistry Demonstrations External Publication
This book has detailed instructions and chemical theory for 100 tried and tested demonstrations, all selected for being stimulating, motivating, and often spectacular. They are relevant for KS3-5. I...

Creative Science Centre: Things To Make And DoWeb link
Creative Science Centre based at the University of Sussex, the site is made to promote interesting science. “Things to make and do” is part of the site that shows simple to make more clever experiment...

UPD8: Diet - Healthy Chocolate?Web link
A sequence of activities that invites learners to assess a chocolate manufacturer's claim that chocolate is good for the heart. This UPD8 website explores healthy diets.
CrocodileClips: Virtual Chemistry LabWeb link
Available to download free from Crocodile-clips.com. This virtual lab can simulate various GCSE practicals. User varies concentrations, reactants etc. Free registration required.

TechniquestWeb link
Homepage of the Techniquest science centres in Wales. Gives links to information on news and events, including themed school visits involving presentations and hands-on laboratory workshops, such as m...
Salter's Chemistry FestivalsWeb link
The festivals are one-day fun events held at universities throughout the UK and Ireland. They begin in late March and run through to mid June. Their objective is to help promote the appreciation of ch...
Salter's Chemistry CampsWeb link
Webpage giving details of the Salters' chemistry camps. Occurring at universities during the summer, the aim of the camps is to enable young people to explore chemistry and motivate them to develop a ...

Teaching Secondary Science External Publication
This book provides many ideas and suggested approaches to teaching science in secondary school. Although it is a generic book, it covers many aspects of teaching secondary biology at GCSE and has been...

Teaching Secondary Science External Publication
This book provides many ideas and suggested approaches to teaching science in secondary school. Although it is a generic book, it covers many aspects of teaching secondary biology at GCSE and has been...

The Educator's Reference Desk: ResourcesWeb link
An online database of science resources for biology, chemistry, physics and more. Resources are in the form of website links and are well sorted and useful.
Planet ScienceWeb link
Planet Science is an interactive site designed to be fun and have useful resources. The site is for all children who study science and the teachers and other adults who support them. Teaching guidance...
The Essentials of Google Search: how to use a search engine effectively Web link
Website on the Google Help Centre which explains how Google works, with advice on optimising searches including choosing search terms and phrases, using negative terms and the exclusion of common word...

First Lego League: Robot competitionWeb link
For developing team work and thinking and problem solving skills: an international competition building robots to meet a challenge. From the Lego website.
Faces of Science: variety of science teaching and learning resources from the cosmetics industryWeb link
Faces of Science is an educational resource for Key Stage 4 Science students sponsored by the Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association (CTPA), containing educational information, animations and int...
NASA: Science Fun!Web link
NASA's interactive "fun and games" site based of space. Split into topics on the earth, sun, solar system and universe. Short information is accompanied by various activities for each topic. Some good...
Open Farm Sunday: annual event organised by LEAFWeb link
Webpage with information on the annual Open Farm Sundays organised by LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming). Opportunities to visit working farms to find out what they do.

The Educator's Reference Desk: Lesson PlansWeb link
An online database of science lesson plans for biology, chemistry, physics and more. Lessons are sorted by topic and include a guiding age range, most plans are simple practical work or demonstration...

CrocodileClips: Virtual Chemistry LabWeb link
Available to download free from Crocodile-clips.com. This virtual lab can simulate various GCSE practicals. User varies concentrations, reactants etc. Free registration required.
UPD8: Diet - Healthy Chocolate?Web link
A sequence of activities that invites learners to assess a chocolate manufacturer's claim that chocolate is good for the heart. This UPD8 website explores healthy diets.

PASCO online experimentsWeb link
These online labs have been featured in PASCO's science-specific probeware newsletters. The experiments feature a purpose statement, setup photos and instructions, data collection instructions, and su...
Classic Chemistry Demonstrations External Publication
This book has detailed instructions and chemical theory for 100 tried and tested demonstrations, all selected for being stimulating, motivating, and often spectacular. They are relevant for KS3-5. I...

25 ways for Teaching Without Talking: Presenting students with new material in theory lessonsWeb link
An account of active learning practice and ideas from Geoff Petty of Sutton Coldfield College.