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AQA (4) | Edexcel (2) | OCR Gateway (6) | Activity Resources (8) | Case Study (1) | Instructional (3) | Learning Resource (2) |

AQA (Showing 3 of 4 available)

• Planet SciCast: Lenses
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  An experiment for learners to try using a mobile phone with camera and a selection of lenses to show how the eye focuses light.
  
  
• NASA: Science Fun!
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  AQA 13.10. NASA's interactive "fun and games" site based on space. Split into topics on the earth, sun, solar system and universe. Short information is accompanied by various activities for each topic...
  
  
• Acid-Base Titrations
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  Webpage defines titration. It explains the equipment and procedure, plus the purpose of indicators. Useful for non-specialists preparing to teach titrations.
  
  

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Edexcel (Showing 2 of 2 available)

• UPD8: Diet - Healthy Chocolate?
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  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.
  
  
• Acid-Base Titrations
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  Webpage defines titration. It explains the equipment and procedure, plus the purpose of indicators. Useful for non-specialists preparing to teach titrations.
  
  

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OCR Gateway (Showing 3 of 6 available)

• Planet SciCast: Lenses
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  An experiment for learners to try using a mobile phone with camera and a selection of lenses to show how the eye focuses light.
  
  
• UPD8: Diet - Healthy Chocolate?
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  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.
  
  
• Acid-Base Titrations
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  Webpage defines titration. It explains the equipment and procedure, plus the purpose of indicators. Useful for non-specialists preparing to teach titrations.
  
  

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Activity Resources (Showing 8 of 8 available)

• First Lego League: Robot competition
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  For developing team work and thinking and problem solving skills: an international competition building robots to meet a challenge. From the Lego website.
  
  
• Classic Chemistry Demonstrations
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  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...
  
  
• Faces of Science: variety of science teaching and learning resources from the cosmetics industry
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  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!
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  AQA 13.10. NASA's interactive "fun and games" site based on space. Split into topics on the earth, sun, solar system and universe. Short information is accompanied by various activities for each topic...
  
  
• Open Farm Sunday: annual event organised by LEAF
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  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 Plans
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  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...
  
  
• Techniquest
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  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 Camps
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  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 ...
  
  

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Case Study (Showing 1 of 1 available)

• Climate Change Debate: teaching resources on global warming based around two films
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  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...
  
  

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Instructional (Showing 3 of 3 available)

• The Essentials of Google Search: how to use a search engine effectively
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  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...
  
  
• The Educator's Reference Desk: Resources
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  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 Science
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  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...
  
  

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Learning Resource (Showing 1 of 2 available)

• NASA: Science Fun!
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  AQA 13.10. NASA's interactive "fun and games" site based on space. Split into topics on the earth, sun, solar system and universe. Short information is accompanied by various activities for each topic...
  
  

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