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Primary

7-11

Meet a palaeontologist

Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.

2 resources

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Thumbnail that shows Jen, the Ecologist in the video that looks at her job.

Primary

4-7 7-11

Meet an ecologist video (primary)

Watch Jen, an ecologist, talking about her job and using special equipment to observe and identify minibeasts in a variety of microhabitats.

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Primary

7-11

Meet a field service engineer

Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.

3 resources

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Primary, Secondary

7-11 11-14

Meet a data analyst

Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.

3 resources

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Primary

4-7 7-11

What is a habitat? poster

Use this 2-page poster to find out about habitats and to look cosely at animals and plants from different habitats.

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Primary

7-11

Animal fact-file activity

Choose an animal and create your own animal fact file with this activity sheet.

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Primary

7-11

Animal explorer fact-file sorting cards

Identify, group and classify animals with these sorting cards.

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Primary, Secondary

7-11 11-14

Super scientist: Sir David Attenborough

Learn how Sir David went from a naturalist to a broadcaster and campaigner and explore the natural world along the way.

4 resources

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Primary

7-11 11-14

Super scientist: Nikola Tesla

Learn about Nikola Tesla, the engineer and inventor and build awareness of the importance of business in science and promote one of Nikola’s products.

4 resources

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Primary

7-11

Super scientist: Mary Anning

Learn about fossils and tongue twisters through the life story of Mary Anning, the fossil hunter!

4 resources

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Primary, Secondary

7-11 11-14

Super scientist: Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Spark imagination, learning about the life and career of space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock.

4 resources

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Primary

7-11

Science in stories: The Jungle Book

Find out how sounds are made though the popular children's story 'The jungle book'.

1 resource

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Primary

4-7 7-11

Science in stories: The Enormous Turnip

Learn about the different parts of plants and the plants that we eat though the popular children's story 'The enormous turnip'.

4 resources

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Primary

4-7 7-11

Science in stories: Humpty Dumpty

Find out how to recognise properties of different materials though the popular children's story 'Humpty Dumpty'.

2 resources

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Primary

7-11 11-14

Rocks and Fossils

Learn about real-world examples of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks and fossils, plus learn how each rock type is formed.

5 resources

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Primary

7-11

Rock properties

Explore different rock properties and learn about varying scientific methodologies and practices.

2 resources

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Primary, Secondary

7-11 11-14

The rock cycle

Explore the rock cycle, the the formation of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and discover some of their features.

2 resources

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Primary

7-11

Identifying and grouping rocks

Explore group rocks according to their type, minerals, properties and uses with this virtual rock kit and quiz.

3 resources

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Primary

7-11 11-14

Design an electric vehicle challenge

A real-life electric vehicle field service engineer and a data analyst guide pupils through the basic science of circuits and electric vehicles before they take on a real-life challenge to design an innovative electric vehicle of their own.

6 resources

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Primary

7-11

Design an electric helicopter

A step-by-step series of videos that uses knowledge from electricity and forces to build an electric helicopter from easily accessible materials.

13 resources

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Primary

7-11

Circuits

Learn about circuits, using virtual experiments and activity sheets. Cover core principals such as what makes a fair test, results tables, and graphs.

5 resources

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Primary

7-11 11-14

Be a rock detective challenge

Learn about rock types, explore their properties, and discover careers related to rocks.

6 resources

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Primary

7-11

Be a fossil detective

Become a fossil detective exploring animal adaptations and make suggestions about how they lived.

5 resources

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Primary

7-11

Be a battery investigator

Enquiry-based resources exploring how batteries work.

2 resources

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Primary

7-11

Air resistance

Explore air resistance and build on practical science skills with animations and interactive experiments

4 resources

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Primary

4-7 7-11 9-11 11-14

Primary posters

A selection of vibrant posters providing essential knowledge and careers connections for a range of science topics. Perfect for refreshing your classroom wall, sparking curiosity and encouraging group discussions.

26 resources

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