Lessons (secondary)
A selection of engaging lessons for 11-16s that are perfect for sparking group discussions and providing essential knowledge and key facts on a range of topics in the science curriculum.
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Challenges (secondary)
Set your students a real-world challenge that will boost their essential science knowledge and enhance their careers connections within STEM industries.
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End of term activities (secondary)
Keep your learners engaged in the run up to the summer holidays and find out what they've learned this year with these curriculum-linked challenges, posters, and lessons.
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Secondary science challenges
From designing electric vehicles to investigating garden wildlife, our hands-on tasks will inspire every budding detective, designer, and curious explorer.
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Lessons for Analysing graphs and charts
Use the interactive presentation to encourage students understanding of graphs and charts through the scaffolded questioning, practice of data analysis and tips and tricks. These resources can be used in classroom or as independent revision activities at home.
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Energy resources: Analysing graphs and charts activity sheet
Use this worksheet alongside the Energy resources: analysing graphs and charts presentation to give students a space to write their answers and annotate the graphs and charts.
Energy resources: Analysing graphs and charts
This interactive presentation encourages understanding of graphs and charts through scaffolded questioning and practice of data analysis. An energy consultant introduces their task, which uses students understanding of energy resources to solve energy challenges of the future.
A scientist a day: Discover green careers
Introduce your students to green skills and a range of relatable professionals, highlighting careers that will help us build a greener future with this presentation. Use as a starter or plenary over a series of lessons to inspire your students into the STEM careers of tomorrow.
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Effects of deforestation
Can students save the fictional land of Arborica by using their science knowledge to answer questions about climate change? Let's find out!
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Meet a wind turbine technician
Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.
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Meet a stakeholder engagement advisor
Inspire your students to think about their future careers with real-world resources.
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Understanding energy transfers
Understand energy stores and transfers, dissipation and how apply knowledge to different situations.
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Plan an offshore wind farm challenge
Consider the viewpoints of different stakeholders to work out the best location for a new wind farm.
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Electricity from the wind
Build knowledge of wind, wind energy and its advantages and disadvantages including convection, renewable energy resources and energy stores.
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Energy transfers, electricity and the wind
Look-cover-write-check knowledge of energy transfers, electricity, and the wind, using this knowledge organiser and check-learning sheet.
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Biodiversity challenge (secondary)
Learn about the importance of biodiversity though designing a wild area in the local environment.
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Knowledge organisers
Useful knowledge organisers including all the essential facts to introduce or revise topics in the science curriculum.
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Meet a wind turbine technician job card
Inspire your students to think about a future career and link learning about wind energy and electricity to the real-world, with this job-role card.
Meet a stakeholder engagement advisor job card
Inspire your students to think about a future career and link learning about wind energy and electricity to the real-world, with this job-role card.
Meet a stakeholder engagement advisor video
Watch Wendy, a stakeholder engagement advisor (who works in offshore wind) at work and find out about the knowledge and skills she needs for success.
Plan a wind farm delivery guide
A delivery guide for teachers giving background to the challenge and providing suggestions for how to use the resources.
Plan a wind farm skills self-check sheet
A skills self-assessment sheet for students to use after they have completed the 'Plan an offshore wind farm challenge'.
Plan a wind farm best location activity sheet
A 4-step activity sheet that supports students as they work together to decide on the best location for a new wind farm.
Plan a wind farm map
Simple map showing six potential sites for a new offshore wind farm.
Plan a wind farm knowledge self-check
Students use this activity sheet to demonstrate what's they've learnt during the challenge.
Offshore wind farms: What do you know? activity sheet
Students use this activity sheet to record things they already know, and would like to know, about offshore wind farms.
Plan a wind farm stakeholder cards
Use these stakeholder information cards to discover the viewpoints of six people, all concerned about the location of a new offshore wind farm.
Plan an offshore wind farm challenge presentation
Use this real-world challenge presentation to find out about wind farms and stakeholders, before students plan the best location for a new farm.
Investigating wind turbines
An investigation planning sheet to support an investigation into how the size of turbine blades affects how quickly an object moves.
Electricity from the wind presentation
A presentation to help students understand renewable energy sources, electricity generation from the wind, and its successes and challenges.