a rollercoaster project where pupils design a rollercoaster and carry out some investigations and use calculations such as work done

a worksheet i made for pupils to plan an investigation into what companies coffee cups are best, most big coffee companies will donate some of their takeout cups to schools we finished the investigation by writing to the companies with the results of our investigation

an outline for a postcard home from another planet, could be used to get pupils thinking about what it would be like on other planets

a card sort activity on questions science can and cannot answer

a very structured debate activity with questions to get pupils to think about whether space travel is worthwhile, i have tried to include a range of opinions

a set of worksheets i made on the origins of the universe it starts with a card sort about the evidence for the big bang and one other theory about the origin of the universe along with some questions to get pupils thinking about the big bang

a card sort about all the different spin offs from the space programme. makes a good talking point for a lesson about the value of space travel

a card sort of the size of objects, planet, solar system, universe etc, makes a nice starter

a fact and theory card sort i made for the space and its mysteries topic of edexcel. pupils sort the statements into things that are a fact and things that are a theory, could engender a good discussion of the difference between fact and theory

a range of plans for the entry level OCR modules

a scheme of work i developed on heros and villains, display material and an assessed task on balanced forces (these two things uploaded seperately). Most worksheets are attached in the booklet, the blank sheets at the end are for pupils to make their own designs. The balanced forces is blank because i use my balanced/unbalanced forces batman activity there, and i left acids and chemical reactions blank becuase most schools would have already well developed resources here, all materials can be adapted to suit your particular school

a worksheet about the blue lagoon geothermal energy plant in Iceland. Gets pupils thinking about renewable energy resources

a starter presentation i made about murphys law to go with my slidey toast experiment where pupils see which toast topping is slippiest

a worksheet made for the old edexcel centre assessed task, uses information on stopping distances from the highway code to get pupils to produce graphs and come up with conclusions

This sheet gets pupils to use google earth to look at satellite images of various things around the earth, they can guess what they are and draw them. A nice starter for the use of satellites

this is a worksheet designed to go with the use of science museum unpredictaballs that are weighted on one side, however it is a nice simple science investigation that could be adapted to suit other resources

a sheet from the old edexcel GCSE centre assessed task activity could still be useful as a homework/science lesson on radiation

sheets of mini stroop test cards, can be a fun starter for a lesson on light

a scinetific enquiry sheet i made to accompany a demonstartion of a buddhist/tibetan prayer bowl

A blank top trumps sheet that I used to get pupils to make top trumps of the planets but can be modified for any purpose.