STEM SUSSEX

Teacher Resource Exchange (KS 1 - 5)

Nearly 400 science resources have been donated to the Teacher Resource Exchange, including lesson plans, presentations, simulations, and worksheets.

Visit www.tre.ngfl.gov.uk

Teaching Trends

Education materials for teachers & parents. Posters, display equipment, toys, flash cards and more!

Visit www.teachingtrends.co.uk

Southern Water

Packed full of resources and information for teachers, students and anyone interested in water and conservation

Visit www.southernwater.co.uk/education

Science UPD8

Science UPD8 is a new concept - translating the latest breakthroughs and science behind the news, into inspiring activities - and publishing them lightning fast. Quality and ease of use mean that teachers simply ‘download and go’.

Visit www.upd8.org.uk

Physicists and Primary Schools Project

The Institute of Physics have launched new web page that hosts tried and tested material designed to both enthuse primary school children in physical science and to support the National Curriculum.

Visit www.iop.org

The Enigma Code

Code-breaking is an excellent way to engage pupils in mathematical thinking. Simon Singh’s website has activities and simulations on codes and code-breaking.

Visit www.simonsingh.net/The_Black_Chamber/home.html

Earth Science Education Unit

The material available here was originally available on the Sussex Earth Science Teachers Forum website formerly hosted at Brighton University. We are now making the material available again on an open access basis.

Downloadable teaching material (Post-16) All are in Microsoft word format (.doc)

The Earths Interior AS level Summary Notes (32K)
Fossils and Time AS level test (108K)
Porosity Experiment (28K)
Revision Guide (872K)
Terminology of Folds (32K)
Volcano Presentation exercise (32K)

provided by Mick de Pomerai

Useful Links:

Websites by Topic (100K)
Website links (44K)

For more information relating to the resources here please contact:

Dr. Martin Smith
School of the Environment
University of Brighton
Cockcroft Buidling
Lewes Road
Brighton, BN2 4GJ

Tel: 01273 642265
Email:

Crocodile Clips (KS 3 - 5)

As well as their commercial software a great number of free resources have been made available from their website, including eight lesson plans for physics, and more than 60 for chemistry.

Visit www.crocodile-clips.com

Countryside Foundation for Education

Various downloadable resources, including KS3 A Case for the Countryside. Follow the link on the left > Online Resources.

Visit www.countrysidefoundation.org.uk

Bridge the Gap

CITB, in partnership with Hochtief (UK) Construction Ltd. and BAE Systems, has developed a new learning resource for teachers and students in secondary schools.

Although the materials have initially been designed for pupils at KS3, they may be extended for KS2 or KS4.The resource is based around the construction of the Holywell Bridge in Chippenham, Wiltshire.

The aim is to bring together the disciplines of maths, science and design/technology and to show how they are used to solve difficult engineering problems. ‘Bridge the Gap’ contains full lesson plans, worksheets, instructions and interactive teaching material for a five week period prior to an ‘Action Day’, during which pupils solve and trial their own solution to the problems involved in designing a bridge in an unusual context of the kind presented at Holywell.

Download the file (4.5Mb)

You will need Winzip (PC) or Stuffit Expander (Mac) to open this file. Note: once you have downloaded this file, your computer should automatically convert it into a folder called bridgethegap. To start the resource, open the file index.htm in Internet Explorer or Netscape.