Classroom Resources for Teachers

Energy

SfE Young Energisers Programme

SfE have created four free, interactive, energy-based classroom challenges based on Renewables, Nuclear, Oil & Gas and Emergency Response, working alongside both industry experts and careers leaders to ensure the students receive the most up-to-date knowledge on the industry, whilst also ensuring the activities are aligned with the CDI careers framework and the Gatsby Benchmarks. For more details, or to receive the programme in full, please contact skills@eeegr.com

Year 3 Renewable Energy Topic

RWE’s resource to help students understand what ‘green energy’ is and put it into context.

CPD

STEM.org.uk

Online courses from STEM learning allow you to lean wherever and whenever alongside your teaching. You’ll be supported by experienced educators to use online courses to meet your development needs.

20 best free engineering courses online

An article linking 20 of the best free online engineering courses.

Seneca

Free CPD courses written by experts in their fields and includes the latest in education theory and thinking.

Reach Out CPD

Teach the primary science curriculum with confidence – resources to help primary school teachers with the science curriculum developed with Imperial College London.

Future Learn

Hundreds of free online short courses in a variety of subjects from top universities and specialist organisations.

Open Learn

Free short Open University courses aimed at supporting initial teacher education, teacher professional development and classroom practice.

Royal Society of Chemistry

Courses designed to give an in-depth understanding of key concepts in teaching chemistry. Each course can be completed at the learners own pace. Courses are free until the end of August 2020.

Careers Development Institute

CPD webinars free to CDI members.

Science

A Level Science resource packages

Packages of hand-picked resources covering the subject content for A level sciences, with advice and guidance from subject specialists.

14 – 16 science resource packages

A selection of hand-picked resources covering all the statements in the Key Stage 4 programmes of study.

Secondary Science resource packages

A selection of hand-picked resources covering all the statements in the Key Stage 3 programme of study, with advice and guidance from subject specialists.

Challenge Cards – James Dyson Foundation

Dyson engineers have designed challenge cards specifically for children. Ideal for home or in the classroom they encourage inquisitive young minds to get excited about engineering.

Education.com

Worksheets and printables for primary school

Crest Awards

Free resources and challenge packs incorporate a range of science activities and experiments ranging across numerous themes to suit varying skills and age groups.

National Geographic Kids

Primary resources for science to help pupils with their science projects and field experiments. Covering fun facts and in-depth features on animals, habitats and life-cycles as well as out of this world resources on space, the solar system and being an astronaut.

Ogden Trust Physics Resources

A range of primary and secondary resources for physics teaching and learning, as well as guides to help you encourage and develop physics at your school.

Design and Technology

Technologystudent.com

numerous information sheets and exercises to enhance the study, understanding and teaching of design and technology.

GCSE Design and Technology

a hand-picked selection of resources supporting the teaching of GCSE design and technology.

Practicalaction.org

A range of STEM challenges that can be used for home learning, science and D&T lessons, curriculum enrichment days, STEM clubs and for activities during National Science Week. Most challenges also enable pupils for gain CREST awards.

Maths

Beat the Nation – GCSE and SATs revision idea

Use data from the 1000’s of students across the nation who have answered questions from GCSE and SATs revision to find the most troublesome question and challenge students to beat the nation by getting the answers correct!

eedi.com

Free maths support resources and ideas.

Mathematics Mastery

A selection of accessible activities that pupils can tackle at home.

Association of Teachers of Mathematics

A range of free educational resources.

Maths Through Stories

Learn the benefits of teaching and learning maths through stories and creative writing, as well as getting practice ideas for teachers and parents.

Reasoning in the Classroom – activity pack

Reasoning in the Classroom for numeracy materials provide teachers with an array of different activities, using a wide range of delivery approaches.

I See Maths

Innovative training and resources to promote deep learning in primary maths – learning that sticks.

The Mathematics Shed

A collection of videos that will help present a range of maths topics in a fun way.

National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics

Schemes, lesson plans and free resources for teaching and professional development.

You Cubed

A collection of maths and science based tasks for all grades.

IXL Maths

IXL helps students master essential skills at their own pace through fun and interactive questions, built in support and motivating awards.

Third Space Learning

Primary maths free home learning packs to help children learn and progress in KS1 and KS2 maths with interventions, teaching resources and maths packs.

Goal Free Problems

A site to allow teachers to access and share goal free problems proven to support pupils in improving their knowledge and understanding by removing the cognitive load of the goal and therefore not prompting means-end analysis of a problem.

National Geographic Kids

Maths primary resources for helping pupils explore a variety of mathematics problems and concepts such as measuring different weights, lengths and volumes using different units of measurement.

Computer Science

Khan Academy

Free lessons in maths, science and humanities. Students can use exercises, quizzes and instructional videos to learn and master skills.

Computing at School

A collection of resources for teachers of computer science.

Barefoot Computing

A selection of cross curricular lessons and classroom resources that are easy to teach and fun to learn.

STEM

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

Free teaching resources and classroom activities for students aged 11 – 19 years including lesson plans, handouts and film clips.

Siemens Six for Six

A portfolio of resources that feature six episodes of learning for six core modules aimed at students 7 – 16. Each module features six complementary resources aligned to curriculum requirements for STEM subjects.

NASA

Bring the wonder of space to your students. Explore our universe of science, technology, engineering and maths activities and resources.

NRICH

Resources from STEM Teacher Inspiration Days.

Subsea Channel

A resource that will capture the interest and imagination of primary pupils in science subjects. Aligned to the Curriculum for Excellence, Subsea Channel provides teachers with a resource which shows real-life applications of the scientific principles they teach.

NASA Space Place

Explore earth and space with a collection of resources for parents and educators.

Our Future Energy

A website for teachers to find all the energy themed resources you’ll need for your classroom. Curriculum aligned resource materials for schools which are also brilliant for 11 to 16 year olds to use when studying for homework or exams.