This powerpoint focuses less on chemistry and more on the economic aspects of the process. Some good links to geography and business studies.

The slides include images from hubble and elsewhere, so could be used for the history of telescopes. Also contain the time that it would take light to reach each planet and so can be used to convey the size of the solar system

A series of quotes, some historic, some popular, that can be displayed in rooms during science week. Can also be run as a slideshow before assemblies or on TV screens.

A pretty powerpoint that tries to answer the question, How do we know that we are in space?

Shows the overlap of p orbitals to make the delocalised system.

A quick revision of isomerism then an animation of polarimetry. Comments welcome. This replaces a similar resource that didn't actually upload the resource!

An active reading worksheet that contains a lot of information. Pupils read it through and then read it again to give titles to paragraphs. Then they have to read it again to sift out various bits of information. A useful literacy resource for biology. Reviews welcome.

An active reading worksheet that contains a lot of information. Pupils read it through and then read it again to give titles to paragraphs. Then they have to read it again to sift out various bits of information. Reviews welcome

A journey through the interaction of light and matter. Looking at the different parts of the spectrum and how they are used for spectroscopy. Leads into NMR spectroscopy resource which deals with reading NMR spectra.

A few facts to begin with to show the amount of waste produced by metal extraction. Then asks pupils to consider the effects of a nearby farm discovering copper and selling up to become a copper mine.

You can display this as a PowerPoint. If you print out two slides to a page you have a pub quiz style set of worksheets that you can use in a revision lesson. Reviews welcome

Lesson plan outlines activity. Document can be cut up into strips for sorting. Last page can be held back for less able pupils. Pupils sort statements into ones that favour gorillas, ones that favour chimpanzees and ones that favour a new species. Ppt is a useful backdrop. Comments welcome.

A spreadsheet layout of the themes and subthemes in Science APP. Also includes a breakdown of Sc1 skills by level Comments welcome

A pattern seeking activity using a limited number of road signs that can be grouped in different ways.

Two powerpoints that cover alcohol levels in the blood and alcohol related accidents.

Much has been made of our medal winners at the olympics. Here is Andrew Osagie's story. He wasn&'t even expected to qualify for the final but he did. He ran faster than the gold medal wimmers in the last three olympics, he became the fastest Briton over 800m in the last 20 years. He finished last. Daqvid Rudesha broke the world record and all the other runners posted personal bests, season&';s best or broke national records. Andrew finished last but it was the race of the century, he didn't give up, he used the example of the others to inspire him to a new personal best.

I don't know what prompted it but a student asked me, 'How many atoms are there in me?' After a quick calculation based on her mass and the atoms all being carbon, the number was too big to visualise. Hence the subsequent question from the same student, 'So how big would that be if every atom was a one pence piece?' This is the result. Thanks Niamh, for the original question

A version of the glossary provided by the exam boards. This one has had its reading age reduced but not it's content or it&'s usefulness. It can also be used to introduce the terms in KS3 if you are 'Getting Practical'

A powerpoint to display with all the relevent details and a worksheet if needed

What if you could do drugs but only do half the damage? A few months ago the BBC news website carried a series of images of people made up to look as if only half of their body was damaged by drugs, a sort of left-handed Dorian Gray portrait. I found the pictures intriguing and with just PowerPoint and Paint I have made a set of images that are quite striking and may provoke debate. The photographer is Roman Sakovich.