Free Science and technology teaching resource from BP Educational Service (KS2)

www.bp.com/bpes/ysicoolcreations

This is the latest in a very popular series called the Young Science Investigators of free teaching resources for 7-11 year olds/KS2.

(see the other resources in the series here: www.bp.com/bpes/ysi)

YSI: Cool Creations is an online set of materials to teach Science through exciting Design and Technology projects such as Paper Spinners and Electric Helicopters. The materials include skill-builder videos, animations, worksheets, photos and detailed teacher guidance and curriculum links.

Free Science teaching resource from BP Educational Service (KS3, KS4)

www.bp.com/bpes/scienceskills

This is a highly interactive free teaching resource for 11-16 year olds / Key Stages 3 and 4 to develop science skills such as making predictions, planning investigations, working with variables etc.

Students are presented with six real-life science challenges from BP's business. Video briefings, interactive experiment labs and information sheets help them to answer questions and ultimately solve the challenges.

Each challenge is based around a core topic from the Key Stage 3 (KS3) and 4 (KS4) curricula and the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence, such as harnessing wind power or speeding up a chemical reaction.

Teachers' notes are included and all teachers we've shown the resource to so far seem delighted with what it offers.

Free PSHE, Citizenship, English and Drama teaching resource from DfT (KS1, 2, 3, 4)

www.dft.gov.uk/think/education

THINK! Education is a Department for Transport programme created to raise awareness of road safety for children and young people aged 3 to 16.

The resources include lesson plans with strong links to the PSHE, Citizenship, English, Drama and Science curricula.

The interactive activities and films are particularly engaging - students investigate incident scenes and consider the consequences of their own actions, and learn how they can stay safer on the roads.

Free PSHE and Citizenship teaching resources from The Children's Society (KS2)

www.mylife4schools.org.uk

These free resources were originally created to match the key issues that emerged from The Good Childhood® Inquiry and provide interactive child friendly stories and activities to handle topics such as friends, family, trouble at home, staying healthy etc.

Teacher guidance, lesson plans, assembly ideas, activity sheets are all included.