BP Educational Service Primary Resources

A wealth of top quality teaching and learning resources from BP including animations, videos, presentations, information booklets, interactive activities and more. Related to science, geography and Design Technology.

How Everyday Things are Made

An interesting site which shows how various items are made. There are over forty different products and manufacturing processes. There are great animations, videos and useful narrations.

Cracking Ideas

This website contains a wealth of educational resources to introduce students to the world of innovation and creativity. All resources and curriculum links can be downloaded free.

Nuffield Primary Design and Technology

Great design and technology teaching units which include lesson by lesson teaching guidance, a listing of new vocabulary, a description of links to other subjects and full details of resource requirements. Free to register on the site.

The Great Grub Club

A colourful website that uses cartoon characters to encourage children to make healthy eating choices, as well as to take plenty of exercise. It has lots of information on fruit and vegetables and some amazing recipes that children will love.

PaperWorks

PaperWorks provides UK teachers with a range of curriculum-linked learning resources about paper. There are lesson plans with online presentations, videos and project work. Superb.

Coins in the Classroom

Explore the world of coins, their history, design and manufactures. Each lesson pack, designed for classrooms in England and Wales, comes complete with teachers’ notes, lesson plans, fact files, worksheets and whiteboard resource.

Wood, Metals and Manufacturing Boards

This website introduces students to a variety of different materials. It looks at a number of hardwoods, softwoods, manufactured boards, plastics, metals and card. The uses and properties of the materials are discussed.

Into Film

Into Film clubs encourages young people across the UK aged 5 – 19 to learn through and about film, providing them with a wide range of activities. Join to set up a film club in your school. Joining is free for state schools.

Practical Action Schools

Free STEM resources for teachers include lesson plans, PowerPoints, activities, posters, challenges, images, videos and games all set around global issues including energy, climate change and disaster risk reduction.