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Provides recommendations on suitable lab sizes and the number of students that can safely be taught in them. Includes advice on the impact, on both students and teachers, of overcrowding
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This document contains information and supporting links on developing environmental areas in schools, from the initial planning stages through to management strategies for when you are up and running... more
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This guide summarises how to dispose of material originally considered as ‘food’ that has been used or intended for use in science following the change in food waste regulations. 
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Slime Mould Video  (4 Sep 2025)
This video showcases the many different activities that can be carried out using the slime mould Physarum polycephalum.
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A simple guide on how to use a ‘Top cover’ model smoke cell to demonstrate Brownian motion.
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A diagrammatic guide on how to get started with enzymes, outlining the key actions with links to associated guidance.
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This guide outlines how to set up and use food calorimeters including how to set them up and to maximise the efficiency of combustion.
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This guide outlines how to carry out burning food investigations including how to set up the equipment, the protocol and which foods work well. Guidance also provided for burning peanuts/nuts should y.. more
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GL018 - Food tests  (3 Sep 2025)
This document explains how to carry out a circus of qualitative food tests for:carbohydratesstarch – iodine testreducing sugars - Benedict’s testnon-reducing sugars – hydrolysis then Benedict’s test p.. more
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A wide-ranging guide which will be of use to teachers in mainstream and special schools. There are sections on teaching science to students with cognitive and learning difficulties, behavioural and em.. more
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