organisations... science associations & professional bodies
National Confederation of Parent Teachers Associations
http://www.ncpta.org.uk/
This is a brilliantly designed site, easy to find your way around and with all the information well written and very clear. If you are not a member it tells you all about the organisation, answering any questions you may have about it. If you are a member it sets out all the member benefits, resources and there is a members notice board. Well worth a look if you haven't already discovered it.
Women's Engineering Society
http://www.wes.org.uk
WES is an organisation (founded way back in 1919!) which works to encourage girls and women into engineering and to support them in those careers. The site gives details of national and local activities, including the annual conference and the new mentoring scheme with AWiSE, and of various awards, especially the Lady Finniston awards for girls embarking on engineering degree and HND courses. WES works with the WISE campaign to provide the speakers for the 'Speaking Out' database of trained women engineers and scientists to speak in schools.
Pupil Researcher Initiative
http://www.shu.ac.uk/pri/
From Sheffield Hallam University an initiative to make science teaching more relevant and motivating by suggesting projects for schools that real scientists might undertake. Lots of great activities and resources, teaching plans, science news and you can contact your nearest teacher associate to discuss the project. You can even invite a real researcher to be researcher in residence at your school.
Government
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm
Department for Children, Schools & Families (DCSF)
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/
Parents Centre
http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/
The British Geological Survey
http://www.bgs.ac.uk
Access the BGS’s educational information and user friendly geological maps.
Geological Society (Geolsoc)
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/
Geol soc has limited information for teachers, but a useful library of links to more specific information on other sites.
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/ is the main link but
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/about/Welcome.html is where those new to this site should start.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
http://www.epsrc.ac.uk
Not for children, aimed at students and research scientists, but with fascinating project news here - the highlights of the councils grant recipients. It’s very interesting to see what problems and what solutions inspire this type of scientist. I couldn’t find any specific information aimed at teachers or children. No downloads
Farming & Countryside Education
http://www.face-online.org.uk/
Download a nice free resource on ‘Why Farming Matters’ from FACE. Aimed at Key Stage 3 students, the packs include Activity Booklets, Picture Cards and Posters.
Grow Your Own Potatoes
http://www.potatoesforschools.org.uk/
If you’re partial to a spud, get growing with this Potato Challenge. Register to reserve your free growing kit containing seed potatoes, a new interactive height chart and other goodies.
Hog Watch
http://www.hogwatch.org.uk
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society and the People’s Trust for Endangered Species are mapping the distribution of hedgehogs across the UK. Can you help? Plus there’s a couple of great fact sheets to download.
Medical Research Council
http://www.mrc.ac.uk
for the main site, aimed at the Medical research community.
http://www.schoolscience.co.uk
is very useful for teachers with an interest in Medical research topics. No downloads
Natural Environment Research Council
http://www.nerc.ac.uk
is the main site for those involved in Environmental research
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/site/guides/schools.asp
is the schools section, with basic info on how your school can get in touch with the local Schools Liaison Officer and a few useful related weblinks. Both NS and IE fine, no downloads.
Chemistry Society Website
http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/
This is a great site, really illustrating the science of chemistry beautifully, in different ways.
Periodic table 2
http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/page3.html
This site takes you on a spectacular journey through the periodic table. Has a wealth of information on individual elements, groups and patterns in the table.
It’s learn link
http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/index.htm
has an incredible amount of useful links to other sites, all carefully categorised into age groups to make it easy to find the site appropriate to pupils. Very clear and easy to use, works in Netscape and IE. You need Shockwave for some of it. Very good for teachers.
Royal Society of Chemists
http://www.rsc.org
(Royal Society of Chemists) is more for professional chemists to find out about the society and how to join, but it does have information about their library.
SciTalk
http://www.scitalk.org.uk
SciTalk offers a way for scientists to communicate their expertise and their enthusiasm to writers, and a way for writers to find out about science and how scientists ‘work’ – through personal contact and meeting face-to-face, not just by email or phone.
Schools Science
http://www.schoolscience.co.uk
is very useful for teachers with an interest in Medical research topics. No downloads.
SETNET
http://www.setnet.org.uk
To quote from the site: "SETNET is the Science Engineering Technology Mathematics Network and has 58 member organisations representing Government, industry, the engineering professional institutions, education and education charities. It is one of the outcomes of a Government initiative-Action for Engineering. SETNET is about ensuring that there is a flow of well motivated, high quality people from schools who have an interest in, and an understanding of, engineering related subjects. To present a coherent message to teachers and industry about the schemes and initiatives available to enhance and extend the key curriculum subjects of science, technology and mathematics."
The Woodland Trust
http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/
The woodland conversation charity has a website full of resources for students who want to get out and find things. Click on ‘learning is fun’ and go from there.
Engineering Council
http://www.engc.org.uk
The Engineering Council Website, it has nothing in particular aimed at teacher in the way of educational material but good on competitions for young people and advice about careers in engineering and general engineering news.
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