Teachers' Resources

Various downloadable resources are currently being prepared and added to this page regularly, so please visit again soon to check our latest offerings!

In the meantime, here are a few things to keep you going...

Activity Sheets

Try these activity ideas out on your pupils... There are more on the Kids'Page, too!

Make a broomstick bass

Make a sunset in a bottle

Inspire wordsearch

So You Want To Be A Star?

Supported by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council and The Maddermarket Theatre, this is a PDF document with all the information about the So You Want To Ba A Star project including a background, exercises, themes and a list of various links to extra free resources.

Download the document. (File size is 228k for the complete 11 page document.)

Material Witness

Supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry, Material Witness is a resource of demonstrations and classroom experiments for Key Stage 2 pupils.

Download the document. (File size is 2.6mb for the complete 12 page document.)

Science and Writing Activities

To coincide with our creative writing competition we are giving you some great ideas of activities to try out with your class. All the activities aim to get the kids thinking and imagining, not only about characters but also about the endless possibilities of science and where we might end up next! Feel free to use the documents below in your class, the instruction document tells you how to use them and what the activities are. Remember the school who provides the most entries will win a free half days outreach!! See the competition pages for more details Inspire Writing Competition

Instructions for all activities

Primary/Junior School Cartoons

Primary/Junior School Questions for Characters

Secondary School Scenarios

Secondary School Biogs

Secondary School plot cards

Secondary School first lines