Get involved with Terrific Scientific!   

Terrific Scientific is a fantastic learning resource from the BBC which aims to involve pupils in a series of Science investigations that feed into real academic studies being carried out at universities across the UK. Aimed at 9-11 year olds, these investigations are fun, practical easily resourced and curriculum linked. They present a great opportunity for pupils to develop scientific skills and confidence in a purposeful context. The BBC uses some of the characters and presenters from well-known children’s television programme to help introduce each investigation. This really helps to motivate and engage the children from the start. The website is also packed with lots of extra resources to allow teachers to plan for additional activities and follow up work if they wish.

You can sign up to take part at any time and don’t have to take part in every investigation, just pick and choose the ones that will suit your children. Although the investigations are only ‘live’ for a limited time period you can still access all the materials and resources for previous investigations but pupils won’t be able to submit any data.

The current investigation is all about Power and pupils are challenged to find ways to save energy across the school.

Interested in taking part? Click on the link below to find out more.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/terrificscientific

Sample medium term planning based around using this resource – terrific scientific investigations planner