Lets Talk

The aim of these activities is to develop an understanding of some of the health issues associated with being overweight and to encourage discussion of some of the ways in which individuals and society can intervene in this problem.

The aim of these activities is to develop an understanding of the importance of a healthy liver to the body and to consider some of the health and social issues associated with alcohol consumption. The activities centre on encouraging discussion on the many ways in which alcohol affects the lives of young people and asks them to talk about some of the dangers of drinking too much.

The aim of these activities is to develop an understanding of immunity and vaccines and the importance of vaccination programmes in general. It also aims to give the pupils information about Human Papilloma Virus and opportunities to discuss some of the resulting issues.

These resources aim to provide teachers with materials which will help them to raise environmental science issues with their pupils. Environmental Issues is written for pupils at second and third level of CfE (or Key Stage 2 and 3 in the rest of the UK.

The resource also supports the National 4 Biology course.

This activity aims to provide teachers with a resource which will help them to raise environmental science issues with their pupils. It is written for pupils at CfE second level (or Key Stage 2 elsewhere in the UK) but it could be modified to be used with younger or older pupils. The resource also supports the National 3 and 4 Biology courses.

This activity aims to provide teachers with a resource which will help them to raise some of the environmental science issues relating to the preservation of peat bogs with their pupils. It is written for pupils at CfE second level but it could be modified to be used with younger or older pupils.

This activity could be used when pupils are studying plants and the environment and could be combined with a more general resource – Let’s Talk Plants which aims to encourage pupils to discuss some of the issues and conflicts associated with preserving forests, providing habitats for wild animals within farmland and the importance of plants in the oceans.

The Stem Cells activity provides teachers with a resource which supports (i) an understanding of stem cells, (ii) how they can be used therapeutically, and (iii) a discussion activity which raises some of the issues relating to stem cells.

The resource supports CfE level 4 science outcomes and the stem cell outcomes from National 4 and 5 Biology.