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Free science resources for KS3, KS4 and KS5
A resource bank built by science teachers and trainee teachers — 394 worksheets, presentations, card sorts and interactive whiteboard files, sorted by key stage, subject and topic.
- 10 categories
- 38 topics
- 394 resources catalogued
Welcome
Not run for profit, and never was
Secondary Science Resources was set up by a PGCE Science student so that other science students and teachers could get at good classroom material for free. It has never been run for profit. In return it relies on people sending in whatever they have made themselves — a card sort, a starter presentation, a set of target words — so that the next person does not have to build it from scratch.
Everything in the bank is filed by key stage, then subject, then topic. Pick a category below, pick a topic, and you get the full list: what the resource is, who described it and how, when it was published, the file name and how big it was.
The catalogue
Browse by key stage and subject
Key Stage 3
KS3 Biology
Cells, green plants, humans as organisms, variation and the environment for 11–14 year olds.
KS3 Chemistry
Classifying and changing materials plus patterns of behaviour for 11–14 year olds.
KS3 Physics
Energy, electricity and magnetism, forces and motion, light and sound, Earth and beyond.
Key Stage 4
KS4 Biology
GCSE Biology: cells and processes, humans and green plants as organisms, variation and ecology.
KS4 Chemistry
GCSE Chemistry: classifying materials, changing materials and patterns of behaviour.
KS4 Physics
GCSE Physics: energy, electricity and magnetism, forces, waves, radioactivity and Earth and beyond.
Key Stage 5
KS5 Biology
A-level Biology: cells and molecules, ecology, genetics, microbes, plants, respiration and evolution.
KS5 Chemistry
A-level Chemistry. No topics were ever added to this category on the original site.
KS5 Physics
A-level Physics. No topics were ever added to this category on the original site.
Scientific enquiry (Sc1)
SC1
Scientific enquiry — investigation planning, evidence and evaluation support material.
How the bank works
Three levels, no searching about
Key stage first
KS3, KS4 and KS5 are kept apart so nothing lands in front of the wrong year group.
Then subject
Biology, Chemistry and Physics each get their own category at every key stage, plus Sc1 for scientific enquiry.
Then topic
Thirty-eight topics follow the old National Curriculum headings — Cells, Changing Materials, Forces and Motion, and the rest.
Everyone contributes
The bank only grew because teachers sent things in. That is still the deal.
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Deepest topics
Where most of the material sits
- Ecology KS5 Biology 55
- Patterns of Behaviour KS4 Chemistry 30
- Humans as Organisms KS4 Biology 27
- Changing Materials KS4 Chemistry 23
- Variation, Inheritance and Classification KS4 Biology 22
- Light and Sound KS3 Physics 20
- Living Things and the Environment KS3 Biology 18
- Classifying Materials KS3 Chemistry 17
Made something good? Send it in.
The bank only ever grew because teachers and trainees shared what they had built for their own classes. If you have a worksheet, a card sort or a starter presentation that works, pass it on.