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Devised by education professionals and drawing on front line research, 'seeing science with Science and Technology Facilities Council' provides a wide range of interactive resources to support science teaching at Key Stage 3 (11 - 14 year olds) and Key Stage 4 (14-16 year olds). There are six themes with lessons for both Key Stages. Each lesson has a teacher section (lesson plan, teacher notes, experiment notes, background notes, technician notes), a student section (worksheets, activity sheets, information sheets) and a multimedia section (images, videos, audio, games). These  classroom-tested practical and interactive lessons provide a new way of getting inspirational ideas and evidence from the latest cutting edge science. The Key Stage 4 lessons have an emphasis on 'how science works' using examples from scientific research at two of the Facilities Council's laboratories.

An important new resource is a framework for a multiple choice quiz (with two, three or four possible answers) for teachers to put in their own set of questions and answers. This will be a valuable tool for all Key Stages for starter refresher sessions, end of lesson summaries, extension work, homework or revision. 

Certain resources are presented as PDF (Printable Document Format) files which require PDF reader software to view and print.  

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In 2007 a further seven lessons designed for Key Stage 4 were added. These are web-based only: schools without suitable web access should contact the Education Liaison Officer at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory for advice. The Key Stage 4 lessons are designed to support the 'How science works' aspect of the specifications and in particular data collection and data analysis.