There are three separate downloadable resources available which are:

Football Teacher Resource
Football PowerPoint Resource
Football Student Resource

All resources compliment each other and for best use we suggest you use all resources in conjunction with each other during delivery of the module to your class/audience.

Football Teacher Resource

The teacher resource for football is a document with facts, key points and slide descriptions, which can be used as a basis of a script, created to aid the delivery of the ‘Materials used in football’ resource. The teacher resource is best delivered in conjunction with the PowerPoint resource (presentation), also downloadable from the site. A downloadable student resource worksheet supplements the module and can be used as a student handout. The resources are suitable for use to aid science teaching for 7 -11 year olds and introduce the concept of different materials being used for different purposes depending on those materials’ properties. Using the sport of football the concept of natural materials and man-made materials is explored using leather and butyl as the example in footballs. Metals and the term synthetic are also covered in this resource

Football PowerPoint Resource

The PowerPoint resource for football is a presentation designed for teachers to use as a visual tool when using the teacher resource. The presentation looks briefly at the sport of football and then looks more closely at some of the materials used to make footballs, both historic and modern day, goal posts and goalies’ gloves. The presentation is visual with pictures as well as bulleted key points and notes. The student resource questions have been added to the presentation along with the answers to allow the answering of the questions to take place in a group situation or to be used for group revision purposes.

Football Student Resource

The student resource for football is a single page document consisting of questions, pictures and information covering the subject of materials and their properties. The sheet is designed to be used at the end of the module to help pupils recap on the material covered and aid teachers to check that learning has taken place. The questions can be used during delivery of the PowerPoint presentation if preferred or as a plenary or homework exercise.

The final match for England in the UEFA Group 6 2010 World Cup Qualifiers is against Belarus. Having already beaten the Belarus away earlier in the group stage England will be looking for a repeat performance and to end the qualify campaign on a high a Wembley.

The 2010 World Cup itself will take place in South Africa between the 11th June and 11th July. This will be the first time the World Cup has been hosted by a nation in the Confederation of African Football.