This guidance, from the National Strategies, is aimed at middle leaders in secondary schools: subject and year leaders, SENCOs and other coordinators of aspects of school improvement.

The resource provides guidance for middle leaders in evaluating the performance of their teams and the teams’ impact on...

This resource, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), allows students to investigate the wide range of sophisticated imaging technology available in modern hospitals, and to explore the latest ideas in search-and-rescue robotics.

This edition of the Computing at School newsletter contains articles covering:

*Increasing the number of girls studying computing

*Inclusion in computing

*Network of Excellence and CAS Hubs

*Learning about programming through knitting

*Programming with GameMaker

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Mini NEA - Inclusive design is a set of 5 lessons where students will apply their product analysis studies to create inclusive design ideas for a range of described clients. In ...

Mini NEA - Inclusive design is a set of 5 lessons where students will apply their product...

Mini NEA - Inclusive design is a set of 5 lessons where students will apply their product analysis studies to create inclusive design ideas for a range of described clients. In this lesson students will learn and develop confidence in drawing quick, thumbnail sketches which demonstrate solutions to the problem with...

Mini NEA - Inclusive design is a set of 5 lessons where students will apply their product analysis studies to create inclusive design ideas for a range of described clients. In this lesson students will learn about anthropometrics and will...

Mini NEA - Inclusive design is a set of 5 lessons where students will apply their product analysis studies to create inclusive design ideas for a range of described clients. In this lesson students will develop an understanding of the...

Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiation and they penetrate into human tissue. There is still a significant debate about the safety of holding even a low power microwave transmitter next to your brain or keeping it in a trouser pocket. The possibility of...

This lesson gives students a 3D printing challenge to model and print a small food clip, using the technical drawings provided.

In this activity students design and model a 3D robot arm. Robot arms are an example of a programmable system. They are used in a wide variety of industrial applications, ranging from loading machines to assembling cars, welding parts together and spray painting products. They are also used in applications such as...

Students will review their analysis studies and pick one product and one disability which they model a solution for and test to see if the problem has been resolved. A detailed evaluation will follow using the provided question prompts reflecting ACCESS FMM. This resource works well when delivered with ...

This resource investigates modelling and constructing pulley systems designed to lift loads.

Suggested learning outcomes include:

• To be able to recognise and describe the main parts of a pulley system.
• To understand how a pulley system can reduce the effort needed to lift a load.
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