'Create!' is a design and technology course for Key Stage 3. It provides all the material needed to deliver the demands of the new Key Stage 3 strategy. The course follows the QCA scheme and the materials support ICT...

'Create!' is a design and technology course for Key Stage 3. It provides all the material needed to deliver the demands of the new Key Stage 3 strategy. The course follows the QCA scheme of the materials support ICT...

An early introduction to STEM!

• Build a maze by plugging in curvy, colourful pieces into the board, following one of the many designs from the activity cards
• Guide...

This is one of a set of resources from the IET that uses the theme of the lunar new year to reinforce basic maths skills through the use of Chinese calligraphy. The activity is aimed at key stage 3 pupils with low levels of attainment.

Pupils learn about and make use of Chinese calligraphy. They will learn...

The objectives of this activity are to develop a chain of reasoning and to understand the application of mathematical induction to proving divisibility. Students are given a set of cards. The cards have to be arranged in such a manner that they form the solution to a problem together with justification for their...

At Bishop Challoner Catholic College in Birmingham, a STEM project entitled “Rockets in Motion” took place during the autumn term of the 2010-2011 academic year. The project ran through a series of after-school sessions led jointly by the science, technology and...

Set in the context of the construction industry, this resource supports students to understand more about writing a CV and what content they might consider including.

This resource is a National Strategies teacher study unit for science subject leaders, science teachers and higher level teaching assistants on building challenge into lessons. There is a specific focus on questioning, learning outcomes and identifying opportunities to...

This is the book that will flip the way you think about STEM from not me...

Produced by Becta, these case studies illustrate how information communication technology (ICT) can be used to enhance teaching and learning in science. This case study looks at how children in science designed a timing mechanism that could be used in Physical Education (PE).

Children used their timer to...

Creating A Brand Identity is a fascinating and complex challenge for the graphic designer. It requires practical design skills and creative drive as well as an...

'Creating a learning school' dispenses with outdated preoccupations with tests, targets, and leadership from above, and focuses on independence of learning and structural flexibility within schools.

The...

This resource develops the concept of a mathematical understanding of slope. This is done through linking students’ intuitive understandings of steepness to a more precise mathematical calculation of slope.

The resource begins by presenting students with four cards showing line segments, and a further four...

These two lessons use the context of the scoring system of Ultimate frisbee to help students see a real-life use of how spreadsheets and data handling can assist a sporting context.  

Lesson 1 shows...

In this resource from the DfE Standards Unit, students learn to create and solve their own equations, where the unknown appears once. Most students will have been taught rules for solving equations such as ‘change the side, change the sign’ or ‘you always do the same to
both sides’. When used without...