A Powerpoint from the May 2016 Research Conference which describes how the Crest Awards scheme has made an impact on research-led learning.

This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered:
* The conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy.
* The construction and operation of electrochemical cells.
* The conversion of electrical energy to...

A video guide for students illustrating the processes involved in running agarose gels in the laboratory.

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Inspired by the Born to Engineer video from Dr Eleanor Stride, an engineer who is developing a treatment for cancer that encloses cancer-treating drugs in bubbles, this resource supports students to increase their understanding of engineering in a food science context,...

This resource supports mathematical understanding by making representations of characters from books using basic shapes.

Pupils will design a two-dimensional image for character from a book, using basic shapes. This teaching resource could be used as a one-off lesson activity to reinforce understanding of...

This resource looks at various ways at how digital images and sounds are quantified in such a way that the computer can store and interpret them. This looks at the effects of digitising different types of data, and the effect that this has on both the size and the quality of the resulting files. It may be necessary...

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Recall the amount of time it takes to form a fossil fuel.
• Describe what plankton is.      
• Describe how organic materials can become trapped in sediment.           
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This resource is a detailed guide to Pygame. Pygame is an open source library that allows students to make graphical computer games and multimedia applications in the Python programming language. The book is suitable for students aged 14 – 18 years, Ideally, students should already have been taught the basics of...

This activity investigates the potential of hydrogen fuel cells as a means of energy generation and storage. Students make hydrogen gas by electrolysis, supported by practical instruction sheet. Combined with the Burning Fuels 2 resource, students can explore the...

This CBI report, from 2010, states that, ‘At present not enough young people leave school or college with the numeracy and maths skills they need for work and life. The UK must do better’.
 

The report proposes that, ‘More young people must be encouraged to continue their numeracy and maths education...

This is one of a series of resources to support the use of the BBC micro:bit. This resource focusses on pupils designing, programming and using a programmable device that can be used as a musical instrument in a class performance.

In this activity pupils will design and create a programmable device that can...

In this activity, students create musical instruments using recycled materials.  They are then asked to analyse the musical notes their instruments produce using free-to-download software.  The challenge is for the students to see how close the notes their instruments make can get to those produced by real...

Students have constructed a survey to find out about the eating and/or exercise habits in the school. They carry this out (limiting it to their year group or a selection of classes). The survey may have links to the Explore lesson if they have visited some of the suggested venues. Following this, students produce a...

In this activity written by the IET, learners will make a rangoli/kolam pattern for use in Diwali celebrations, the Hindu festival of lights. These patterns can be small or large, and in parts of India, there are competitions where teams of people work together to produce large designs for the public to enjoy. The...