Resources by Gatsby Charitable Foundation
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First line support technician -Rebecca
Rebecca enjoyed IT at school -this lead her to pursue the role of support technician within the IT team at Azurri, supporting key customers and ensuring systems remain active at all times.
These resources were produced as part of National Science & Engineering Week 2013, following a competition to find the most popular science demonstrations.
Teachers and technicians nominated their favouriet video demonstrations, and judges then chose the best to be turned into videos with accompanying...
Good career guidance - benchmarks for schools
Good career guidance helps inspire students towards further study and enables them to make informed decisions whenever choices are open to them. It helps them to understand enough about the world of work to know what skills they need to succeed.
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Good Career Guidance - the Report
This report is about career guidance in English secondary schools, and how it could be made better. Career guidance has been much criticised but what would it look like if it were better? Through international visits, analysis of good practice in English independent schools and a comprehensive review of current...
Good Practical Science
This report looks at hands-on practical science in secondary schools and uses an international study to answer the question ‘What does good look like?’. Using a model of...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
Horticultural technician - Sally
Sally always wanted to work outdoors in horticulture and began her career after leaving school. She now works in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, growing specimens for the University’s experiments and cultivating and curating some strange varieties of plant collections...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
Iodine Clock
This video shows an eye-catching colour change demonstration in which a colourless solution suddenly changes to a dark-blue after an amount of time. It is known as the 'iodine clock' as there is a delay before the colour change. The demonstration is particularly well-suited as an introduction to reaction rates...
Joe - mechanical/ vibration technician
Joe studied engineering at college and started working as a mechanic for a manufacturer of batteries for satellites and spacecraft. An opening at the Science and Technology Facility Council's RAL Space allowed him to harvest his interest in space and his role as mechanical technician...