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Modern materials: biomimicry and biopolymers
Biomimicry is based on the idea that we can take inspiration from nature when solving problems in design and engineering. Biopolymers are polymers made from natural sources. This resource provides a great introduction to biomimicry and biopolymers. It provides examples of biomimicry and biopolymers and suggests...
Modern materials: coated metals
A coated metal has a coating applied to the surface to enhance or change its functional or aesthetic properties. This resources explores the topic of coated metals, specifically anodising, galvanising, powder coating, dip coating, electroplating.
Modern materials: E-Textiles
This resources provides a space themed introduction to the topic of E-textiles. It looks at some of the technologies used, provides examples of products that are made possible by E-textiles and provides some hands-on examples of how you can bring E0textiles into your classroom.
Modern materials: Introduction
This resources provides students with an introduction to the topic of modern materials. It provides an overview of what modern materials are and why we might use them for different products. The specific materials included are:
- Nanotechnologies
- Liquid crystal displays
- Graphene ...
Modern materials: teacher notes
These teacher notes will guide you through the collection of resources created for space-inspired modern materials. Including:
This collection of resources has been developed to support the teaching of technical textiles. Each resource is inspired by space, providing information, experiments and...
This collection of resources has been developed to support the teaching of smart materials. Each resource is inspired by space, providing information, experiments and discussion points for each of the smart materials and technologies.
This collection of resources has been developed to support the teaching of modern materials. Each resource is inspired by space, providing information, experiments and discussion points for each of the modern materials and technologies.
Plants on Mars - Build an automatic plant watering system
This resource from the European Space Agency is presented as eight activities which guides students to create an automatic plant watering system, suitable for use on a possible future colony on the planet Mars. Students have opportunities to use and develop their skills to plan, design and analyse various soil-...
Moon Rover - Building a solar-powered rover
In this set of two activities, pupils identify and compare types of renewable sources of energy, before being encouraged to identify solar energy as one of the best options for powering a lunar rover. Pupils will learn about the environmental conditions on the moon and learn more about the purpose of lunar rovers...