Resources by Practical Action
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Social sustainability
Two worksheet based activities that can be used to identify the impacts of technology upon people to sustain their communities in the future. The first activity considers the social impact upon sustainability with key questions to research and the second task is an analysis activity looking at cultural, economic,...
Solar Challenge
Students investigate the generation of electricity by solar cells and how this can transform the lives of people without access to mains electricity. The challenge is based on Practical Action's work in Gwanda, Zimbabwe.
Squashed tomato STEM challenge
This Practical Action resource presents a fun hands-on and brains-on challenge for Key Stages Two to Five.
The problem:...
STEM careers - poster
This colourful A2 poster illustrates how studying STEM subjects can lead to four very different careers in the international development sector. Why not print out the case studies that accompany this poster and display them with it for an informative,...
STEM careers - profiles
Students are often unaware of the opportunities open to them if they study STEM subjects at school. This resource, comprising of seven case studies/profiles, is designed to increase awareness of just some of the potential careers open to them in international development.
Why not print out the...
Stop the spread STEM challenge
Stop the spread is a new STEM challenge for students aged 7 to 16. Highlighting the global issue of infectious disease students design, build and test a model of a hand washing device and produce educational materials for children in Kenya to encourage hand washing. It is accredited for the British Science...
Sustainable Construction and the Built Environment
These technical briefs focus on low cost approaches related to sustainable construction and materials.
Technical briefs are documents produced by Practical Action which are freely...
Systems Control and Electronics
These technical briefs focus on low cost approaches to accessing energy. This is vital to health and well being and low costs are particularly important to poorer communities in the developing world.
...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.
Transport
Produced by Practical Action, these materials contain ideas and support for students undertaking a CREST award. There are stimulus materials that help students look at an issue of sustainable development. These materials look at sustainable transport. In Nepal, the building of ropeways that allow people and farmers...