From Practical Action, this challenge asks students to design a simple wind turbine capable of lifting a cup off the floor to bench height. The winning team will be the one producing a machine that lifts the most weight. The resource includes an instruction sheet, wind turbine images, links to videos and...

This well structured resource from the IET provides a quick and efficient way of making craft, recycled Christmas window decorations, whilst learning about the science of adhesives, the physics of positive and negative charges, and even the chemistry of bonding.

This resource can be easily adapted to...

This is a collection of resources to help bring World Chocolate Day into the classroom. There are primary and secondary resources, relevant to a range of subjects.

This is a collection of resources to help bring World Environment Day into the classroom. There are primary and secondary resources, relevant to a range of subjects.

This list highlights a number of resources that could be used for by different subject areas for different age groups on World Rivers Day.  The theme of rivers covers a wide range of STEM topics from building bridges, harnessing their energy to generate electricity, to their importance in terms of the provision of...

World Space Week is a very popular STEM awareness event and there are a large number of resources available for all age groups. This collection highlights some of the best and more topical resources to provide inspiration for lesson or STEM Club activities.

On the theme of careers, ESERO-UK have a Careers in...

This is one of a series of resources developed by the Institution of Engineering and Technology inspired by the achievements of the ancient Egyptians.

In this activity pupils discover where the word 'hieroglyphics' comes from and how to write their name in hieroglyphics.

This session focuses on Year 6 pupils revising and enhancing their understanding of a healthy and nutritious balanced diet. Pupils use the supporting PowerPoint presentation, inspiration from recipe books and the internet to design a range of dishes celebrating their key ingredient. This session gives children the...

This project allows children to set up a farm shop business and design, make and market a new lunchtime food product. It provides a range of opportunities to enhance Year 3 National Curriculum for:

This resource provides a lesson plan and supporting resources that help Year 3 pupils to identify and describe the different parts of flowering plants. Children will revise previous plant knowledge and the session gives plenty of opportunities for practical learning and the meaningful application of mathematical...

This resource provides a lesson plan and support PowerPoint presentation that enhances the Year 3 maths curriculum, supporting pupils to calculate with money and give change. Through these resources children will make a non-food product using resources developed in previous sessions and then be introduced to the...

This resource provides a lesson plan and supporting PowerPoint to help Year 3 pupils to grow herbs from seeds and write a descriptive poem. Children will revise their learning on what plants need to grow and plant their own herb seeds. This session gives children the opportunity to take responsibility for their own...

This resource provides a lesson plan and supporting resources that help Year 3 pupils to design and conduct a survey and present their data in a pictogram. Through this session children are introduced to the idea of market research as a meaningful context for maths learning. This session is the third in a ten...

This resource provides a lesson plan and supporting resources that help Year 3 pupils to design a healthy balanced meal and to write instructions. Through these resources children are asked to think about eating healthily and the different food groups that comprise a balanced diet and are supported to create a...

This resource provides a lesson plan and supporting resources that help Year 3 pupils to design and conduct a fair investigation and to explore the requirements of plants for life and growth. Through these resources, pupils will be supported to design and carry out their own fair tests which will help them to...