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These videos highlight the problems caused by flooding in the developing world, and show how Practical Action works with local communities to help reduce the impact of future flooding:
How floating gardens combat flooding: A brief illustration of how floating gardens...
These videos look at how farmers in the developing world grow and transport their food, focusing on the introduction of new technologies.
Gravity goods ropeway in Nepal: A description of how a gravity goods ropeway is used to transport tomatoes down a mountainside.
This Concept Cartoon on energy was produced by Millgate House Education and Practical Action. This cartoon help students explore issues around energy, in particular renewable energy, and to consider the question ' is energy really ever free?'.
Concept Cartoons are quick, simple and effective. They are...
A selection of posters and images to support a classroom display for the Sustainable Development Goals.
This report published by the Nuffield Foundation in January 2012 provides an up-to-date picture of the scale of UK foundation resources devoted to international development. It also identifies how these resources are distributed across region and need, and how foundations approach international funding activities...
Global project ideas are based around Practical Action’s work, which uses science and technology to address global issues such as energy, water and food. They give students a real insight into how science and technology can be used to tackle challenges faced by communities in the developing world, and how they can...
This Concept Cartoon on food was produced by Millgate House Education and Practical Action. This cartoon help students explore environmental issues around growing and importing food.
Concept Cartoons are quick, simple and effective. They are designed to intrigue, provoke discussion and stimulate thinking....
This report of the Central Advisory Council for Education (England) resulted from research into the state of secondary education, focusing on students aged 13 to 16 who were of average or below-average ability. The report was known as the Newsom Report, named after Mr J H Newsom, chairman of the advisory council....
Artists and scientists analyze the world around them in surprisingly similar ways, by observing, collecting, documenting, analyzing, and comparing. In this captivating guided journal, readers are encouraged to explore their world as both artists and scientists.
The mission Smith proposes?
"To document...
This research was Published in 2014 and presented at the ESERO 2013 Conference.
The purpose of any teacher continuing professional development (CPD) is to ensure a positive change in pupils’ outcomes, yet the evaluative evidence to support this relationship is often weak or missing. Using the CPD programme...
This activity, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), introduces students to the ethical and moral issues of remote surgery.
It is intended that students will be able to:
• Understand what...
The IET Education programme has been developed by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Europe’s largest professional organisation in the field. The aim is to introduce a new generation to the sheer excitement of science, technology and engineering.
These resources include cross-curricular classroom...
Published in June 2010 , this report from the Centre for Studies in Science and Mathematics Education aims to discover whether CPD has a positive impact in enhancing the personal understandings and teaching of science by the teacher and the subsequent learning of students.
The full collection of STEM...
Published in May 2012, this report from Sheffield Hallam University's Centre for Education and Inclusion Research, aimed to explore the impact of the support for the CPD of teachers provided by the Science Learning Centres on individual teachers’ career progression and retention within the profession.
The...
Published in March 2013, this report from Babcock Research focusses on the qualitative and quantitative impact the Science Learning Centre has on CPD for technicians.
The full collection of STEM Learning impact and evaluation research reports can be viewed...