In this activity students literally form a line to demonstrate their understanding of  the environmental, economic and social impact of everyday products, then discuss and debate.  The activity helps them understand the impact of everyday products throughout their life cycle from manufacturing to disposal.

This set of course materials from the National STEM Learning Centre and Network were designed to build an understanding of how electronics can be combined with textiles at Key Stage Three, starting with simple circuits and leading to more complex programming and effects...

The activities provided in the Little Inventors collection aim to inspire children to use their imaginations to help them to think up, and draw original, funny, fantastical or practical invention ideas with no limits, to solve a range of perceived problems from food waste to those experienced in the Victorian Era....

What is the Internet of Things (IoT) and how can it help firefighting in the future?

These activities explore how design can improve the equipment that fire fighters use, improving safety for both the general public and the fire fighters themselves.

The single-lesson one-hour activity requires no...

These Six for Six activities support pupils to understand that they live in a world driven by advances in technology, engineering or manufacturing principles. The teacher notes below offers an overview of the six modules offered by Siemens to enhance the KS2 Science and Design Technology curriculums. 

These activities use the challenge of finding a suitable geographical location for the BLOODHOUND SSC world land-speed record attempt as a context for teaching about interpreting graphs and diagrams.

The attempt aims...

From the London Engineering Project, this document gives practical advice to practitioners about gender and cultural diversity, and suggests good practice in technology and engineering delivery.

The London Engineering Project aims to encourage more girls to take up engineering as a career. This guide shares effective practice in the area of gender inclusion.

A collection of resources linked to the London Marathon that explore:- 

• the forces involved in running and specifically air resistance
• the engineering involved in developing products such as advanced running shoes, or running blades for amputees and people born without legs, and sports...

In this activity, pupils design a costume for participants running in the London marathon. They need to consider how modern and smart fabrics could be used in their design, such as those that wick moisture to keep runners cool and dry.

They will also need to consider how to make their costume eye-...

This activity, using the theme of the London Marathon, introduces the idea of creating a route map, highlighting the key landmarks, as a graphic product. The activity has cross-curricular links to geography and history.

Tunnelworks is a series of teaching and learning resources linking mathematics and science to the Thames Tideway Tunnel project, a major new sewer that will help protect the River Thames from increasing pollution. Background to the project is given in the ...

This is one of a series of resources from the IET designed around the theme of the future of flight with the purpose of developing pupils knowledge and skills in design technology and mathematics.

In this activity, pupils are tasked with designing a new item of luggage that travellers can use to store...