Penrose, a cat with a knack for maths, takes children on an adventurous tour of mathematical concepts from fractals to infinity.

This book of entertaining and instructive projects is designed for students in schools, and colleges, and also for hobbyists and electronics club enthusiasts. It is a follow-up to Adventures with Microelectronics and provides a stepping-stone to the microprocessor.

Instructions for sixteen projects including a burglar alarm, a wailing siren, an intercom, a fire alarm and a rain detector.

This book explains what chips do, then gives step-by-step instructions for projects to make a dozen useful and interesting devices....

With the aid of simple and clear instructions and using materials which are readily available in most homes, you can do 50 interesting and exciting experiments and follow up by making 15 working models.

Activities are posts made by educators to share a volunteering opportunity and request support. Here you will find examples of good activity postings for secondary and FE settings to be used as inspiration for your own posts.

The Gravity Jet Suit uses purely thrust from the jet engines to create lift.  This resource explains the aerodynamics of flight, including thrust, life, drag and weight for aircraft.

Cloth has been an integral part of African life for centuries, whether serving as a valued trade commodity or communicating the wearer's kinship group or status in the community. Woven into the fabric by hand; stenciled, painted, or embroidered onto machine-woven fabrics; printed by machine; or produced by cutting...

These activities, from the European Space Agency, use the example of Hurricane Matthew to explore the applications of Earth observation data in tracking hurricanes and assessing their aftermath. Students learn how a hurricane develops and the impact that extreme weather can have on society. They do this by...

Introduction to the Grand Challenge resources

This resource forms part of the ageing society resources from the Grand Challenges resource collection.  The introductory video can be found here.

The ageing society – level 2 resource package consists of activities designed to run for around two to three hours...

This book deals with the biology, society and medicine of ageing.

These technical briefs look at agricultural production in many parts of the world, carried out on a small-scale by farmers. Relatively small improvements in agricultural practice can have a big impact on yield and dramatically improve the life of a farmer and their family.

Technical briefs are documents...

This More Maths Grads resource, from the Maths Careers website, investigates the maths used in transport and is based on the travelling salesman problem.

Students are given a table containing information on the cost of air travel between nine different cities and asked to plan a route that visits each...