This book is part of the Archive Collection which is available to view at the National STEM Learning Centre.

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 all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

A young girl used to have fantastic ideas about how things work, but Dudley tells her how it really is. Explains the workings of mechanical objects such as vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, dishwashers, toasters, and garbage trucks.

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The ten basic paper engineering mechanisms shown in this title fold flat, but when eased out of the envelope, suddenly jump into a three-dimensional shape. The motive power for each is provided by an elastic band....

This document from the Department of Education looks at how Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic School uses an 'on-call' room, a nurture room to support pupils in managing their social skills. The resource explores the school's on-call room, staff response to misbehaviour and individual behaviour support, as part of the...

This document from the Department of Education looks at how Stopsley Community Primary School encourages good behaviour by rewarding pupils. The resource explores the school's house point system, resources and support for teachers and their 'red carpet' policy as part of the managing behaviour and bullying in...

Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this case study looks at the theme of harnessing technology. From Dearne Valley College it describes how a learning strategy, originally developed for a single learner, has been extended to many more learners across Dearne Valley College.

Using...

The main aim of the study was to:

*engage students and enhance their learning in mathematics through cross-curricular work with other STEM subjects, using video as a tool to encourage students to:
- reflect on...

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 all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

In this book, Michael Laxton takes a fresh look at all aspects of craft teaching. Dealing specifically with materials that can be used, he stresses that education myst familiarise children with those materials that make up their daily environment, that materials must be seen as agents through which children can...

These resources challenge students to become more familiar with graphical data in a design and technology context:

• Venn diagrams: students are asked to complete the Venn diagram as a product analysis exercise for headphone wraps.
• Pie chart: students are asked...