This set of ten video case studies, from around 2010, illustrate a range of technician roles that use science and mathematics. The examples feature young college students and apprentices who talk about their area of study or work and who have a clear career route in mind. 

The case studies cover:

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Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), these video clips look at how active learning approaches can be taken to the teaching and learning of mathematics with post-16 students. Clips look at: * How the interaction between learners and their peers can enhance their own understanding of new...

This study argues that American students are receiving a mediocre education in mathematics and science, especially students from disadvantaged groups - the poor, ethnic minorities and young women.

The author...

This toolkit, from the Plus magazine's collaboration with Arctic Survey Education, explores the navigational aspects of the expedition, including questions surrounding cartography and Global Positioning (GPS) systems. The toolkit can be download as a whole or as individual components. The individual components are...

Two parabolas are shown, one with a positive quadratic coefficient, the other with a negative quadratic coefficient. Each has the same linear coefficient and between the...

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.

Mathcentre provide these resources which cover aspects of arithmetic. They include fractions and their associated arithmetic, geometric progressions, percentages, ratios and powers and roots.

Comprehensive notes, with clear descriptions, for each resource are provided, together with relevant diagrams and...

Mathcentre provide these resources which cover aspects of arithmetic, many of which are suitable for students studying mathematics at Higher Level GCSE, or A Level, as well as those students for whom mathematics is an integral part of their course. Some of the topics covered include, decimals, fractions,...

Mathcentre provide these resources which cover aspects of arithmetic, often used in the field of engineering. They include fractions and their associated arithmetic, calculations involving surds, using standard form, as well as understanding and drawing the graph of a function.

Comprehensive notes, with...

This series of interactive excel sheets look at arithmetic series and progressions.

The first sheet gives examples of arithmetic sequences, of which the value of a further term in the sequence, the first term and the...

Written on a lively and light-hearted level, this book will provide unusual entertainment for anyone with an intellectual curiosity about elementary mathematics or who enjoys manipulating numbers.

Students design a new layout for the classroom, measuring the furniture, making scaled cut-outs and placing them on a prepared plan.

This resource is part of the Nuffield Maths Level 1 Foundation resource collection.

Leading behaviour...

This case study explores the intention of a provider to engage young learners in engineering and technology. Key to the project was the involvement of parents, employers and a range of STEM Ambassadors. Information on career pathways in engineering being the focus, an innovative approach in making engineering...

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.