These activities allow students to model how environmental scientists compare diversity in different ecosystems by using ordinary playing cards as ‘species’ to generate data to calculate Simpson’s Diversity Index. This can be completed in a single lesson. Some students find the concept of species diversity quite...

This is a collection of academic research papers, best practice evidence, case studies of action research in schools, reviews of education research and reports related to educational research in the STEM subjects.

For ease of use, the collection has been divided into three sections:

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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 the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

Hughes Electrical Technology...

This annotated chronology record the principal developments in the technology of electricity supply and utilisation; legislation and reports of official committees; regulations governing...

Although little more than twenty-five years old, electronic computers are reshaping our technological society. This book explains how computers work, how problems are...

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The main emphasis of this book is on algorithms. But at the same time is is also a multi-faceted mathematics text which will broaden and deepen the reader's mathematical knowledge. As a by-product...

This book is an elementary introduction to the study of statistics.

This book is designed as a text for short course on sample survey methods. It is a concise modern treatment at an intermediate mathematical level...

FE and other post-16 tutors are increasingly being asked to embed and develop English and maths skills in their lessons, and the revised common inspection framework from Ofsted places an...

A short starter activity for students of all ages. It would make a good introduction to lessons on robotics or artificial intelligence and could spark a discussion on how neural networks might be used to create human-like behaviour. Equally, when discussing HCI design, it might move the debate beyond keyboard and...

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 the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

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 the latest publications from UK educational publishers.