In this project students design a school of the future for their local community using Autodesk Revit software. The first six lessons in the series are research based where students look at sustainability, the needs of their client (their community), green materials and green building principals. They use this...

The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC) produces classroom resources and teacher guidance to help highlight the links between classroom science and science-based industry. Resources in this collection contain information about the chemical and plastics industries as well as practical guidance about...

The Future Morph website was created in 2008 by the Science Council to provide a range of careers-related contexts to support teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The materials helped students to understand the relevance of STEM subjects to a wide range of career routes, many of...

These NASA materials describe hands-on science and engineering challenges for students, using space exploration as an engaging context. The activities are related to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite missions. Students design and build: *an air-powered...

SATIS book one includes Ashton Island - a problem in renewable energy, Fibre in your diet, and Nuclear power.

The ten units in this booklet are:

*101 Sulphurcrete: Reading, questions and experimental work on the use of sulphur as a building material.

*102 Food from fungus: Information,...

SATIS book ten includes Chocolate chip mining, Lavender, Why 240 volts?, and Trees as structures.

The ten units in this booklet are:

1001 Chocolate chip mining: A practical, problem-solving activity linked to analysis of data about copper mining.

1002 Quintonal - an industrial hazard: A...

SATIS book eleven includes A special type of hearing aid, The eruption of Mount St Helens, and Project management.

The ten books in this unit are:

1101 Breast or bottle? Information, questions, data-handling, discussion, devising stories, mini role-plays and a design brief. Attainment targets 1,3, 11...

SATIS book twelve includes From Babylon to biotechnology, Earthquakes - in Britain?, Radiotelescopes, and Are you made of stardust?.

The ten units in this booklet are:

1201 Agrochemicals and the environment: Data handling, information, questions and discussion. Attainment targets 1 and 2.

1202...

SATIS book two includes Drinking alcohol, The story of Fritz Haber, and The pesticide problem.

The ten units in this booklet are:

201 Energy from Biomass: Reading and problem-solving exercises, including optional practical work, on the production of biomass energy.

202 Electric vehicles:...

SATIS book three includes Air pollution - where does it come from?, Living with kidney failure, The second law of - what?, and Recycling aluminium.

The ten units in this booklet are:

301 Air pollution - where does it come from?: A data-analysis exercise concerning sources of air pollution.

302...

SATIS book four includes The label at the back - a look at clothing fibres, Noise, and Glass.

The ten units in this booklet are:

401 Fluoridation of water supplies: Reading and discussion concerning the artificial fluoridation of public water supplies.

402 DDT and Malaria: Reading, questions...

SATIS book five includes Bridges, Paying for national health, Risks, and Perkin's mauve.

The ten units in this booklet are:

501 Bridges: A survey of bridges leading to consideration of bridge design, the choice of materials for bridge construction, and optional practical work.

502 The coal mine...

SATIS book six includes The limestone inquiry, The heart pacemaker, and Metals as resources.

The ten units in this booklet are:

601 Electricity on demand: Decision-making task concerning electricity generation and the use of different types of power stations.

602 The limestone enquiry: A role-...

SATIS book seven includes Electricity in your home[, Physics in playgrounds, and Which anti-acid?.

The ten units in this booklet are:

701 Electricity in your home: Exercises using the electricity meters in students homes to find out about electricity consumption.

702 The gas supply problem:...

SATIS book eight includes The water pollution mystery, Hypothermia, The technology of toilets, Stress, and Radiation - how much do you get?.

The ten units in this booklet are:

801 The water pollution mystery: A data-analysis exercise about solving the problem of death of fish in a river.

802...