Inspired by the Born to Engineer video from Dr Eleanor Stride, an engineer who is developing a treatment for cancer that encloses cancer-treating drugs in bubbles, this resource supports students to increase their understanding of engineering in a food science context,...

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Recall the amount of time it takes to form a fossil fuel.
• Describe what plankton is.      
• Describe how organic materials can become trapped in sediment.           
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This activity investigates the potential of hydrogen fuel cells as a means of energy generation and storage. Students make hydrogen gas by electrolysis, supported by practical instruction sheet. Combined with the Burning Fuels 2 resource, students can explore the...

This is one of a series of resources to support the use of the BBC micro:bit. This resource focusses on pupils designing, programming and using a programmable device that can be used as a musical instrument in a class performance.

In this activity pupils will design and create a programmable device that can...

Students have constructed a survey to find out about the eating and/or exercise habits in the school. They carry this out (limiting it to their year group or a selection of classes). The survey may have links to the Explore lesson if they have visited some of the suggested venues. Following this, students produce a...

This activity, ideal for a bright sunny day in any season, invites children and their families to notice the patterns created by ripples on water.

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Describe the temperatures needed to melt rock.
• Describe where on the Earth there are conditions that melt rock.    
• Describe how the size of crystals in igneous rock...

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Describe how grains of sand and bits of rock can be transported and deposited.
• Describe the structure of sedimentary rock.  
• Explain how sediments are cemented together to...

This video begins by showing how reducing the pressure above water reduces its boiling point (it boils at RT).  This is because the water molecules require less energy to escape into the atmosphere above it. It also shows that as the most energetic molecules boil, the liquid is left with less energetic molecules...

Produced by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, this booklet shows how to demonstrate star trails in a classroom environment using a ‘lazy susan’ spinning table and video editing software. Included is an online video showing the setup of the demonstration. Due to the tools involved this would only be suitable as a...

”When you tell people you make stars for a living, their heads turn and their mouths open.” The video features Dr Kim Cave-Ayland who is a control engineer at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE). 

Produced by Rolls-Royce, this booklet tells the story of what makes a high value business. It looks at questions such as: What are high value businesses? What do they look like? Why do they matter? The booklet can be helpful to illustrate the types of career opportunities that are available to students with science...

This Catalyst article investigates mercury which is a poison and how it can be removed from natural gas using ionic liquids.

The article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2014, Volume 25, Issue 3.

Catalyst is a science magazine...