This STEMNET resource describes the background and career of transportation planner, and STEM Ambassador, Dan Cornelius.

Dan's role is to assess road schemes and their impacts on local and regional areas. He develops graphic models of the situation and location. This allows him to manipulate elements, such...

This STEMNET resource describes the background and career of STEM Ambassador Nathan Kan, a Senior Airworthiness Engineer.

Nathan works for QinetiQ, a company which provides technology-based services to the defence, security and related markets. It also delivers consultancy services to commercial and...

The contents of the Biology strand of Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences were broadly the same in both the first and second editions of the publications. The second edition of the Teachers’ Guide showed how the course matched to the 1992 version of the National Curriculum...

The contents of the Chemistry strand of Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences were broadly the same in both the first and second editions of the publications. The second edition of the Teachers’ Guide showed how the course matched to the 1992 version of the National Curriculum.

Contents of both editions...

The contents of the Physics strand of Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences were broadly the same in both the first and second editions of the publications. The second edition of the Teachers’ Guide showed how the course matched to the 1992 version of the National Curriculum.

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After school, Amy initially studied childcare for two years before embarking upon a career in a pharmacy.  After 2 years training to be a...

This collection of resources supports the International Women in Engineering Day, and provides some case studies of women working in engineering roles, and highlights some career opportunities. There are also resources which discuss gender stereotyping in the classroom.

This issue of Catalyst includes the following articles:

Exploring Saturn

This article follows the journey of the space probes "Huygens" and "Cassini", sent to explore Titan, a moon of Saturn. After a seven year journey it was...

F1 Challenge, from the Centre for Science Education, is a set of teaching materials which offer a cross-curricular approach to learning about engineering. Students build and modify a model F1 car based on ideas used for the F1 in Schools competitions. These ideas can be...

From Teachers TV, this video series shows an innovative project to engage and excite children in science by constructing a mock crime scene investigation. The project, as part of a science week in the school, allows Year Six children to behave...

This issue of Catalyst includes the following articles:

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One of the trial units from the Nuffield Primary Solutions in Design and Technology. In this unit, children design and make a useful resource for a home that meets all the family’s identified textile repair needs.

The purpose of the task is to show the need to repair textiles when they become worn or damaged...

This booklet, which is part of a series, seeks to address support and provision for gifted and talented (G&T) students who are either underachieving or at risk of underachieving. The focus of...

These publications from the National Strategies gives an overview of the resources for year 7 intervention and rationale behind them.

The Year 7 intervention plan builds key elements of the Key Stage 2 programme of study into the Year 7 yearly teaching programme and illustrates where the new materials in...