This activity has been designed to help pupils understand the different applications of satellites in the field of Earth observation. Scientists use the data collected by these satellites to monitor changes in environments across the planet.

There are three satellites that pupils can build:

• ...

A collection of resources for GCSE Design and Technology that support the teaching of material properties with different papers and boards.

Parabola

This file provides a well illustrated introduction to the properties of a parabola. It begins by illustrating the...

A parabola is given with the x-coordinate of the minimum point, and two points on the parallelogram shown. The points are joined and then a parallel line is drawn that is a...

Pupils will learn about materials and forces, including gravity and air resistance, in this experiment from the IET. Using Christmas as an opportunity to get practical, p...

A practical project that helps students to understand how client-server relationships are established, and what they might be used for. The example uses parallel computing across multiple Raspberry Pis to calculate a solution, as is often done when faced with complex scientific or engineering problems. The project...

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

• Identify a range of circuit diagrams that represent the same parallel circuit.
• Describe how to measure the voltage across the battery and across each branch of a parallel circuit...

In this A-level investigation you will look at the factors that affect the properties of a parallel plate capacitor.  You can alter the area of overlap or the spacing’s between the plates to see how this impacts on the results.

This resource has been provided by Keith Gibbs.

There are a series of quadrilaterals on is presented on plain paper. The initial task is to form the shape derived by joining the midpoints of each side. The resulting quadrilateral is in each...

There are a series of quadrilaterals presented on a grid. The initial task is to form the shape derived by joining the midpoints of each side. The resulting quadrilateral is in each case a...

This RISP activity is in the form of a puzzle in which students are given a general parametric equation with missing coefficients. A number of clues are given such as a point through which the curve passes. Students have to use their understanding of parametric equations to find the missing numbers. There are a...

These animations, from the Wellcome Trust, help to show how parasitic worms are a major public health problem.

Thriving in numerous parts of the world associated with poor sanitation or water, these parasites have devised ingenious mechanisms that allow them to enter the human body, resulting in serious...