This book looks at several aspects of gears and gearing: * Chain drives * Belt drives * Spur gears * Compound spur gears * Worm gears * Contrate and helical gears * Cams * Design and build problems Gears and Gearing was one of the Science at Work series. All the booklets in the series were highly illustrated with...

This website contains a range of human-centered design methods created by IDEO and shared through their online Design kit. The Design kit provides step by step...

This STEAM activity gives pupils the opportunity to explore engineering through the design and creation of their own moving part aircraft. Pupils have the opportunity to work as part of a group to carefully design their own aircraft and think hard about how to create a moving propeller or a landing gear, before...

This STEAM activity gives pupils the opportunity to make and fly loop the loop planes, measure distance travelled appropriately and record data in a table. This maths activity gives pupils the chance to apply their existing understanding of data collection as well as being an introduction to the topic. This is a...

In this cross curricular activity, children learn about light and shadows by creating shadow puppets which tell the story of a myth or legend. Teacher’s notes provide a step by step guide to creating the shadow puppets, showing how to create moving parts; it also shows how to set up a shadow theatre to tell the...

This activity gives pupils in key stage 2 the opportunity to plan, test and execute a simple mission on the moon. Throughout the session pupils will take it in turns to give commands and to navigate blindly across the lunar surface. Pupils will be taught to understand the importance of clear step by step...

This resource contains step by step illustrated instructions of how to fold a variety of polygons, using A-size paper. The polygons featured include a square, an equilateral triangle, an isosceles triangle, kites, rhombi, a regular pentagon, a regular hexagon and a regular octagon. There are also investigations on...

An ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary resource giving sensible and useful help on how best to involve parents in their children's science education at home and in school.

This resource includes really different and exciting activities that could be done in school, or at home, with advice on their organisation....

This book looks at several aspects of photography: * How film takes a picture * The pinhole camera * A simple camera * Using a commercial camera * Developing the film * Making positive prints * Enlarging * Uses of photography Photography was one of the Science at Work series. All the booklets in the series were...

This book looks at several aspects of plant science: *Soil * Soil nutrients * Food from plants * Growing new plants * Damage to plants Plant Science was one of the Science at Work series. All the booklets in the series were highly illustrated with practical work described, step by step, by 3D line drawings with...

This book looks at several aspects of pollution: *Dirty water *Chemicals in water * Living things in water * Cleaning water * Oil and water * Dirty air * Analysing smoke * Chemicals in air * Sound * Pollution check Pollution was one of the Science at Work series. All the booklets in the series were highly...

This STEAM activity gives pupils the opportunity to explore recycling through the creation of paper planes. Pupils will draw on their knowledge of everyday materials and drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share ideas as well as learning about the work of a range of artists. In order to get the most out...

In this activity children are introduced to safe solar observation. Using everyday materials, the activity provides a step by step guide to create a safe sun viewer. A second activity investigates ‘sunspots’ and looks at how to use binoculars as a projector to see 'sunspots'. ‘Sunspots’ are areas of the sun which...

This book looks at several aspects of the science of motor vehicles: * Oil and its uses * The four-stroke cycle * The battery * The electrical system * Hydraulic systems * Cooling systems * Corrosion * Safety *Friction Science of the Motor Car was one of the Science at Work series. All the booklets in the series...

This STEAM activity gives pupils the opportunity to explore engineering through the design and creation of their own moving part aircraft. Pupils have the opportunity to work as part of a group to carefully design their own aircraft and think hard about how to create moving sliders, wheels and axels, before...