STEM Ambassador Activity: Creating Captivating Cornflour
The information sheet, from the Royal Academy of Engineering, covers what materials are required and encourages students to think about how a material alters as it is processed and how it can be used. Students are encouraged to think about enginnering applications for a material and also the marketing of a product. There is a case…
Chris Wise
Chris Wise was one of the scientists featured in the Acclaim project in 2001. Acclaim was a collaboration between the Royal Society and the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University. Chris is an award winning engineer and a successful entrepreneur having co-founded his own structural design company Expedition Engineering…
STEM Club Activity: Moving House
Published by the Royal Academy of Engineering, this activity sheet for students will enable them to demonstrate the idea of reinforced materials and conclude which is the best to choose for a specifc task, in this case constucting buildings resistant to earthquakes and high winds. The work of a structural engineer is also profiled.
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STEM Ambassador Activity: Perfect Pylons
Published by the Royal Academy of Engineering, this activity sheet looks at electricity and its distribution in the 21st century. Most UK households consume large amounts of energy. As more renewable sources of energy are used and the use of fossil fuels is reduced, it is important to ensure that electricity is supplied to consumers…
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Stephen Sparks
Steven Sparks was one of the scientists featured in the Acclaim project in 2001. Acclaim was a collaboration between the Royal Society and the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University. At the time, Professor Steve Sparks was the Director of the Centre for Environmental and Geophysical Flows at Bristol University.…
Frances Ashcroft
Frances Ashcroft was one of the scientists featured in the Acclaim project in 2001. Acclaim was a collaboration between the Royal Society and the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University. At the time, Frances Ashcroft was the Royal Society GlaxoSmithKline Research Professor at the University of Oxford. Her research…
Francesca Happé
Francesca Happé was one of the scientists featured in the Acclaim project in 2001. Acclaim was a collaboration between the Royal Society and the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University. Francesca Happé's research interests included the normal and abnormal development of processes that underlie…
Kevin Warwick
Kevin Warwick was one of the scientists featured in the Acclaim project in 2001. Acclaim was a collaboration between the Royal Society and the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University. Kevin Warwick was a well-known cyberneticist. He had appeared on radio and television regularly to talk about cybernetics, robots…
Paul Nurse
Paul Nurse was one of the scientists featured in the Acclaim project in 2001. Acclaim was a collaboration between the Royal Society and the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University. Paul Nurse is one of the UK's foremost biological scientists. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) for his work on…
STEM Ambassador Support: Diversity
This information sheet, from the Royal Academy of Engineering, provides teachers with a challenges to stereotyping activity. Some students may not understand what engineering involves, others may be fully engaged in another subject, while for some engineering may appear too hard or culturally irrelevant. By using this resource teachers…
STEM Ambassador Activity: In Control
Published by the Royal Academy of Engineering, this activity looks at using alternative forms of transport, in this case cycling. The activity centres around groups of students developing an engineered product that represents the ideas of personal transport and sustainability. There is also a case study looking at a bike manufacturing…
STEM Ambassador Support: Routes into Engineering
This information bulletin, from the Royal Academy of Engineering, is aimed at teachers to help them encourage students into engineering careers. The bulletin provides three case studies about young engineers and also provides a selection of activities to engage students in thinking about engineering concepts and to show them that…
STEM Club Support: Diversity
This activity from the Royal Academy of Engineering challenges stereotypes by asking students to draw and describe an engineer and then requiring them to explain their drawings together with discussing stereotypes. There are career profiles and further activities for teachers to pursue with their students.
Getting a Job
Produced by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), these 'At Work With Science' materials are designed to give students an understanding of the process involved in applying for a job. It contains useful information and tips on filling in application forms, producing a good curriculum vitae and performing…
STEM Ambassador Support: The Engineering Message
Produced by the Royal Academy of Engineering, this information sheet is aimed at helping teachers send a positive message across to students who can often feel that engineering has ‘nothing to do with me’. Many students do not realise that engineering is a very broad area. Much of what people buy, own, wear, eat and do…