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The Continuum of Design Education for Engineering. An engineering research resource
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The Continuum of Design Education for Engineering

This booklet examines the development of engineering expertise and makes recommendations on ways to harness, encourage, facilitate and reward it. Covering all Key Stages from Foundation Stage to post-16 and higher education, the booklet states the case for design and technology in schools to encourage an understanding of engineering,…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Science. A science video resource
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Science

In this video from Teachers TV, Science teacher Nichola Offer uses a range of techniques to help her students think about STEM related careers. In a lesson based on in vitro fertilisation(IVF), Nicola invites the school nurse to support the activities and talk about her work. In a role play activity, the Year Eight students think…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Information, Advice and Guidance. A science video resource
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Information, Advice and Guidance

In this video from Teachers TV, science teacher Angalika Newton is eager to promote careers in science to her students. Angalika works with Head of Careers Lorette Parker to plan a lesson to introduce the kinds of jobs that studying science can lead to. Their plans include bringing outside visitors into the school, giving advice…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Role Models and Work Placements. A science video resource
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Role Models and Work Placements

In this Teachers TV video, a group of STEM ambassadors visit Bradfield School in Sheffield to share their stories with a group of Year Nine girls. As a lesson starter the students take part in an exercise aimed at combating some of the stereotypical images of STEM related careers. The ambassadors then take questions from the…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Economic Wellbeing. A science video resource
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Economic Wellbeing

In this Teachers TV programme, staff at Riddlesdown High School in South London are taking steps to encourage students to study science, mathematics and technology. Students at the school participate in a role play as members of a residents' association. During the activity they discuss a proposal to build a pharmaceutical…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Equality and Diversity. A science video resource
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Equality and Diversity

This Teachers TV video shows two secondary schools in Blackburn as they explore STEM careers by encouraging their students to take a hands-on approach to learning. Witton Park High School takes a workshop for Year Eight girls which aims to make students aware of gender stereotypes and encourage girls into engineering. The girls…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Protecting Your Head. An engineering teacher guidance resource
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Protecting Your Head

Protecting Your Head, from the Centre for Science Education, is a set of teaching materials which offer a cross-curricular approach to learning about engineering. The context for the activities is the design of head protection for snowboarders where the risk of injury is significant but personal image is also important. Teachers'…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Teacher guidance
Group Work in Design and Technology 1. A technology video resource
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Group Work in Design and Technology 1

This Teachers TV programme focuses on the use of group work in the classroom. The film documents the experiences of four teachers from Queens Park Community School in North London as they adopt a range of group work strategies and evaluate the impact on teaching and learning. The examples of group work seen include: Head of Textiles,…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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STEM Careers Awareness Guides. A careers information sheet resource
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STEM Careers Awareness Guides

These STEM Careers Awareness Guides were designed to provide STEM teachers and careers advisers with an overview of the 'See where they can take you' campaign. This aimed to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers guidance for students, to help them make informed post-16 subject…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Report on the STEM Mapping Review 2004. A science research resource
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Report on the STEM Mapping Review 2004

The purpose of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Mapping Review, published by the Department for Education in 2004, was broadly to: • investigate whether STEM initiatives currently being taken forward address the concerns raised about the decline in demand of university places in STEM. •…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Case Studies from 2009. An engineering information sheet resource
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Case Studies from 2009

A set of case studies which highlight some of the research funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in 2009. The chocolate powered race car with a green future Energy: The world’s first fully sustainable racing car, developed with EPSRC support, is paving the way for ‘green motorsport’…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Professional Standards for Teachers in England from September 2007. A cross curricular teacher guidance resource
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Professional Standards for Teachers in England from September 2007

Produced in 2007, these professional standards were intended to help guide teachers' professional development and career choices. The professional standards cover the following career stages: Q – qualified teacher status C – core standards for main scale teachers who have successfully completed their induction…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Teacher guidance
New Designs for 21st Century Healthcare. A science, how science works information sheet resource
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New Designs for 21st Century Healthcare

A case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) archives which looks at how innovative equipment and vehicle design, supported by EPSRC, could help treat more 999 patients on the spot. Healthcare professionals, called emergency care practitioners, receive special training to assess and treat patients…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Ultra Precision Surfaces. A science, how science works information sheet resource
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Ultra Precision Surfaces

A case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) archives which looks at advanced engineering techniques, pioneered by EPSRC-supported research teams, which are increasing product possibilities and creating new manufacturing opportunities. ‘Ultra Precision Surfaces’ are considered perfect…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Self Healing Planes. A science, how science works information sheet resource
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Self Healing Planes

A case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) archives which looks at how ailing aircraft could heal themselves during flight thanks to a revolutionary new system. The technology, that mimics the healing processes found in nature, has been developed by aerospace engineers at Bristol University,…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Information sheet
New Microprocessor Could Extend Battery Life. A science, how science works information sheet resource
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New Microprocessor Could Extend Battery Life

A case study from the Engineering snd Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) which looks at how MP3 players and 4G mobile phones could be more energy efficient thanks to a versatile microprocessor, developed as part of a project funded by EPSRC at the University of Edinburgh. Designed using a new automated approach the processor,…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Information sheet
Suspension Innovation for a Safer Journey. A science, how science works information sheet resource
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Suspension Innovation for a Safer Journey

A case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) which looks at an innovative suspension system component that is boosting the performance of Formula One cars and improves comfort and safety in road cars, motorbikes and trains. Called the inerter, the component emerged from EPSRC-funded research undertaken…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Information sheet
Cracking Crime Faster. An engineering information sheet resource
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Cracking Crime Faster

A case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) which looks at the forensic evidence and intelligence that are left at crime scenes by footwear, gloves, tyres and fingers. New Latent Image Markup and Analysis (LIMA) software provides a fast, accurate way of transmitting and enhancing images of these…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Wind Turbine Project: Component Parts. A technology information sheet resource
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Wind Turbine Project: Component Parts

From the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), these images show the manufactured components, jigs and fixtures required to make the wind turbine project. Detailed drawings for the wind turbine can be found at this resource: wind turbine working drawings. Images include: • Front and side views • Propeller assembly •…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Wind Turbine Project: Working Drawings. A technology image resource
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Wind Turbine Project: Working Drawings

Produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP) these are the working drawings for producing a working wind turbine in the workshop. The turbine consists of six 130mm blades arranged on a central axle and attached via plastic gears to a dc generator. A total of twelve, detailed drawings are included. These cover: •…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Wind Turbines: Industrial Manufacturing. A technology image resource
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Wind Turbines: Industrial Manufacturing

These materials, from the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), consist of a series of photographs that illustrate the installation of wind turbines in an offshore wind farm just off the coast of North Wales. The images can be used to illustrate a range of manufacturing and engineering processes as well as the sequence of events…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Careers Examples and Options. A careers information sheet resource
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Careers Examples and Options

These two Future Morph resources aim to show students that there is a wide choice of options open to those who study sciences and mathematics.The resources consist of: Career examples list The list covers six areas of science: • Living things • Environmental science • Energy and motion • Natural and man-made…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Information sheet
Investigating Historic Buildings. A science teacher guidance resource
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Investigating Historic Buildings

From the Young Archaeologists' Club, this activity links cross-curricular themes including science, engineering and technology. For example, by looking at windows and doors, it is possible to observe how different materials have been developed over time. Similarly, the increase and development of electrical appliances in the…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Teacher guidance
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A science, physics poster resource
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

From the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the 'Big questions, big experiment' wall chart describes the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. It looks at the "big questions" about our Universe that scientists are trying to answer, and how the amazing LHC will help them to do so. The 'Tunnel…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Poster
Engaging Maths. A mathematics textbook resource
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Engaging Maths

A resource from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) which explores the role of the mathematical sciences in our lives - in security, telecommunications and the internet, the environment, finance and economics, industry, transport and travel, and in medicine and biology. Contents: Introduction: why maths…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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STEM Choices: Equality and Diversity - Ethnicity. A science research resource
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STEM Choices: Equality and Diversity - Ethnicity

This publication from the Department for Education addresses the issue of equality and diversity in the STEM workforce which is not yet truly representative. It examines the number of ethnic minority students studying STEM subjects and undertaking STEM-related careers. The publication looks at approaches such as role models, science…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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STEM Choices: Equality and Diversity - Gender. A technology research resource
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STEM Choices: Equality and Diversity - Gender

This publication from the Department for Education publication explores the issue of a significant gender imbalance in the STEM workforce, barriers to choosing STEM subjects and gender disparity. A list of suggestions to make STEM careers advice more women - friendly is also provided.

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Leading Practice in STEM. An engineering teacher guidance resource
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Leading Practice in STEM

This publication from the SSAT's STEM Pathfinder programme describes the approaches that the forty participating schools developed to embed 'STEM' learning. The examples include successful STEM practice for parents, students, and other people who work with schools and academies, including industry and higher education. Accompanying…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Teacher guidance
STEM Careers Awareness Leaflet. A science information sheet resource
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STEM Careers Awareness Leaflet

From the Centre for Science Education and the National STEM Centre, this leaflet provides some prompt questions that introduce creative and practical ways of raising STEM careers awareness. There is information on working with partners and also where further resources can be found.

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Information sheet
Embedding STEM Careers Awareness in Secondary Schools. A science research resource
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Embedding STEM Careers Awareness in Secondary Schools

This publication, from Warwick University, reports on the STEM Careers Awareness Timeline Pilot. The Timeline project seeks to establish how schools can embed a more systematic programme of careers awareness into the existing subject curriculum. The report gives emerging findings from working with stakeholders and schools.

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Work Experience in the NHS. A science information sheet resource
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Work Experience in the NHS

Produced by NHS Careers, this toolkit provides background information and advice for schools and other organisations involved in arranging work experience for students in the NHS.

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Information sheet
Work Related Learning Guide. An engineering research resource
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Work Related Learning Guide

Produced by the former Department for Children, Schools and Families, this work-related learning guide is aimed at young people and their parents or carers, employers, primary and secondary schools and colleges, and Education Business Partnership Organisations. The guide includes information on providing work-related learning and…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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