Big Bang Collection
Launched in 2009, The Big Bang: UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair is the UK’s biggest single science and engineering experience for young people. Throughout 2011 the National STEM Centre will be supporting a rich resource collection of materials from the many organisations that are working to make The Big Bang a celebration of science and engineering to inspire young people. The start of this collection is 'The Big Bang Lesson'.
The Big Bang Lesson
In 2010 Professor Brian Cox, physicist and presenter of television series' such as The ‘Wonders of the Solar System’, visited Springfield School in Drayton to host The Big Bang Lesson – a mind blowing workshop showing how fascinating science, technology, engineering and maths can be.
The background information PDF 'Biology Top Spots' below gives a guide to the Big Bang Show floor, including all of the different stalls offered by organisations supporting the show. The guide gives descriptions of all of the activities available at each stall, organising them by subject.
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Big Bang Careers Resources
A number of careers resources on a range of themes such as biosciences, internet technology and world population were developed as part of the Big Bang Fair. These resources took the form of set of quiz questions about different careers for students to find out the answers to. The resources offered are: • Body talk •…
Future Morph Careers Quest
Future Morph Careers Quest was developed for students attending one of the the Big Bang science fairs. In the activity, students question exhibitors about aspects of their work and how they had chosen their particular career. Whilst developed for a an exhibition context, the resources can suggest questions for students to consider…
Google in Education: a New and Open World for Learning
Produced by Google, this document looks at the company's involvement in supporting education. It illustrates the range of Google's education activities and resources. It also aims to illustrate how Google tools can support learning in a range of curriculum areas including science, technology, engineering and mathematics…
Kitchen Science
From the Science Museum, this resource contains a booklet of fun science activities using everyday ingredients, with notes for teachers. The booklet contains step-by-step instructions for science activities and experiments that are safe and easy to do in the classroom or at home. The individual activities allow exploration of…
Shell Education Service: Investigating Science
Produced by the Shell Education Service, these resources are aimed at parents and young children to encourage them to try science investigations at home. The investigations are equally suitable for the primary classroom. Each investigation covers some suggested factors which can be investigated, as well as any safety implications.…
The Big Bang Lesson
The lesson activities and resources for 'The Big Bang Lesson' are provided here for teachers and lecturers to use in their own schools and colleges. The lesson outline includes links to many of the presentation slides used by Professor Cox in his lesson, and also to clips from Professor Cox's STAR lecture, which…
Welding with Chocolate
This activity, from The Welding Institute, gives students the opportunity to build structures made from chocolate. In the example given, a box-section is compared with a flat plank of chocolate, to see which is the strongest when spanning a gap. The structures are readily related to the context of bridge-building. Students join…
Young Engineers
This collection consists of six different projects or competitions which are part of the Young Engineer project. They consist of: *Airbus Eggs- design and build an aircraft that incorporates biomimicry to fly a raw quail egg the greatest distance by air, a competition for students aged 7 to 19. • Club Network Flyer -…
BP Educational Service Resources
BP Educational Service (BPES) provides inspiring, curriculum-linked teaching resources for primary and secondary schools and colleges. The resources feature animated video clips, lesson plans, posters and worksheets. This collection includes a selection of materials from BP's freely available resources to support primary…
EngineeringUK
These materials are produced by EngineeringUK and are suitable for use with students following engineering, design technology or science courses. Investigations encourage students to look at topics in electronics, light, materials, sound and forces. There are also materials which illustrate the range of career opportunities in sectors,…
STEM Careers
This set of resources, published by the Centre for Science Education, offers career guidance for potential and current STEM students, their teachers and advisers. The resources include guidance tools for encouraging Key Stage Three students to take up STEM subjects, a guide to work placements and four profiles of different UK industries…
Teaching Medical Physics
The Institute of Physics's Medical Physics Group has produced a set of teaching materials which can be used to teach medical physics at GCSE/Standard level in schools. Three PowerPoint lessons are available on ultrasound, the electromagnetic spectrum and radioactivity. The presentations can be used as free-standing lessons…
Young Archaeologists' Club
The Young Archaeologists' Club (YAC) was established in 1972. It has grown since then and is now part of the Council for British Archaeology (CBA). The Club now has over 3,000 members across the UK and beyond who subscribe to the exclusive magazine Young Archaeologist. There are also around 70 local YAC Branches across the United…
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