Medical Compression
In this activity, students investigate the uses of materials and fabrics in medical applications, such as pressure bandages for burns injuries and anti-embolism stockings for deep vein thrombosis. The students make their own pressure sensor using different types of fabric. They then calibrate their sensor and create a calibration…
Essential Ideas in Electronics: Resistance
This article, from Electronics Education, is aimed at giving guidance to teachers and takes an in depth examination of resistance and conduction. It is also linked with an earlier article Essential Ideas in Electronics: Current. The article describes: • conductors and resistors • atoms, electrons, charges and current…
Essential Ideas in Electronics: Voltage
These articles, first published in Electronics Education, are aimed at giving guidance to teachers and help to describe the concept of voltage in an electric circuit. There are two articles in this resource. The first article introduces the following ideas: • A signal in a system is a voltage • A voltage is a difference…
Essential Ideas in Electronics: Current
Published in Electronics Education, this article is aimed at giving guidance to teachers and explains the ideas and models behind the understanding of electric current. The article begins by discussing the make-up of atoms and describes the charged particles, protons and electrons before moving on to consider charge interactions…
Solar Heating and Power
Produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), these images are useful for adding to documents and presentations, or for use with an interactive whiteboard. Mainly simple line drawings, they can be cut and pasted into documents and image processing applications. The images in this resource are related to the topic of…
Opticals
Produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), these images are useful for adding to documents, presentations or for use with an interactive whiteboard. Mainly simple line drawings, they can be cut and pasted into documents and image processing applications. The images in this resource are related to the topic of optics…
Circuits
Produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), these images are useful for adding into documents, presentations or for use with an interactive whiteboard. Mainly simple line drawings, they can be cut and pasted into documents and image processing applications. The images in this resource are related to the topic of electrical…
Flywheels in Engineering
This publication, from the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), looks at the topic of flywheels and how they can be used to store or smooth energy flows. The book initially provides information for students on the following topics: • The energy-storage system • Cyclicity of supply • Energy and system energy…
Crash Site Investigation
Produced by Innovate Educate and Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire, these materials challenge students to investigate the evidence from the crash site of Lancaster bomber PD259. This activity should be treated sensitively. Whilst it looks at an incident that happened over 60 years ago, it should be remembered that lives were lost during…
Communications and Radar
Produced by Innovate Educate and Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire, these materials allow students to investigate circuits using communication as a context. The principles behind radar are also examined. The activities can be used individually or together in a series of sessions. The activities are: Using electric circuits to…
Aircraft Structures
Produced by Innovate Educate and Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire, these materials allow students to investigate forces, motion and the use of resistant materials to make structures. There are four activities which can be used in sequence or individually. Helium balloons and lift Students look at the development of flying machines…
Polymers: Physical Testing
From CIEC Promoting Science, these activities are aimed at post-16 students following courses in technology, engineering, physics or materials science. The activities described allow students to gain experience and practice experimental technique in the testing of materials' physical properties. The tests include: • Compression…
Futurecade
Futurecade is an innovative interactive suite of games from the Science Museum that allows students to explore how science and technology impacts on their everyday lives. Futurecade’s four games are inspired by current and future technology in the fields of robotics, satellites and space junk, geo-engineering and synthetic…
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Case Studies from 2011: Technology and Engineering
A set of case studies which highlight some of the research funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in 2011. 3D printing 3D printing technology that can create full-scale consumer products, even in chocolate, is one step closer to commercial reality. Tiny flying machines will revolutionise surveillance…
Case Studies from 2010
A set of case studies which highlight some of the research funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in 2010. Valuable materials extracted from industrial waste Living with environmental change: Why use dwindling supplies of valuable raw materials when an EPSRC-funded project shows that they can…
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’…
Creating a Timing Mechanism for Running Races
Produced by Becta, these case studies illustrate how information communication technology (ICT) can be used to enhance teaching and learning in science. This case study looks at how children in science designed a timing mechanism that could be used in Physical Education (PE). Children used their timer to record the time taken…
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- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Teacher guidance
A Level Performance Descriptors Science Subjects 2007
Produced in 2007, these performance descriptors for science subjects at AS and A2 levels were written to indicate the level of attainment characteristic of grades A/B and E/U boundary candidates across a series of assessment objectives. It was intended that they should be interpreted in relation to the content outlined in the specification;…
A Level Performance Descriptors Science Subjects 2003
Produced in 2003, these performance descriptors for chemistry science subjects at AS and A2 levels were written to indicate the level of attainment characteristic of grades A/B and E/U boundary candidates across a series of assessment objectives. It was intended that they should be interpreted in relation to the content outlined…
A-Level Criteria Science Subjects 2006
This set of subject criteria were produced by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in 2006 for Awarding Bodies to produce AS and A level science subject specifications, in biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, geology, electronics and environmental science. AS and A level subject criteria are intended to set out the…
The New GCE A Level Examinations: Findings from the Monitoring of the New Qualifications 2009
In 2009 and 2010, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) monitored a sample of the new GCE AS and A level qualifications respectively offered by the three England-based unitary awarding organisations: AQA, Edexcel and OCR. The six subjects addressed were: English Literature and Geography for AQA; Physics…
Silver Award: Triathlon
The British Science Association CREST Awards encourage students to take an investigative approach to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related projects. These resources are just a few ideas that could be used to help students gain an award. These materials look at three possible projects that relate to the…
Gold Award: Triathlon
The British Science Association CREST Awards encourage students to take an investigative approach to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related projects. These resources are just a few ideas that could be used to help students gain an award. These materials look at three possible projects that relate to the…
Gold Award: Future Travel
The British Science Association CREST Awards encourage students to take an investigative approach to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related projects. These resources are just a few ideas that could be used to help students gain an award. These materials look at three possible projects that relate to space…
Bronze Award: Future Travel
The British Science Association CREST Awards encourage students to take an investigative approach to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related projects. These resources are just a few ideas that could be used to help students gain an award. These materials look at three possible projects that relate to sustainable…
Energy
Produced by Practical Action, these materials contain ideas and support for students undertaking a CREST award. There are stimulus materials that help students look at an issue of sustainable development. This project looks at the issues around providing sustainable energy in poor communities. It encourages students to investigate…
Spaceflight History: High Altitude Parachute Test
Produced by FootageVault, and using original NASA video, these clips chart the first high altitude balloon flight of Joe Kittinger during Project Excelsior. This was a series of high-altitude parachute jumps made in 1959 and 1960 to test the Beaupre multi-stage parachute system. The final test set a record a free-fall parachute…
Spaceflight History: Early Space Suits
Produced by FootageVault, using original NASA video, these clips show developments in early space suit design. The clips show how suits were tested for mobility and shows details of the joints that needed to be both flexible and airtight. They can be used to illustrate how engineers tackled the problems of making a space suit…
Fortune Tellers
In this Planet Science resource, instructions are given for making a fortune teller so students can make one with their own questions and answers. Attractive templates are provided where the science topic links to a possible career. They can be used to stimulate interest among 9 to 13 year olds and suggest possible careers. The cooking…
Light at the End of the Tunnel
A case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) archives which looks at how making low-energy LED lighting cheaper and more widely available could slash UK electricity consumption by up to 15%. EPSRC-supported researchers are developing new ways of producing gallium nitride (GaN) – used in…
Cooking with Sound - the Generator That Transforms Lives
A case study produced by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) which looks at an affordable cooking stove that generates electricity and could transform lives in the world’s poorest communities. It burns biomass such as wood or dung and converts the heat produced into electricity. Over two billion…
Fuelled by Air - a New Energy
A case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) looking at a new type of rechargeable battery that could store five to ten times more energy than current batteries. The new type of battery is under investigation at the University of St Andrews with funding from the EPSRC. The new batteries would…
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