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How Healthy Are Your Trees?

This activity is designed to get students thinking about plants as living organisms that have to survive, reproduce and defend themselves against disease. Students begin by cataloguing the health of trees in the area, and can then follow this with a statistical investigation, as suitable for your location and the...

This series uses child friendly points of reference to explore scientific and mathematical measurements.

The books present numerical data in a visual way that makes it easier to comprehend.

Each book...

How high will it go?

In this activity pupils calculate the height of a released balloon using a clinometer and trigonometry. This is one of a series of resources from the IET designed around the theme of the future of flight with the purpose of developing pupils knowledge and skills in design technology, engineering and mathematics....

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

How Humans Learn to Think Mathematically describes the development of mathematical thinking from the young child to the sophisticated adult.

Professor David Tall's analysis offers a shared...

How I solve problems on car assembly lines

Steve is a Contract Quality Engineer and in this video he talks about what happens when problems are found on a car assembly line and how his work as a Quality Engineer supports the suppliers of car parts to solve problems.

Steve’s role as a Contracts Quality Engineer involves working mainly with the...

How I take measurements in civil engineering

Sarah is an apprentice civil engineer, in this Discover STEM video she talks about the different ways that she takes measurements when inspecting structures, including a measuring wheel, caliper, tape measure and laser measure.

Sarah has contributed to this Discover STEM video as a volunteer with the STEM...

How I use technical drawings to evaluate nuclear safety

Christine is a Principal Inspector for the Office for Nuclear Regulation. Christine inspects nuclear licensed sites and influences safety and sustainable improvements at nuclear installations. In this Discover STEM video Christine provides examples of how technical drawings are used to evaluate the safety of a...

How I Wish I’d Taught Maths is the story of an experienced and successful maths teacher’s journey into the world of research, and what it looks like in the classroom.

Along the way we meet practical, easy-to-implement strategies including Supercharged Worked Examples, Silent Teacher, SSDD problems, low-...

How IAA, the most common form of auxin, works