Resources
X-ray Imaging
This resource from the Institute of Physics (IOP), describes how X-rays can be used to image the body. The X-rays video, taken from an IOP Schools and Colleges lecture, describes how Roentgen discovered how to image using X-rays, in his lab. The lecture also describes how barium and iodine can be used to to image...
X-rays at Work
A Catalyst article about X-rays. The medical profession does its best to avoid X-raying young people, but sometimes the benefits outweigh the hazards. The benefits go beyond discovering broken bones; X-rays have played a major part in discovering the structure of DNA. The article looks at the history of X-rays, how...
X-rays Then and Now
In this article from Catalyst, a series of images shows how X-ray technologies have improved over the last century.
The article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2014, Volume 25, Issue 2.
Catalyst is a science magazine for...
XMM-Newton
From the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), this brochure describes the leading role played by UK scientists and engineers at universities, observatories and research council establishments in X-ray Multi Mission-Newton (XXM-Newton). Using XMM-Newton, astronomers will be able to pinpoint and study in...
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.
Year 6 - stage 4
This session focuses on Year 6 pupils revising and enhancing their understanding of a healthy and nutritious balanced diet. Pupils use the supporting PowerPoint presentation, inspiration from recipe books and the internet to design a range of dishes celebrating their key ingredient. This session gives children the...
This collection of resources provide a cross-curricular project for younger children, which supports learning in D&T, science, mathematics and English. Children are set the challenge of setting up their own yoghurt café. They work through a series of activities in which they design and make a logo for their...
Carom is an extra-curricular maths club which operates at Paston College in Norfolk. Jonny Griffiths has developed these materials to provide the opportunity for students to explore different aspects of mathematics which will also broaden their skills and encourage them...
Year 1 - Stage 1
In this activity children are introduced to a challenge: setting up a yoghurt cafe. They then learn to name and recognise a range of 2D shapes and then use their learning to design a logo for their business.
This is the first in a series, which involves lessons which look at healthy eating, D&T parts of...
Year 1 - Stage 2
In this activity children learn to name a variety of fruit plants and trees and label their parts. They then explore a range of fruit seeds and describe their properties using comparative language.
This is the second in a series of activities where children work towards an end goal of setting up a yoghurt...