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Determining Dry Weight

This experiment is a continuation of Determining Doubling Time. Students create a standard curve of absorbance against yeast concentration, and use this to determine the concentration of yeast produced over time.

The standard curve (dry mass, grams per litre) is generated from known concentrations of dried...

Develop a new sports venue

This resource requires students to consider the challenges of designing and developing a new sports venue. To make this challenge more manageable, it has been divided into four separate challenges: the site, the structure, the court and the environment. As well as researching and developing ideas, the challenge is...

Develop a programmable counter

In this resource, learners will investigate a decade counter circuit. They will then compare the operation of this to their programmable counter. 

Develop a travel information system

This activity, suitable for a cross-STEM project day or series of lessons, focuses on how information can be provided to travellers on the London Underground. Students are asked to consider user needs – what information would they need to see, and how might their requirements be communicated? A deep understanding...

Providing help and guidance on how to foster constructive relationships with students, this book assesses teachers' attributes, gives advice on how to become an assertive teacher, develop new skills and refine...

This book is an interdisciplinary approach for the teaching of Science and Language (Reading). The book includes two short stories and a detailed science education component. It is an excellent way to develop students' critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Also lovers of mystery stories will be...

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.

This book helps teachers assess current classroom techniques and suggests alternatives in order to establish effective working relationships with individual students and the whole class. It includes case studies and...

This book recognises the importance of continuing to refine the readers skills and expertise. It examines several techniques and strategies which will make the learning in the readers classroom easier, more...

When a group of teachers meets, there are common areas of concern that exist within the group. This pack is intended to help find ways of uncovering and bringing to the surface those which are considered important.