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How Pop Art Changed the World
This film clips describes the technical innovations that enabled pop art to change the look of peoples’ homes. Being able to print bright colours...
How Postmodernism Changed the World
In this film clip, George Sowden talks about how in the 1960s, modernism placed a lot of rules on design and restricted research. In an attempt to break away from feeling trapped by modernism, he produced a series of paintings which later formed the basis for the decorative finishes he added to the modernist...
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How protein aggregation impacts drug manufacture
Leon is a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Leeds. In this Discover STEM video Leon explains what protein aggregation is and why researchers want to understand this process to prevent protein-based medicines from being damaged during manufacture....
A lively book featuring a collection of puzzles, problems and activities linked to the history of mathematics.
Drawing on the riddles and paradoxes of the great mathematician philosophers of ancient times, as well as the mysteries of the Rubik Cube, it encourages children to think afresh.
A lively...
How Rich Is Your Habitat?
This practical activity uses a simple and convenient model of the real environment in order to demonstrate the principles of random sampling and how to estimate biodiversity. Students use different coloured sugar balls to represent different species in order to put Simpson's Diversity Index to the test, which takes...
How Risky Is Life?
In this activity, students explore the miss-match between real and perceived risk by exploring the risks of dying unexpectedly from various causes. Starting from known fears and comparing them with real-life data, students can recognise that these fears are often unfounded. Students have the opportunity to learn...
How safe is personal transport?
In this activity, students are asked to analyse data to work out which form of personal transport is currently the least safe. They then consider what safety features are in use at the moment.
Students brainstorm and...
How Scary Should a Calendar Be?
One of the units from the Nuffield Primary Solutions in Design and Technology materials in which students design and make a calendar illustrated with monsters, one for each month of the year. Each monster is designed and produced by a team of children using suitable computer software. The calendar must be made to...
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.