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Learning to be an engineer: report

This report, commissioned by the Royal Academy of Engineering (the Academy), explores the ways schools can create better and more engaging learning opportunities for would-be engineers.

This report identifies four principles that underpin the kinds of teaching that are most...

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 the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

Learning to be an engineer: understand (four principles)

This resource presents a number of case studies of schools which took part in the Thinking like an engineer project from 2014 to 2016.

Learning to Cook at Folkstone Academy

This Teachers TV video shows how professional chefs in the school restaurant at the Folkestone Academy in Kent work with students to help them develop culinary skills.

Sita Himbury, a cooking instructor at the school, helps students experiment with different flavours by using locally produced ingredients....

Learning to Cook at Oathall Community College

In this Teachers TV video, Oathall Community College shows how it uses cross-curriculum teaching to teach students about local produce and cooking.

The school has a farm on the premises run by Howard Wood, Rural Dimension Manager, who wants to make the students aware of the direct link between growing...

Learning to Cook at Parliament Hill

This Teachers TV video investigates why food technology has been such a successful area of the curriculum at Parliament Hill School for Girls in north London, despite limited facilities for teaching practical cooking.

Head of department James Sharp is a dedicated food technologist, as are his two Deputy...

Learning to Cook at Shenfield High

In this Teachers TV video, food technology teacher Chris Willingale thinks that learning to cook is essential, encouraging her students to experiment with flavours and enjoy cooking.

In Year Seven, the students take the opportunity to try out different flavours and ingredients for pizzas, whilst Year...

This simple yet powerful learning resource is an introduction to the huge benefits of learning to learn. Designed for use by teachers, parents and everyone else working with students, it describes the main techniques...

Learning to live on Mars

This is one of a series of resources to support the use of the BBC micro:bit. This resource focusses on pupils designing, programming and using a BBC micro:bit to complete the mission challenge to find out more about the planet Mars.

In this activity pupils will make use of the BBC micro:bit to design and...

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.