Resources

With its winning combination of child-friendly, easy-to-read text, humorous illustrations and simple experiments, Simple Science: Levers makes learning about a basic technology concept fun.

Levers and linkages, gears, pulleys and cams

This collection of classroom presentations, student worksheets and student revision activities support the teaching of:

• types of motion (I.e. reciprocating, oscillating, linear, rotary)
• gears (I.e. bevel, idler, gear trains
• pulleys
• levers (I.e. first order, second order,...

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.

Levers, Wheels and Axels

This STEAM activity gives pupils the opportunity to explore engineering through the design and creation of their own moving part aircraft. Pupils have the opportunity to work as part of a group to carefully design their own aircraft and think hard about how to create a moving propeller or a landing gear, before...

Levitating barbecue! Electromagnetic induction

This video shows Faraday’s electromagnetic induction ring, and discusses how a changing magnetic field can induce a current in a wire.  A dramatic demonstration of magnetic induction is shown by levitating a large aluminium plate. 

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.

Lewis Carroll's books have delighted children and adults for generations, but behind their exuberant fantasy and delightful nonsense was the mind of a brilliant mathematician.

Now his forgotten...

Libby Jackson - Human Spaceflight and Microgravity Programme Manager

Libby works at the UK Space Agency, in Swindon.  She works with scientists and industry to ensure that they can run experiments on the International Space Station.  Libby works alongside astronauts who will be running the experiments on the space station.  She leads a team to ensure that research can be performed...

This annually-published directory includes contact names, addresses, telephone/fax numbers and e-mail addresses for over 2300 libraries in the UK, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland. It...

This collectible series builds into a fascinating library of reference material, covering every aspect of Key Stage 2 science and beyond.

When used in conjunction with...