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Literature review of assessment for learning in science
This literature review, by NFER, sought to address the following research questions:
- What does AfL in science involve?
- What AfL techniques are...
Lithium
In the build-up to the Christmas Lectures in 2012, the Royal Institution published a new video for every day of advent revealing the elements that really excite and inspire people.
In this short film, physicist Jim Al-Khalili focuses his attention on the very strange nucleus from an isotope of lithium that...
Litter ally terrible
This STEM activity supports pupils to develop their knowledge and understanding of litter and how data can be recorded and displayed. Pupils will have the opportunity to collect different types of litter and record the amount of each type found in a tally chart before being supported to create a pictogram to...
Programme code runs on individual devices and as cloud applications, with data sent to and from machines and humans alike. These introductory activities explore the design of algorithms that span the internet of things, and consider the hardware components...
What is the Internet of Things (IoT) and how can it help firefighting in the future?
These activities explore how design can improve the equipment that fire fighters use, improving safety for both the general public and the fire fighters themselves.
The single-lesson one-hour activity requires no...
This collection of mathematics teaching materials are designed to help students discover how the Internet of Things (IoT) can connect the everyday objects around us, while exploring a number of mathematical concepts.
Single-lesson one-hour activities, as well as more extended five-hour activities, are...
The IoT is already impacting on fire safety in areas such as fire...
This collection of STEM clubs teaching materials are designed to help students discover how communities can put measures into place to make sure people and properties are safe, and look at how the IoT can bring additional benefits to this safety.
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