Resources
Modern materials: advanced metals
This resource explores the topic of advanced metals, including titanium and metal foams. It provides examples of how the metals are used in engineering and space, explores the properties of the materials and suggests investigation activities that students can use to gain a greater understanding of the topic.
Modern materials: biomimicry and biopolymers
Biomimicry is based on the idea that we can take inspiration from nature when solving problems in design and engineering. Biopolymers are polymers made from natural sources. This resource provides a great introduction to biomimicry and biopolymers. It provides examples of biomimicry and biopolymers and suggests...
Modern materials: coated metals
A coated metal has a coating applied to the surface to enhance or change its functional or aesthetic properties. This resources explores the topic of coated metals, specifically anodising, galvanising, powder coating, dip coating, electroplating.
Modern materials: E-Textiles
This resources provides a space themed introduction to the topic of E-textiles. It looks at some of the technologies used, provides examples of products that are made possible by E-textiles and provides some hands-on examples of how you can bring E0textiles into your classroom.
Modern materials: Introduction
This resources provides students with an introduction to the topic of modern materials. It provides an overview of what modern materials are and why we might use them for different products. The specific materials included are:
- Nanotechnologies
- Liquid crystal displays
- Graphene ...
Modern materials: teacher notes
These teacher notes will guide you through the collection of resources created for space-inspired modern materials. Including:
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 shows that mathematics is anything but boring and contains nothing esoteric or secretive. The author will free the reader from their fear of mathematics and show how modern mathematics...
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.
The original series of books from the Scottish Mathematics Group was first published in 1965 by Blackie Chambers.
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