Resources

Smart conservation

This SMART conservation STEM activity combines design and technology, biology, geography and zoology to creating a technology enabled habitat for a zoo. The activity explores how technology can help animals survive and thrive in captivity,encouraging your pupils to garner greater respect for animals and their...

Smart Energy

Through energy use, each UK home creates around six tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. Much of this is the result of electricity generation. In this activity, from the Centre for Science Education and the Comino Foundation, students look into the advantages and disadvantages of the Smart Meter – an innovative device...

Smart Grease

This short film from the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP) is one of a series of clips which were produced to demonstrate the properties and use of a range of smart materials.

Smart grease is a particularly sticky and viscous gel with almost magical shear characteristics. It can be used in prototype...

Smart greenhouse

This is one of a series of resources to support the use of the BBC micro:bit.

In this activity pupils will make use of the BBC micro:bit to design and create a programmable system that can control the temperature and soil moisture levels in a ‘smart’ greenhouse. They will analyse a design brief and design...

Smart Infrastructures

Learn about sustainable cities, decarbonisation and how to become a Green Leader in this Smart Infrastructure interactive. 

This online interactive resource from Siemens introduces the ideas of sustainable cities, decarbonisation and green leaders.

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Smart materials

In this activity from the Institution of Engineering and Technology, students investigate the properties of different categories of smart materials and decide which kinds of materials might offer the best prospects for a financial investment. Students work in teams and...

Smart Materials

This resource includes examples of real technologies which can be used as inspiration to children from age 7 to 16. Following on from the challenges that Tim Peake and his clothing will face in space, these case studies include background information for teachers, supporting Powerpoint slides, and example...

Smart Materials

This collection of smart materials resources supports students to learn about Quantum Tunnelling Composite, shape memory alloys, polymorph, microencapsulation, photochromic dyes, thermochromic dyes and E-textiles. The collection provides a classroom presentation, teacher notes, student worksheets, student revision...