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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 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.
In this collection of videos, television presenter Dallas Campbell introduces ways that you can find engineering in our everyday lives, and introduces activities that allow us to be engineers in our own homes.
Everyday engineering by Dallas Campbell
Dallas Campbell shows how you can get involved in engineering from your own home. This video includes three links to engineering:
He describes a way of making a paper aeroplane that will be a good long distance flyer.
Dallas talks about how bras require engineering design to enable them to...
Everyday Materials
This science activity gives pupils the opportunity to test everyday materials in the real life context of designing and make a plane. Pupils are given the chance to test on a range of materials and sort them into groups based on which part of a plane they would be most suited to. This resource is part of a series...
A first science series that introduces young readers to basic science principles in a friendly and accessible way. Early scientific skills are taught through a combination of experiments, activities and key questions...
This series covers the entire programme of study for science at Key Stage 1. It will be supported with free downloadable teacher resources. Each title includes imaginative ideas for hands-on activities, experiments and investigations, discussion topics and critical thinking questions.
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A first science series that introduces young readers to basic science principles in a friendly and accessible way. Early scientific skills are taught through a combination of...
Everyday materials: let's build
This resources provides six lessons on everyday materials aimed at Year 1. Explore different materials and sort them into groups before writing songs based on their properties! Consider what it would be like if the tables were made of jelly or the chairs were chocolate! Then recreate the story of the three little...
Everyday materials: materials matter
This block of resources provides 6 sessions on materials aimed at Year 2. They explore the useful properties of materials with a range of investigations involving absorbency and flexibility. These include activities for finding out which type of kitchen towel or cloth is most effective at mopping up spills,...