Resources

Building the Digital Society

This Mathematics Matters case study looks at how mathematics converts digital data into useful information for business, the government and the public. Computers and networks stuffed with ever-increasing amounts of data are transforming our society, creating a digital world with its own rules and behaviours. We...

Building the Skills of Engineering Staff in CNC

Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this case study looks at the theme of knowledge and technology transfer. It describes an activity that used the skills of an existing member of staff, at the City of Wolverhampton College, to train other staff in computer numerical control (CNC).

These books introduce real-world science examples that explain how scientists go about their work. By using newsworthy stories from the world of science and first-hand accounts that communicate excitement and present...

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.

Produced by CIC's Diversity Panel, Building Visions is a construction industry sponsored film showing some of the creative and inspiring career opportunities in the construction professions. In the film young professionals tell us about their projects and explain how they shape our surroundings to fit our...

An in-depth and comprehensive guide for Plone website administrators and developers wanting to design, build, and manage content rich websites using Plone.

Written by renowned Plone expert Cameron Cooper, this...

Building With Hemp-Lime Composites

From the National Non-Food Crops Centre, this factsheet looks at the use of hemp-based products and hemp-lime technologies into mainstream building practice. It illustrates the use of a plant-derived material in the construction of buildings. Hemp construction uses renewable crop-based materials which have absorbed...

Building Yard

This video resource from Teachers TV is presented by mathematics adviser and performer Isaac Anoom. Filmed in a building yard, it raises quick-fire starter questions on: estimating lengths, using nets to find the shortest route between two points, ratio and proportion applied to area and perimeter, volume of a...

Buildings

Produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), these images are useful for adding into documents, presentations or for use with an interactive whiteboard. Mainly simple line drawings, they can be cut and pasted into documents and image processing applications. The images in this resource are related to the...

Buildings

This video from Teachers TV focuses on sustainable building in California. Google now generates 30 per cent of their energy needs through extensive solar panelling installed across their Silicon Valley campus. The new building for the California Academy of Sciences, which opened in San Francisco's Golden Gate...