Resources by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

Technical apprentice

Thomas’ inspiration from engineering goes back to his fascination with Lego as a young boy and then later in life to his interest in sciences. He decided to become a technical apprentice, as it allows him to sample a wide range of roles within the engineering industry. According to Thomas, application of...

Technical apprentice in electronic engineering

In this film Christina Dines, a technical apprentice in electronic engineering at BAE Systems, describes how much she enjoys being involved in the company’s projects, tasks and clients and how her ‘can do’ attitude helps her with the problem-solving aspects of her role. Christina emphasises that her role involves...

Technology Benefits

This activity, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), makes students aware of the positives that modern communication systems give to society, and asks them to make decisions about the use of these systems for social, economic and environmental...

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Technology in sports

In this activity, learners will work in groups to share their knowledge of the use of technology in sport. They will each give a 60 second presentation about the topic to their group.

This resource could be used as a starter activity or as part of an exercise for learners to develop their knowledge of how...

Tessellation

This worksheet challenges students to answer a series of questions themed around tesselation. It provides worked examples, examiners top tips and answers to each question. The resource is useful for teaching maths content in design and technology, or as a maths activity sheet.

Test and modify the pedestrian crossing system

In this activity, learners will improve and further develop their programmable pedestrian crossing system using the micro:bit.

Test solutions team leader

Rob describes how his enjoyment of maths and design at school and his family background led him to pursue a career in engineering. Rob leads a team of software and hardware engineers who develop test solutions to test the equipment designed at Rob’s company. What Rob enjoys most at his work is the electronics...

Testing a car's performance

Linked to this series of resources on designing and making a car, this activity evaluates the performance of the vehicle previously manufactured by the pupils. It involves recording the time taken by each vehicle to go down a slope. This can be converted into the speed of the vehicle. It could be used at key stage...

Testing a pulley system

In this resource students are asked to test the operation of pulley systems and calculating their mechanical advantage.

Suggested learning outcomes include:

• To understand what is meant by mechanical advantage.
• To be able to calculate the mechanical advantage of pulley systems.
• ...