Resources by National STEM Learning Centre and Network

Future world

What does the future hold? From what we wear, how we get our energy and even what we eat—there’s always room for innovation. Exploring technology and its possible applications in the future, with an emphasis on sustainability. Many of the activities could contribute toward becoming an Eco School.

Genetic Modification of Plants and Food Security

Produced in 2015, these resources look specifically at how genes can be altered in plants and how bacteria are central to genetic engineering techniques. Genetically modified (GM) crops offer the potential to help improve food security though this still remains...

Getting practical - planning tool bookmark

The planning tool bookmark is a useful resource for teachers to put into their planning folders as it has questions for teachers to ask themselves when planning practical activities.

Getting started with a STEM Club - Claire Collins

This video has been created to support the online CPD course 'Running STEM Clubs Online' GO100.

Claire Collins is a STEM Club leader and science technician at Consett Academy. In this video she...

Glaciers and Climate Change

This resource consists of five lessons in which students research the effect of climate change on glaciers. The overall learning objectives for the lessons are: * To understand the definition of a glacier * To understand what glacier mass balance means (what inputs mass and what are the outputs) * To understand how...

HEaTED magazine - Autumn 2016

Building a technicians' network is the leading article of the Autumn issue of the HEaTED magazine. Other articles outline the benefits of professional registration, describe the highlights of the 'Technicians make it happen' campaign and include an interview with the Aerospace Technical Project Manager in the...

HEaTED magazine - Summer 2018

In this issue of the HEaTED magazine two apprentices from King’s College London, Rachel Denney and Chantelle Griffin, report on life as an apprentice. We consider sustainability in the laboratory with Martin Farley and go behind the scenes at Glasgow School of Art with John Ayers. HEaTED programme manager Suhel...

Helicopter Rescue

In this problem the learners, acting as a helicopter-rescue crew, are asked to rescue a casualty and get them to hospital. The teacher chooses the challenge level by setting the values of some variables. Students will represent and analyse a problem mathematically, interpret and communicate solutions. Use specific...

Homes 2030-1

This resource forms part of the Clean Growth resources from the Grand Challenges resource collection.  The introductory video can be found here.

In the Homes 2030 activity students will...

How are we reducing the need for animal testing?

Donna is a Fungal Researcher and Microbiology Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen. In this Discover STEM video Donna describes how her team are working to reduce the need for animal testing through their research into a problem that ¼ of the world suffers from at any one time – Athlete’s Foot.

This...