Resources by National STEM Learning Centre and Network
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Industrial Hemp
A National STEM Learning Centre and Network Engineering Case Studies resource investigating the industrial uses of Hemp.
Hemp is making a comeback!
Industrial hemp...
InGenious was a multi-stakeholder initiative in STEM education launched by European Schoolnet and the European Roundtable of Industrialists (ERT) with an aim of fostering young people’s interest in STEM education and careers. This €8 million European programme in STEM education involved more than 40 partner...
InGenious Project
inGenious was a multi-stakeholder initiative in STEM education launched by European Schoolnet and the European Roundtable of Industrialists (ERT) with an aim of increasing the links between science education and careers. This €8 million European programme in STEM education involved more than 40 partner...
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.
Interim evaluation of the National Science Learning Centre
Published in July 2012, This report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) presents the interim findings from a qualitative investigation into the impact on students of the subject-specific CPD undertaken by teachers at the National Science Learning Centre.
Internet of things
Purpose: The internet of things is a growing technology that utilises data collected by devices from across the globe. In a school context, it can be used in school science to compare data from across the world.
Teaching approach: Some investigations require data to be collected over a period of time to...
Introduction to computational thinking and the Internet of Things
This one-hour lesson examines the design of IoT algorithms, considering how individual devices execute algorithms as code, allowing them to work together. The key aims are to develop computational thinking while raising awareness of the potential for future careers and enterprise.
The lesson starts with the...
Introduction to fire detection with the Internet of Things
Within this one hour resource, students play the role of fire safety employees whose task is to find the most efficient placement for detectors. Students are given constraints within which they should work and a series of problems to solve leading to an algebraic solution to the problem.
The activity is...
Introduction to sensing fire with the Internet of Things
This one hour activity demonstrates how bimetallic strips work in smoke alarms. Using the context of the Internet of Things and fire safety, students design, make, test and refine a sensor to detect heat and produce an electrical output that could be used to switch on a fire alarm. This resource provides a...
Jelly Liquidiser
In this Christmas table experiment, Simon Quinnell, from the National STEM Learning Centre and Network, demonstrates why pineapple should not be added to jelly. When he adds pineapple to a bowl of jelly, the jelly liquefies due to the action of an enzyme in the fruit which breaks down the gelatin.
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