In this resource designed by the IET, students are introduced to how the present body centric antenna, plus prosthetic technology, could be compared to science fiction ‘cyborgs’.  Body centric communications have abundant applications in personal healthcare, smart homes, personal entertainment, identification...

This activity, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), is a quick, engaging introduction to a lesson looking at the properties of modern materials and how these are used to imitate human body parts. Students think about human body parts which can...

This Licence to Cook tutorial is about being safe and hygienic when buying, carrying and storing food. The differentiated slides cover:

• Looking at the quality of food when shopping
• Storing food, including the use of the fridge and freezer
• Date marks
• Preparing the kitchen
•...

This Licence to Cook tutorial follows on from the Protecting Tutorial 1 and investigates further the inportance of being safe and hygienic when preparing food. The differentiated slides cover:

• Preparing raw ingredients
• Cleaning work surfaces
• Cooking thoroughly
• Covering food and safe...

Ideal for a Halloween-themed coding lesson! Using sparkles to mirror a candle in a pumpkin – can you make it flicker or only come on once it’s dark?

The film clips in this collection were produced by Pumpkin Interactive, whose aim is to provide specification-specific resources for product design, resistant materials, graphics and textiles courses, including innovative and exciting examples of the very latest industrial textile practices and processes from...

This video, for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), looks at how water is becoming an increasingly precious resource, even in affluent places like California where the infrastructure is struggling to cope with demand. Engineers have looked at extreme conservation, sea water desalination, importing...

The resources in this collection, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), look at how we meet our increasing water demands, the importance of clean water to public health, water shortages and engineering solutions to providing clean water. There is also a product design project to develop a ‘...

This short film from the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP) is one of a series of clips which were produced to demonstrate the properties and use of a range of smart materials.

‘Silly putty’ has long been available as an amusing toy. However, this type of material – properly known as visco-elastic...

This worksheet challenges students to answer a series of questions themed around using Pythagoras theorem. 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.

This collection of resources is from the evolving Government agencies that have maintained and developed the National Curriculum and associated assessments, tests and examinations, advising the Secretary of State for Education on these matters. 

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The Qualifications and...

This collection of science resources is from the evolving Government agencies that have maintained and developed the National Curriculum and associated assessments, tests and examinations, advising the Secretary of State for Education on these matters.

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These are reports and reviews carried out or commissioned by QCA, QCDA and Ofqual.

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A Catalyst article about Quantum Tunnelling Composite, a material discovered in 1997 and whose resistance decreases dramatically under pressure. How does it work and what uses will it have? The material has been carefully characterised (to understand its composition and how it works), and its first applications...