In this project, students need to research all the various types of controllers available and set about designing their own. They are not expected to be able to design and make the electronic circuitry to make them work, but they can make a scale model of their design. 

In this project students' goal is to design and make a wooden pendant necklace for a friend. They will cut and shape wood to make the pendant and look at different ways of colouring it. Students will also decide which material to use for the necklace chain.

This CREST Bronze level resource pack focuses on Machine Learning, with a variety of project ideas enabling students to investigate machine learning in a real-life context, exploring innovative ideas and solutions for the future, such as:

• Digital technologies supporting healthcare
• Artificial...

This resource consists of three projects:

• Research: mosquitos and disease

​Students think about which diseases are spread by mosquitos, how they are spread, what can be done to control the spread, and what treatments are available for people who contract the diseases....

Students imagine they work in the quality control department of a company that manufactures pre-packaged consumer products. Their job is to sample packages to check that they contain the right mass or volume of product. If not, the filling machines need adjusting.  They will need to c...

In this project, students carry out some experiments to work out how to make their perfect cup of tea. Then they write a standard procedure so that other people can make tea...

This project revolves around the subject of trees and the life that trees support. The activity links to the work of the OPAL project.

The project should take about 5 hours to complete. There are three activities in this pack. They can be used to learn...

In this project, students test the strength of samples from different items of clothing to find out which material is the strongest.  One way to see which material is strongest would be to hang weights from it until it breaks, with the one that holds the most weight being the strongest. 

The Youth Grand Challenges is a new STEM competition that aims to inspire students aged 11-to-19.  This resource provides a selection of ideas for research or practical projects on the subect of the spread of disease.

Curriculum links include pathogens, bacteria, epidemics, pandemics, malaria, water borne...

An extension ‘cut and paste’ activity from the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC) which introduces plant and animal cells for 10-11 year-olds. It is also suitable for use with 12-13 year-olds. The sheet starts with a set of key facts about cells and a question sheet for students to fill...

This is a classroom-based activity from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute that allows students to explore the features of two bacterial pathogen genomes. The aim of this activity is to highlight the role of different genetic components in two closely related subspecies of Salmonella enterica, and to identify how...

Many structures are built around frameworks made of straight, rigid pieces of wood or metal, called members, connected together. Forces generated in the members support the structure. In this activity, drinking straws are used as members, to make a self-supporting dome.

Learning outcomes:

• ...

In this resource students use a plastic bottle to isolate a plant and see the effects of an aphid infestation.

• Build an aphid isolation tower