This resource uses the mobile phone as an example for how technology can develop over time. Using a card sort activity and classroom presentation, it describes the reasons why technology develops (i.e. technology push, market pull) and provides students with an activity where they create a timeline for mobile phone...

This problem explores loci. A dog stands between a fire hydrant and a tree, twice as far from the hydrant as the tree. He runs in a way so that he is always twice as far from the hydrant. What is the shape of the dog's path?

Published in May 2016, this empirical study explores the enactment of Japanese Lesson Study by science teachers in four secondary schools in England. The aim of the study is to develop a deeper understanding of Lesson Study (LS) as a model of teacher professional development (PD). Lesson Study (jugyou kenkyuu)...

This resource looks briefly at the moral implications of design and the design of products. It touches on the impact that products (such as mobile phones) have had on society and asks students to explore issues around sustainable manufacture.

Eight pieces of origami paper are shown after they have fallen on the floor. The challenge is to establish the order in which the papers fell on the floor.

This booklet illustrates ten case studies of civil engineers describing their career paths and options within civil engineering.  The publication is aimed at school students to inspire and interest them in engineering careers and to emphasise the value of STEM subjects.  

In this challenge students have to establish the minimum number of fish tanks needed for six fish to live in harmony, as some fish cannot be placed in the same tanks as others safely.

In this puzzle four pieces of information are given about five children in a family. The challenge is to establish the age order of the five siblings.

Imagine a cube-frame made out of infinitely stretchy wire that could be flattened to make a 2D shape, what would it look like? In this puzzle students are given three such 2D representation of 3D shapes and have to name them.

The front face of four cards are shown, together with some statements about what could be on the reverse side. The challenge is to work out how many cards must be turned over to establish if the statements are true.

Four children make statements about their relative ages but one child is lying. The challenge is to order the children from the youngest to the oldest.

This paper, published in  2015,  examines how students' interest and enjoyment of learning STEM subjects is often equated with their interest in STEM careers. Yet research shows that engagement with school science and motivation for a science career are not the same as students may simultaneously report positive...

This set of activities from the European Space Agency includes hands-on experiments. Students are guided to interpret satellite images to better understand the overall effects of global warming.

In the first activity, students demonstrate to themselves the greenhouse effect. The experiment is complemented by...

This classic Apollo 15 clip, from Footagevault, demonstrates that the mass of an object does not affect the time it takes to fall when dropped in a vacuum. The clip could be used in key stage three and four lessons on forces.

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A diagram is shown with horses arranged in fields around a rectangle. There are four challenges to move the horses to fulfill given criteria. A worksheet is also included for students to record their answers.