The Student's Book contains seventeen chooser charts, which help students make decisions about approaches to take for Strategy and Communication.

Also for selection of appropriate materials when working with resistant...

From the Chilled Food Association (CFA), these activities are aimed at Key Stage Three students and look at a range of topics that include:
* Common bacteria that cause food spoilage
* Reducing the risks of bacterial contamination
* Food hygiene
* Food and taste
* Developing a new food...

Nuffield Design and Technology has developed a specific type of learning activity called a resource task. These short, practical activities are designed to teach capabilities in an engaging way.

*Strategy resource...

A presentation highlighting seven strategies for behaviour management.

The story of the Siemens brothers, and their involvement in the invention and development of innovative and ground breaking technology, provides the stimulus for this set of resources designed for KS3 learners. The resources include:

• interactive games and supporting teaching activities and worksheets...

This starter activity focuses on the link between water and health. It encourages students to think about the role of engineers in providing us with healthy water supplies and waste-water disposal systems by thinking about the different ways in which water can be...

This resource describes how to make a brooch which uses a magnetic switch to holds it in place on the garment to turn on the LED. The magnetic switch is stitched into one side of the circuit. When the magnet is attached to the switch this joins the circuit making the LED switch on. When the magnet is taken away...

This project shows how to embellish a skirt with buttons and embroidered flowers enhanced with LEDs in the centre of each flower. It uses a metal zip as an on/off switch so that when the zip is open the LEDs are off and when it is closed they come on. Each flower is made up of a lazy daisy embroidery stitch with a...

This engaging and well thought out resource from Siemens contains a series of lessons which can be used to teach pupils about the principles of ‘lean’ manufacturing and ‘just in time’ production. Once pupils understand these concepts they can try the Lean Machines interactive game which allows them to explore the...

This film looks at how Brompton...

This report aimed to identify practical examples of good practice that promote good behaviour and that can be adopted by all schools. The authors identified aspects of practice that create the right conditions for good behaviour to be learnt. The authors further comment that whilst school staff work hard to support...