This activity aims to help children understand the range of foods eaten in other cultures and communities, to try new foods and to perform simple food skills safely such as spreading, cutting with scissors, tearing and grating to make their own pizza. This session contains a lesson plan, an advice sheet to support...

This activity supports learning in English and Art using the context of Edward Jenner’s work on testing a vaccine on James Phipps.  Children compare a number of artworks depicting Dr Jenner vaccinating James Phipps. As an optional extension activity, they discuss the use of artistic...

In this activity, from the Institution of Engineering and technology, students work in groups to investigate how Piezoelectric materials can be used in a variety of different ways. For the development element of the project, students propose an innovative application...

A simulation from Science upd8 that looks at how a viral disease spreads in a model population (the school). It is interactive, relevant and involves large numbers of students. There is the potential for family involvement. The simulation continues for around 5 days, after which students can use ICT to analyse the...

The simple pinball machine in this activity is made from a cardboard box, with ice lolly sticks as the flippers. It provides a great opportunity to explore the science of forces and motion. Game on!

Learning outcomes:

• Investigate simple mechanisms and Newton’s Laws of Motion
• Use...

This resource by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC) puts curriculum science into real-world contexts and provides a cross-curricular approach to salt.

Children undertake a range of hands-on investigations that look at the use of salt. This includes the use of salt to treat icy roads and...

In this activity students make a pinhole camera and use it to take a photograph which is then developed using 'kitchen' chemicals to make a developing solution.

Resources required:

* Card to make pinhole camera, 'kitchen' chemicals to make the developing solution and bought...

This resource provides the instructions for making a pinhole camera, taking a photograph and developing the photos in a dark room.

This resource looks at how engineers collect natural gas from the seabed below the North Sea and transport it back to shore. Children are asked to investigate the best shape for the pipelines by creating a model pipeline and making observations on how they work.

Aimed at early years and lower primary this resource supports the learning of basic programming. It contains a printable pirate themed programmable robot mat on a grid. Children can program a Bee Bot to visit several sites on the pirate island and reach a treasure chest. It is designed to be printed in several A4...

This Science upd8 activity is inspired by the film Pirates of the Caribbean. What are the contents of the treasure chest? What metal is the key made of? What happened to the treasure after decades under the sea?

This resource, aimed at primary learners, links mathematics, art and science. Children explore how how the number of pixels affects an image and how images from space have become clearer as technology has advanced. They then...

Produced by the Learning Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this case study looks at the themes of knowledge and technology transfer and employer engagement. This case study describes the placement of a lecturer in material sciences who engaged in an industrial secondment through the New Engineering Foundation (NEF...

From the British Nutrition Foundation, in partnership with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), these activities help to enhance the Listening and Attention and Understanding the World areas of the EYFS curriculum. These activities will help children to discuss where food comes from and have a...

From the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), this poster describes the Planck mission that is enabling scientists to map ripples in the electromagnetic echo of the Big Bang, across the entire sky, to build up a picture of the early Universe in unprecedented detail. The resource looks at: * The...