Although written to support the Scottish Advanced Higher Project, this is a useful resource for all advanced independent research projects.   The philosophy behind the booklet is that students should be supported in developing their skills of investigation. Students should not be abandoned to their fate, nor should...

A case study from Mathematics Matters which looks at how mathematics is applied in the animation industry. The computer animation industry relies on a steady stream of mathematics to produce the fantastic images found on our cinema and television screens. Advanced mathematics also fuels developments in other areas...

In this Catalyst article, Laura Plant describes the time she spent in the Amazon rainforest in northern Peru on a project researching the impacts of forestry on the plants and animals that live there.

In tropical regions, large areas of rainforests have been untouched for centuries. This means that many rare...

Activities are posts made to share a volunteering opportunity and request support. Here you will find examples of other good activity postings to be used as inspiration for your own posts.

Activities are posts made by educators to share a volunteering opportunity and request support. Here you will find examples of other good activity postings to be used as inspiration for your own posts.

Activities are posts made by educators to share a volunteering opportunity and request support. Here you will find examples of good activity postings for primary settings to be used as inspiration for your own posts. 

Activities are posts made by educators to share a volunteering opportunity and request support. Here you will find examples of good activity postings for secondary and FE settings to be used as inspiration for your own posts.

Steve analyses the flow of air over racing cars. He studied aero-mechanical engineering at university and following a two week summer placement, at Lola cars, he was offered a position in the company.

The Gravity Jet Suit uses purely thrust from the jet engines to create lift.  This resource explains the aerodynamics of flight, including thrust, life, drag and weight for aircraft.

This maths activity gives pupils the opportunity to learn about aerodynamics and apply this knowledge to designing and making a paper plane. Pupils will apply their maths skills of data collection and measurement to record the test flights and reflect on the most successful plane. Opportunities for extension are...

This activity, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), challenges students to put images of cars and aeroplanes in chronological order, to explain how they made their decision and describe how the products relate directly to developments in science and...

In this activity, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), students explore the basic principles of aerodynamics by looking at familiar products that have been designed with speed in mind and identifying features common to these products....

This Catalyst article investigates the nature of aerogels, which are among the least dense solid materials, not much denser than air. Aerogels were made as the result of a bet and ended up going into space to capture comet dust. They are the lightest solids which exist and have some unusual features.

The...

A Catalyst article about using the ISIS accelerator to study the structures of materials. ISIS is one of the UK's world leading research centres and this article explains how the centre uses neutrons to study materials at an atomic level. Acting as a super microscope the ISIS accelerator can be used for physics,...

This challenge provides a STEM activity day in which teams of children work together to design an aeroplane and then construct a transporter to move it to the next stage of...