Plan an offshore wind farm challenge presentation
Use this real-world challenge presentation to find out about wind farms and stakeholders, before students plan the best location for a new farm.
Challenges
Plan a wind farm stakeholder cards
Use these stakeholder information cards to discover the viewpoints of six people, all concerned about the location of a new offshore wind farm.
Offshore wind farms: What do you know? activity sheet
Students use this activity sheet to record things they already know, and would like to know, about offshore wind farms.
Plan a wind farm map
Simple map showing six potential sites for a new offshore wind farm.
Plan a wind farm skills self-check sheet
A skills self-assessment sheet for students to use after they have completed the 'Plan an offshore wind farm challenge'.
Meet a stakeholder engagement advisor video
Watch Wendy, a stakeholder engagement advisor (who works in offshore wind) at work and find out about the knowledge and skills she needs for success.
Plan a wind farm delivery guide
A delivery guide for teachers giving background to the challenge and providing suggestions for how to use the resources.
Plan a wind farm best location activity sheet
A 4-step activity sheet that supports students as they work together to decide on the best location for a new wind farm.
Plan a wind farm knowledge self-check
Students use this activity sheet to demonstrate what's they've learnt during the challenge.
Meet a stakeholder engagement advisor job card
Inspire your students to think about a future career and link learning about wind energy and electricity to the real-world, with this job-role card.
Hydrogen generation challenge delivery guide
Find out more about the real-world challenge, discover the resources available and use the suggested learning pathway to complete the challenge with your students.
Hydrogen generation knowledge self-check
Students use this activity sheet to demonstrate what's they've learnt during the challenge.
Hydrogen generation skills self-check
A skills self-assessment sheet for students to use after they have completed the' Hydrogen generation challenge'.
Hydrogen generation challenge support sheet
Step-by-step instructions for students to use during the challenge, as they set up an electrolysis cell to produce hydrogen.
Hydrogen generation challenge presentation
With this real-world challenge presentation, students learn about hydrogen and use an electrolysis cell to produce hydrogen themselves.
Meet an energy industry consultant job card
Inspire your students to think about a future career and link learning about electrolysis and hydrogen to the real-world, with this job-role card.
Meet an energy industry consultant video
Watch Edris, an energy industry consultant working on the energy transition, at work and learn about the knowledge and skills he needs for success.
Meet a vehicle mechanic job card
Inspire your students to think about a future career and link learning about electrolysis and hydrogen to the real-world, with this job-role card.
Meet a vehicle mechanic video
Watch Josh, an apprentice vehicle mechanic working on hydrogen buses, at work and find out about the knowledge and skills he needs for success.
Feed our future! Challenge presentation (secondary)
Use this presentation, with video clips presented by Stefan Gates, to recap healthy diets, to discover how our food affects our planet and inspire students to come up with a new food for the future.
Feed our future! Poster
Inspire your budding young scientists with potential STEM careers in the food industry and encourage them to complete the Feed our future! challenge.
Feed our future! Delivery guide (secondary)
A short guide with curriculum links, and step-by-step instructions for how to deliver the challenge in a 1-hour lesson. Includes ideas for diving deeper, if more time is available.
Daily science energisers (secondary)
Daily 15-min STEM challenges for 11-14 year olds, around the theme of change and adapt; perfect for energising a science week.
Making and evaluating a biodiesel challenge delivery guide
Use this resource to learn more about the 'making and evaluating a biodiesel' real-world challenge and plan the investigation into your lessons.
Making and evaluating a biodiesel
Use this PowerPoint presentation to guide your students through the real-world challenge, first by gaining the necessary knowledge, then carrying out the evaluation and finally reflecting on their work.
Making and evaluating a biodiesel challenge knowledge self-check
Use this resource for your students to reflect on the knowledge they have built during the Real-world challenge.
Making and evaluating a biodiesel challenge skills self-check
Use this resource for your students to reflect on the skills they have built during the Real-world challenge.
Periodic table challenge interactive
An interactive game helping students develop and test their knowledge of periodic table elements, and their properties.
Biodiversity challenge: My design sheet (secondary)
Students use this activity sheet to record and evaluate their designs and explain their rationale, for their home for nature.
Fashion fixers (secondary): Delivery guide
Find out everything that you need to know, to inspire your students to become fashion fixers with this real-world challenge!
Posters
Periodic table poster (detailed)
A classroom poster of the periodic table (with lanthanides and actinides).
Periodic table poster (simple)
A classroom poster of the periodic table (without lanthanides and actinides).
Feed our future! Poster
Inspire your budding young scientists with potential STEM careers in the food industry and encourage them to complete the Feed our future! challenge.
Wonders of our ocean poster (11-14)
Build awe and wonder with this amazing ocean facts poster and meet Gatsby benchmarks as students discover new careers linked to protecting the ocean.
Exploring our solar system poster
Students find out about the different man-made objects within our solar system that are advancing our understanding of it, and discover careers that support these discoveries.
Gravity in our solar system poster
Students explore gravity in space, understand the difference between weight and mass and calculate their weight on different planets
Careers linked to renewable energy resources poster
Use this poster to link learning about renewable energy resources with the world of work and inspire students to think about new, potential careers.
Careers linked to respiration poster
Use this poster to link learning about respiration with the world of work and inspire students to think about potential future careers.
Careers linked to plants and photosynthesis poster
Use this poster to link learning about plants and photosynthesis with the world of work and inspire students to think about potential future careers.
Celebrating women engineers secondary poster
Challenge stereotypes and inspire your students with this informative, visual poster celebrating the achievements of women engineers.
Respiration poster: with symbol equation (14-16)
Use this 2-page poster to tackle misconceptions about respiration and ventilation, and discover the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
Respiration poster: without symbol equation (11-14)
Use this 2-page poster to tackle misconceptions about respiration and ventilation, and discover the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
Celebrating black scientists poster (secondary)
Use this 2-page poster to inspire seconodary students with the work of black scientists across past and present day.
Careers linked to electricity poster
Make meaningful links between science curriculum knowledge and skills, and potential future careers with this inspirational careers poster focusing on electricity.
Careers linked to energy stores poster
Make meaningful links between science curriculum knowledge and skills, and potential future careers with this inspirational careers poster focusing on energy stores.
Careers linked to ecology poster
Make meaningful links between science curriculum knowledge and skills, and potential future careers with this inspirational careers poster focusing on ecology.
Photosynthesis poster
Use this poster to learn about why plants need photosynthesis. Explore how the reactants and products of the reaction enter the plant and discover careers which need a knowledge of photosynthesis.
Carbon cycle poster (14-16)
Use this 2-page poster to find out about the process of the carbon cycle, how carbon is used and recycled on Earth and why this is important.
Carbon cycle poster (11-14)
Use this 2-page poster to find out about the process of the carbon cycle, how carbon is used and recycled on Earth and why this is important.
Fractional distillation poster
Use this poster to explore the process of fractional distillation, why it is important, the products and their uses.
Cracking poster
Use this poster to explore the process of cracking, why the process is important, the products and their uses.
Animal and plant cells poster
Discover what makes up an animal and plant cell, how they're similar and how they're different.
Energy stores and transfers poster
Use this classroom poster to show energy stores and transfers plus transfer diagrams, within the real-life context of a fairground.
Lessons
Sir David Attenborough life story
Simple information sheet describing the life, career and achievements of naturalist, broadcaster and super scientist, Sir David Attenborough.
Sir David Attenborough life story quiz
Ten-question quiz about the life and career of naturalist and super scientist Sir David Attenborough, for use with the life story information sheet.
Sir David Attenborough presentation
Use this presentation to find out about the life, career and achievements of naturalist, broadcaster and super scientist Sir David Attenborough.
Maggie Aderin-Pocock life story
Simple information sheet describing the life, career and achievements of space scientist, inventor, and super scientist, Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
Maggie Aderin-Pocock life story quiz
Ten-question quiz about the life and career of space and super scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock, for use with the life story information sheet.
Maggie Aderin-Pocock presentation
Use this presentation to find out about the life, career and achievements of space scientist, inventor and super scientist, Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
Ready. Steady. Sport: Secondary activity pack
This engaging activity pack includes a range of practical activities linking maths, science and sport to engage students in the experimental method.
Daily science energisers (secondary)
Daily 15-min STEM challenges for 11-14 year olds, around the theme of change and adapt; perfect for energising a science week.
The story of Dame Elizabeth Anionwu presentation
Use this presentation to learn about the career of pioneering nurse Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, her achievements and legacy in nursing and sickle cell disease.
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu blood cells activity sheet
Using students knowledge of blood cells, breathing and respiration, students discover why sickle cell patients suffer from their symptoms.
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu genetics activity sheet
Apply students’ knowledge of Punnett squares to understand the genetics of sickle cell disease. Bring their learning to life as students help families discover the possibility of their child having the disease.
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu routes into nursing activity sheet
Students develop research skills to discover the different pathways into a nursing career. They learn that nursing qualifications have varied entry requirements, making it an accessible career for all.