Materials investigators
Learn about the topic of materials and take on a real-life challenge investigating the properties of materials with a materials engineer.
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Learn about the topic of materials and take on a real-life challenge investigating the properties of materials with a materials engineer.
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Explore the properties of materials with this hands-on real-world challenge including a range of exciting activities. Encourage your pupils to investigate materials with the Material Makers challenge, led by a real scientist, Anna.
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How well do your students know respiration? This resource helps assess aerobic vs. anaerobic knowledge. Pair with the Respiration Knowledge Organiser for effective revision.
Struggling with respiration? This resource helps identify gaps and assess aerobic vs. anaerobic knowledge. Pair with the Respiration Knowledge Organiser for extra support.
This two-page revision guide clears up misconceptions about respiration and explains aerobic vs. anaerobic respiration.
This two-page revision guide clears up misconceptions about respiration and explains aerobic vs. anaerobic respiration.
Help your 14-16 students master respiration with these GCSE revision resources! Use the knowledge organiser to review key concepts and the check your learning sheet to identify gaps, consolidate understanding, and boost confidence.
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Help your students master respiration with these revision resources! Use the knowledge organiser for review and the check your learning sheet to identify gaps, consolidate understanding, and boost confidence.
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This useful guide is a great tool for showcasing the best of Energising Futures and how it can be used at home for parents/carers of 11-16 year olds. Parents and carers can discover what science capital is and how they can bring science alive at home.
This useful guide is a great tool for showcasing the best of Energising Futures and how it can be used at home. Parents and carers can discover what science capital is and how they can bring science alive at home.
Inspire your pupils to think about potential future careers linked to learning about materials, with this poster.
Inspire your pupils to think about a potential future career as an architect with this poster.
Inspire your pupils to think about a potential future career as a material scientist with this poster.
A brief teacher's guide outlining the challenge background, required equipment, and tips for using the resources effectively. This challenge focuses on 'materials' and provides real-world context for the curriculum topic of 'properties of materials.'
Challenge stereotypes and inspire your students with this informative, visual poster celebrating the achievements of women engineers.
Challenge stereotypes and inspire your pupils with this informative, visual poster celebrating the achievements of women engineers.
These two posters tackle misconceptions about respiration and ventilation. With age specific posters, for 11-14s and 14-16s, these are perfect revision tools for your students.
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Use this 2-page poster to tackle misconceptions about respiration and ventilation, and discover the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
Use this 2-page poster to tackle misconceptions about respiration and ventilation, and discover the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
Develop understanding of animal life-cycles with this 2-page poster about how animals grow from babies to adults.
Pupils use this activity sheet to demonstrate what's they've learnt during the challenge.
Pupils can use this sheet to record their creative ideas for a new material, that can be used in the building industry and beyond.
Step-by-step instructions on how to carry out an investigation to answer the question: How does the direction of layers affect the strength of a cardboard plank?
Step-by-step instructions on how to carry out an investigation to answer the question: How does the number of layers affect the strength of a cardboard plank?
Pupils can use this sheet to plan and record their own investigations into the strength of corrugated, cardboard planks.
Inspire your students to explore future careers and connect learning to the real world with this job-role card, featuring both an apprentice research technologist and a senior research technologist.
Use this job-role card to inspire your students to explore future careers and connect their learning to the real world.
Get involved with the STEM volunteering scheme and invite a volunteer into your school. Careers education is all about showing young people different paths to success and the variety of options available.
Use this 2-page poster to inspire secondary students with the work of Black Scientists across past and present day.
Use this 2-page poster to inspire primary pupils with the work of Black Scientists across past and present day.