Secondary science challenges
From designing electric vehicles to investigating garden wildlife, our hands-on tasks will inspire every budding detective, designer, and curious explorer.
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Primary science challenges
From designing electric vehicles to investigating garden wildlife, our hands-on tasks will inspire every budding detective, designer, and curious explorer.
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Meet a research technologist video (ages 9-11)
Meet Hannah, a research technologist. Discover her career path, favorite parts of the job, required skills, and key responsibilities.
Meet an apprentice research technologist video (ages 9-11)
Will is an apprentice research technologist. Find out about his career path and what he enjoys most about his job. Discover the skills and qualifications required, as well as the responsibilities.
Meet a research technologist
Use these resources to introduce your class to Hannah, a real-life research technologist. Watch the video to explore Hannah’s daily responsibilities. Use the job-role card to discover the skills and qualifications needed for her career.
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Meet an apprentice research technologist
Use these resources to introduce your class to Will, an apprentice research technologist. Use the job-role card to learn about the skills and qualifications required, discover Will's job-related interests, and gain insight into his daily responsibilities.
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Design an electric helicopter
A step-by-step series of videos that uses knowledge from electricity and forces to build an electric helicopter from easily accessible materials.
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Biodiversity challenge (primary)
Learn about biodiversity and why it is important; explore how to improve biodiversity and use all the acquired knowledge to design a wild area.
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Biodiversity challenge: My design sheet (primary)
Pupils use this activity sheet to record their designs and explain how they have come up with their idea for a home for nature.
Electric helicopter planning sheet
A structured sheet to support pupils as they plan their electric helicopters.
Electric helicopter evaluation sheet
A structured sheet to support pupils as they evaluate their electric helicopters.
Electric helicopter self-check
A skills and knowledge self-assessment sheet for pupils to complete after they have designed, made and evaluated their electric helicopters.
Electric helicopter materials and forces activity sheet
Label helicopter parts, identify forces acting on a helicopter and decide on the best materials for different parts, using this activity sheet.
Electric helicopter circuits activity sheet
Label the components of a model helicopter circuit and interpret circuit diagrams using this activity sheet.
Electric helicopter presentation
Use this presentation to give pupils ideas for their own electric helicopter designs.
Electric helicopter animation
Can you make an electric helicopter with a rotor that switches on and off? Use this animation to introduce this challenge to pupils.
Electricity and batteries
Discover the science of electricity, link learning to the real-world of electric vehicles and inspire pupils with people in real careers.
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