These activities offer one-page exercises to incorporate the VEX GO kit and STEM concepts in a cross curricular way. From animal habitats, to architecture, compasses to music, these activities offer great cross curricular STEM opportunities for physical computing.  

This activity looks at water consumption on a local and global scale. Students learn about the main water contaminants and various methods of purification and the role of engineers and their approach to design challenges. The resource aims to inspire an interest in water conservation and to introduce students to...

Developed for use in Early Years, these resources link to work on the areas of physical development, understanding the world and communicating ideas, they also aid vocabulary development and working as part of a group. They look at different types of food, where they come from and the shops which sell these...

There is much debate about reducing greenhouse gases and how renewable energy sources might form part of the answer. Most people agree that renewable energy is a good thing, but how do people react when a wind farm is proposed to be built near them? The following...

From Practical Action, this challenge asks students to design a simple wind turbine capable of lifting a cup off the floor to bench height. The winning team will be the one producing a machine that lifts the most weight. The resource includes an instruction sheet, wind turbine images, links to videos and...

The materials in this National Strategies resource help teaching assistants to develop their role in supporting assessment for learning (AfL) in the classroom by promoting and embedding good practice in partnership with teachers.

Throughout the resource, teaching assistants reflect on and evaluate their role...

This list highlights a number of resources that could be used for by different subject areas for different age groups on World Rivers Day.  The theme of rivers covers a wide range of STEM topics from building bridges, harnessing their energy to generate electricity, to their importance in terms of the provision of...

This session focuses on Year 6 pupils revising and enhancing their understanding of a healthy and nutritious balanced diet. Pupils use the supporting PowerPoint presentation, inspiration from recipe books and the internet to design a range of dishes celebrating their key ingredient. This session gives children the...

This project allows children to set up a farm shop business and design, make and market a new lunchtime food product. It provides a range of opportunities to enhance Year 3 National Curriculum for:

This resource provides a lesson plan and supporting resources that help Year 3 pupils to identify and describe the different parts of flowering plants. Children will revise previous plant knowledge and the session gives plenty of opportunities for practical learning and the meaningful application of mathematical...

This resource provides a lesson plan and support PowerPoint presentation that enhances the Year 3 maths curriculum, supporting pupils to calculate with money and give change. Through these resources children will make a non-food product using resources developed in previous sessions and then be introduced to the...

This resource provides a lesson plan and supporting PowerPoint to help Year 3 pupils to grow herbs from seeds and write a descriptive poem. Children will revise their learning on what plants need to grow and plant their own herb seeds. This session gives children the opportunity to take responsibility for their own...

This resource provides a lesson plan and supporting resources that help Year 3 pupils to design and conduct a survey and present their data in a pictogram. Through this session children are introduced to the idea of market research as a meaningful context for maths learning. This session is the third in a ten...

This resource provides a lesson plan and supporting resources that help Year 3 pupils to design a healthy balanced meal and to write instructions. Through these resources children are asked to think about eating healthily and the different food groups that comprise a balanced diet and are supported to create a...

This resource provides a lesson plan and supporting resources that help Year 3 pupils to design and conduct a fair investigation and to explore the requirements of plants for life and growth. Through these resources, pupils will be supported to design and carry out their own fair tests which will help them to...