This text explores how teachers can harness the power of curiosity in their classroom. Curiosity has the potential to enhance learning in all curriculum subjects but it has a special...

The Royal Academy of Engineering explores cyber control through this activity pack, looking at networks of connected devices. It covers:

• The benefits of devices connected via the internet and scenarios to consider
• The dangers of hacking
• A programming task using the micro:bit using...

Aimed at primary level this resource shows how to incorporate data logging into science lessons. It contains lesson ideas on the topics of sound, habitats, plants and animals in the local environment, light, thermal insulators, separating mixtures, electricity, changing state and sound. The teacher guidance...

This report from Ofsted looks at the provision for excluded pupils. Schools and local authorities are required to provide full-time and suitable education for pupils from day six of fixed-period and permanent exclusions. This survey evaluates the extent to which a sample of schools and local authorities were...

Students who play with objects, listen to music or find other...

Written in 2009 by the Department for Children, Schools and families, this resource sets out the government's support for behaviour in schools at that time.

This guide will help volunteers working in schools to effectively support Cisco Little Big Futures project work. It covers:

• The curriculum context for STEM subjects in the age range 11-14
• Information about how Little Big Futures can be integrated into STEM Clubs
• Guidance for effective...

Design Club is a social enterprise set up to help children become design thinkers. We create industry-standard resources to help people run design thinking clubs and workshops for 9-13 year olds.

This set of resources contains everything you need to run a Design Club taster project: worksheets, a delivery...

In these resources, learners will create a prototype food temperature probe using the micro:bit. The product must be able to provide a warning when the food is too cold to eat.

Learners will create a prototype food temperature probe...

In these activities, learners will look at the requirements for a good home security system and develop their own programmable alarm system.

In these activities, learners will create a prototype score counter and integrate the micro:bit programmable system.

Using the micro:bit, learners will create a prototype score counter. Learners must ensure the product is accurate, well...

In this challenge, students are asked to evaluate an existing product – a step counter or pedometer. They then create a step counter to encourage healthier lifestyles among teenagers. It is based on a BBC micro:bit device which includes an accelerometer capable of detecting ‘shake events’. These events are then...

These materials, from the Nuffield Foundation, contain a wealth of ideas and practical advice on the delivery of design and technology in the primary curriculum. Each of the resources includes extensive teacher guidance as well as chidlren's stimulus materials. The materials cover a range of topics in which...