Inspiring the next generation of smart crteatives

Inspiri ng STE(A)MHouse of Objects (HOBs)  is a scrapstore and workshop facility based in North Tyneside which has worked with over 18000 children in the last 4 years.HOBs approach is to offer young children a challenge and invite them to use any of the materials on offer in our warehouse along with the...

STEM and STEAM for Cartography

Mini Map Makers is creating a Poster for STEM and STEAM for Cartography. How Cartography interacts with the elements! This is working progress and a draft copy will be out soon!

Energy Trilemma Activities

There is a delicate balance between the three main areas of our energy future; security, accessibility and sustainability. This is known as the energy trilemma. How we manage these areas is a tricky task.The following activities introduce pupils to the idea of the energy trilemma in a creative way, allowing them to...

Key Stage Four Capability Tasks

A range of Nuffield Foundation resources for students to develop and reveal their capability, longer more open tasks requiring designing, making and evaluating are necessary. Sometimes these activities are referred to as projects, or design and making assignments. In Nuffield Design and Technology these are called...

Key Stage Four Chooser Charts

A selection of chooser charts developed by the Nuffield Foundation, focusing on designing at Key Stage Four to help students make decisions about approaches to take for strategy and communication. Tasks are available for Key Stage Four in electronic products, food technology, graphics products, product design and...

Key Stage Four Resource Tasks

A selection of Key Stage Four resource tasks developed by the Nuffield Foundation. These are short, practical focused, activities designed to teach the resources for capability in a way which should intrigue and amuse students. Tasks are available for Key Stage Four on electronic products, food technology,...

Brompton Bicycle: Key Stage 4 Resources

Each of the Key Stage Four resource packages from Brompton Bicycle follows a similar route through a series of six lessons but are aimed at different strands of design and technology: food, graphics, resistant materials, systems and control and textiles. All include a strong element of product design. Each package...

Brompton Cycle Routes: Extended Design and Technology Projects for 11-19

The Brompton Cycle Route projects offer students experience of the design process from initial brief through market and product research, generating design ideas, modelling/trialling, production planning and evaluation. The activities are presented in the context of the Brompton Bicycle Company and offer opportunities...

Mind the Gap (Spring 2013)

This edition of the Computing at School newsletter contains articles covering: *Increasing the number of girls studying computing *Inclusion in computing *Network of Excellence and CAS Hubs *Learning about programming through knitting *Programming with GameMaker *Computational thinking *Learning...

e-Textiles in a Box

This professional development resource provides teachers with the basic knowledge to deliver an e-textiles project in the classroom. The four lessons of varying duration cover: • basic electronics with batteries and LEDs • Using craft techniques to create wearable electronics • Introductory programming with...