This is a CPD taster created to give teachers a better understanding of what to expect when joining one of our secondary science courses. Below you will find a video and a task for you to do in your own time. Once you have done the activity, ...

Start your professional development here. If you are an aspiring or new head of science in a secondary school or college, discover how STEM Learning can support you to develop in your role. These tasters provide activities you can complete to make immediate changes in your department, and are indicative of the type...

This activity allows students to construct a paper CPU using “jigsaw” pieces. They can also add notes to their jigsaw explaining the function of each component. Carrying out this activity allows students to relate sub components of the CPU to one another. For example, they will appreciate that level 1 cache memory...

In Caesar's Last Breath, Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic table, around the globe and across time to tell the story of the air we breathe. Guardian Science Book of the Year 2017. 

The author describes how Mathematics has been the driving force in astronomy and cosmology since the ancient Babylonians, by discussing topics such as gravity, space-...

This collection of Nuffield Maths resources explores Calculus. The demand is roughly equivalent to that in GCE A level.

This text for sixth-form pupils and first-year college and university students covers the main topics of differentiation and integration normally studied at this level.

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This resource is from a collection of Nuffield Maths resources exploring Hypothesis testing. The demand is roughly equivalent to that in GCE A level. The resources typically include slide shows to introduce the topics, student sheets and teacher notes, as well as other relevant resources.

In the ‘Can they...

These resources are to support teams entering the UK CanSat Competition or European CanSat Competition.  Details of how to enter the competition can be found through https://www.stem.org.uk/esero/cansat for the UK competition, and ...

This resource from Mathcentre explores vectors in two and three-dimensions, how to calculate the length of a position vector and the angle between a position vector and an x axis. After reading through the text and completed the exercise questions, students should be able to: 

• coordinate unit vectors...

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Forty years after its initial publication, this...

Chanel's combination of tradition, originality and...