Imaging the Earth

Combing satellite and ground-based imagery, this cross-curricular learning resource for primary teachers explores planet Earth from a range of perspectives.

The activities are intended to build map skills and recognition of many physical geography features in familiar and unfamiliar locations. Mathematics...

The Safety Deposit Vault

This is an exercise with complex spreadsheets and mail-merged documents. It is based on an actual implementation in a vaut with over 1500 boxes of different sizes.

The simplified example uses nine boxes of three different sizes, each has the price for annual box rental.

Also recorded are the renters'...

North Sea Rocks

The resource available consists of the following items:

RESINATED CORE SLABS (15m)​

This is material that has been cut...

Primary QR Code Activity - iGuess Beasts

This Key Stage 1 activity introduces children to QR (Quick Response) Codes.  The children use tablets to scan QR Codes and guess the minibeasts from a given habitat.

Includes step-by-step lesson plan and associated teacher/pupil resources.

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Primary Cryptography Lesson

This Key Stage 2 activity teaches children about communicating securely.

The children learn that messages throughout time have been be encrypted and decrypted using ciphers.

They explore cryptography and gain an understanding of need for secure communications.

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The surprising things you don’t know about big data

A detailed infographic covering the concept of Big Data. Each graphic tackles a different aspect of this phenomena, including data sizes, big data companies, the past, present and future of big data and how data will impact society. Suitable for students aged 11 - 16 years,  the information is easy to comprehend...

Ryde Academy STEM Blog

For some inspiration and to see how we have trialled and refined embedding STEM into the curriculum, please feel free to visit the blog I have created. 

www.rydestem.wordpress.com

Science Debate Kits

Find resources and download free Debate Kits: debate.imascientist.org.uk

These Science Debate Kits give teachers everything they needed to run a debate on a set topic and help their students develop their evaluation skills. The activities provide a structured way to start...

A Kindernet - digital telecomms exercise using children in lieu of electronics.

A Kindernet

A simple, low-cost, 45 minute, fun participation exercise for a group of children aged 9 to 16 (or older) which teaches them how digital images are transmitted from one device to another remote device e.g. mobile phones.  It covers all the essential stages and...

Satellite Telemetry Interpretation

As part of the FUNcube STEM satellite outreach programme we have developer a student and teachers pack showing how to interpret rea data from graphs.

These can be found at: https://funcube.org.uk/education-outreach/