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Power for everyone everywhere
This activity allows pupils to explore the principles of wind turbine movement, apply them and work in teams to plan and build a miniature wind turbine. Turbine performance is also evaluated after testing.
The activities introduce the notion of unequal access to reliable electricity in the world and the...
Power for everyone everywhere
Power for Everyone Everywhere is a workshop designed to encourage pupils to explore the global challenges associated with access to clean and reliable electricity around the world. Pupils learn about the importance of electricity to people’s everyday lives and the role that engineering infrastructure plays in the...
Power for Young Mathematicians
Power for Young Mathematicians was first published in March 1988 as a submission by MESU (The Micro-Electronics Support Unit) to the National Curriculum Mathematics Working Party.
At the time of publication, computers were relatively new to many schools and there was much debate about how they could be used...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
Power from sunlight - Powering space exploration with solar energy
In this set of activities from the European Space Agency, students learn about two concepts that influence solar panel design for space missions: the inverse square law and the angle of incidence. There are instructions on two simple investigations using a photovoltaic cell (solar cell) and a light source. The...
Power from the Past: Coal
Produced by the Earth Science Teachers' Association, these materials look at how coal deposits were formed from vegetation and how layers of sediment produce seams in coalfields.
Students also investigate how coal can...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
Power from water - How to produce oxygen and hydrogen on the Moon
In this set of three activities from the European Space Agency, students learn about electrochemistry. In the first activity they build a voltaic pile – a simple battery. Students will then study electrolysis, producing hydrogen and oxygen which can be used as propellants for spacecraft and/or to provide oxygen to...
Power House
This video looks at the challenges of reducing global warming and carbon emissions. Combined Heat and Power (CHP) is a new boiler technology which has the potential to transform the way electricity is produced and distributed. This is currently used in industrial and commercial settings, but micro CHP could offer...