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Putty

This short film from the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP) is one of a series of clips which were produced to demonstrate the properties and use of a range of smart materials.

‘Silly putty’ has long been available as an amusing toy. However, this type of material – properly known as visco-elastic...

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.

Puzzle Cards

A set of thirty puzzle cards for Key Stage Two students aged eight and nine, produced at Manchester Polytechnic and written by Gillian Hatch. [b]Contents include:[/b] Number squares using addition tables, rectangle puzzles on a number grid, a number of puzzles using number machines and flow diagrams, investigations...

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.

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This book presents a selection of Japenese logic puzzles that will flex and stretch your mind.

Includes 34 coloured card dice to cut out and make. All are legal dice but they differ from each other in the nature of their symmetries. There are curious puzzles to solve which requires logical thinking and draws...

Puzzles

These Puzzle questions from the Association for Science Education (ASE) are based around QCA units and are part of the SYCD: Can We; Should We? collection.

Puzzles

This set of puzzles, provided by the Association for Science Education (ASE), is part of the SYCD: Science Year theme Who am I? collection.

Suck it and see - Is it true that you become drunk faster if you drink through a straw?

Pain in the leg - Why do muscles hurt more the second day after exercise...

Puzzles

Logic is a fundamental computational thinking skill for children to master and apply, supporting computing, maths, science, and many STEM subjects. These unplugged activities, offer creative, thought provoking tasks for pupils to test their logic with a combination of eight different puzzles and riddles for...