Resources by National STEM Learning Centre and Network
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Setting up Your Own Business
This activity helps learners begin to consider some issues involved in setting up their own business by making an initial, outline, mathematical model of the costs involved in setting up a business. Learners are required to work in small groups to create a poster showing the factors they would take into account,...
Signal Generator
Produced by the National STEM Learning Centre and the Institute of Physics, this video demonstrates the use of a signal generator to illustrate waves and sound.
The video shows how features such as frequency, amplitude and wave form can be demonstrated using a loudspeaker and an oscilloscope.
Sound investigations
Purpose: As students progress through secondary science they will develop an understanding of waves as a means of transferring energy. Practical science activities around the study of sound are often used as a basis for understanding features of waves such as wavelength, frequency and amplitude. Digital technology...
Sporting performance
Ready, set go! Playing sport is a fundamental part of our society, but how will it change in the future? Which new technologies and innovations will help us to get the most out of our favourite activities?
This set of learning activities supports learners to:
•Become more aware of how mathematics can contribute to successful completion of vocational tasks.
•Reflect on their personal mathematical learning experiences and identify some engaging starting points for their future learning.
•Become...
STEM Careers Awareness Leaflet
From the Centre for Science Education and the National STEM Learning Centre and Network, this leaflet provides some prompt questions that introduce creative and practical ways of raising STEM careers awareness. There is information on working with partners and also where further resources can be found.
STEM Careers Report for CPD Providers
This digest evaluates a project which aimed to increase young people’s involvement in STEM careers. The Ingenious project successfully enabled a range of schools across 26 European countries to effect change in the interest students display in STEM careers and increase their likelihood of taking up such careers...
STEM Careers Report for Industry and Employers
This digest of the InGenious project has been produced for industry and employers. It describes how InGenious has successfully enabled a range of schools across 26 European countries to effect change in the interest students display in STEM careers and increase their likelihood of taking up such careers when they...
STEM Careers Report for Policymakers
This digest of the InGenious project has been produced for policymakers, and looks at how classroom teaching can be improved to enhance students’ learning of STEM subjects and improve the uptake of STEM careers.
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STEM Careers Report for Senior Leaders and Governors
This report looks at how classroom teaching be improved to enhance students’ learning of STEM subjects and improve the uptake of STEM careers. The report draws out key points of interest for senior leaders.
The Ingenious project successfully enabled a range of schools across 26 European countries to effect...