Resources by Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC)

Product Design: Sports Shoes

From The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), these activities deal with the different stages of market research, product design, selection of materials and manufacturing processes in the sports shoe industry.

Through a range of activities and practical investigations, students gain a greater...

Pulp to paper (in forces and recycling)

Pulp to paper is activity 5 in the resource booklet Forces and Recycling. Children pulp newspaper and use it to make a sheet of recycled paper.

Reclaim It

Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), these materials encourage primary children to use reclaimed materials to make a range of products that include a model person, stacking toy, necklace, model car and powered roundabout.

The skills pupils develop during the activities include...

Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), these materials put curriculum science in a real-life context. 

Recycling Cities

Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), these activities help students to examine the recycling of materials, concentrating on polymers and the potential for the recycling of waste plastics. In doing so, students look at polymers, the properties of plastics, purifying components of a...

Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), these materials help students to gain an understanding of a number of scientific ideas through investigating how a refrigerator works. The key ideas covered include:
* liquids require heat to evaporate
* some gases can be liquefied at...

Renewables Don't Run Out

Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), these resources help to put curriculum science in a real life context. The activities provide opportunities for children to consider the use of plant material (biomass) for renewable energy. They go on to look at some of the problems that using...

Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), these resources help to put curriculum science in a real life context. 

Activities include investigating water pressure using siphons, the effects of varying the numbers and shapes of blades on a water wheel, combinations of cogs and the effect on speed, driving a turbine and finally converting the energy from the motion of the water wheel to electricity.

Role badges

These role badges can be used in class when working scientifically. They help promote well organised practical activities and a sense of purpose when investigating in science.

This resource has been provided by CIEC.