Resources by Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC)

The Essential Chemical Industry

This online resource, provided by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), is intended for students studying A level chemistry. It gives an up-to-date description of the...

This online resource, provided by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), is intended for students studying A level chemistry. It gives an up-to-date description of the industry; all units include information provided by industry experts and are presented so that the material is relevant to the...

This online resource, provided by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), is intended for students studying A level chemistry. It gives an up-to-date description of the industry; all units include information provided by industry experts and are presented so that the material is relevant to the...

The Essential Plastics Industry

This book, produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), is aimed at teachers and post-16 students studying chemistry, design or materials science courses. It contains a wealth of information that cover topics such as the properties of polymers,...

This resource by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC) puts curriculum science into real-world contexts and provides a cross-curricular approach to salt.

Children undertake a range of hands-on investigations that look at the use of salt. This includes the use of salt to treat icy roads and...

Tidy and sort

This series of activities provides opportunities to investigate a variety of ‘mixtures’ and separate them based on the properties of the materials within them. The activities are put in context using a storybook, in which two sisters are presented with tubs of mixed objects to sort out.

In the first activity...

Turf Troubles

In this primary resource, children work scientifically to investigate the effects of various conditions on plant growth. The activities are set in a real-life context, that of a sports company who wish to provide a turf surface suitable for a range of activities. Information is required on suitable grass types and...

Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), in these activities, students investigate the cleaning power of washing agents and through a series of investigations that include:

* Which washing agent works best at low temperatures?
* Which washing agent produces the most foam?...

Understanding Food Additives

From The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), this booklet is the forerunner of its Understanding Food Additives web site. The booklet contains information on a range of food additives and extensive suggestions for practical activities to investigate food and food additives.

Food additives...

n this primary resource, children work scientifically to investigate the effects of various conditions on plant growth. The activities are set in a real-life context, that of a sports company who wish to provide a turf surface suitable for a range of activities. Information is required on suitable grass types and...