Resources by British Science Association
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STEM Fairs: Introduction
These materials are provided by the British Science Association and supported by Intel. They aim to give an overview of the types of activities that happen at STEM fairs. The guide is useful in preparing students when visiting a fair. It also covers some of the key...
The STEM Projects Toolkit provides resources to help teachers to carry out enquiry-based project work with their students. The resource pack was developed in order to give students hands-on experiences of science and engineering. It is hoped that using scientific methods, the design processes in engineering, and...
Super Science - For Groups With Special Needs
The activities in this pack have been designed for use with children who have difficulty following instructions given purely in text and may have difficulties remembering a series of verbal instructions.
The activities cover a mixture of topics including: magnets, forces, light, states of matter and sound....
Sustainable solutions (CREST Discovery Day)
This resource pack about Sustainable Solutions has been developed to meet the CREST Discovery Award requirements. Designed as a team-based activity day where students design and create a sustainable start-up business concept linked to their community, by undertaking the tasks in the resource pack, students should...
Teacher guide: enabling project based learning
This pack is intended to support teachers. This resource is focused on how to effectively recruit and engage STEM Ambassadors.
Project-based learning is a teaching method which...
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.
The Story of Extinction
Fossils and other evidence suggest that there have been at least six major extinctions in the history of Earth. This short video looks at how species become extinct, detailing how human activity is causing an increase in the rate of extinctions of species around the world. The clip ends with a question which asks...
Ticket to Ride
Aimed at primary level, this pack contains nine activities on the theme of transportation. The activities investigate topics related to friction, forces, levers, earth and space, air and water resistance and areas of design and technology. Designed either for use in class or within a science week or club, the...
Uglies Are the Spice of Life
This short video looks at the classification of animals. Highlighting that vertebrates are a small percentage of animals on the planet, it provides a summary of the key features of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.
The video then focuses on insects, the largest group of invertebrates, looking...
Uglies on Your Doorstep
There are eighteen species of bat in the UK, half of which are endangered or threatened. This short video looks at the features of bats and how they use echolocation to sense their surroundings. It looks at bat boxes and how they can provide a home for bats. Instructions are provided on how to make a bat box as a...