Resources by Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC)

Kitchen Concoctions

The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC) resources put curriculum science in real-life contexts. These materials focus on the use of mixtures in the kitchen and can be used to illustrate the properties of materials. Students examine a mince-pie as a 'mixture' and compare 'real' dairy cream with...

The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC) resources put curriculum science in real-life contexts. These materials focus on the use of mixtures in the kitchen and can be used to illustrate the properties of materials.

Let Sleeping Bags Lie

From The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), this series of activities investigates heat transfer and the thermal insulation properties of sleeping bags. In the investigation, students: * Consider the requirements for different categories of sleeping bags. * Measure the volume of air trapped in a...

From The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), this series of activities investigates heat transfer and the thermal insulation properties of sleeping bags.

Magnox

Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), these materials look at nuclear fission and nuclear reactors.

The activities examine the trend in reactivity of the metals in group II of the periodic table and includes a brief study of isotopes in relation to nuclear fission and nuclear...

Making ripples

This activity, ideal for a bright sunny day in any season, invites children and their families to notice the patterns created by ripples on water.

Medicine from microbes

Children are tasked with investigating which conditions produce the most mould and which are the quickest, by using bread stored in a variety of conditions. Children are encouraged to make a prediction about the results, and then to observe and record their results. 

Medicines for Pets

Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), these resources help to put curriculum science in a real life context. The activities use the pharmaceutical industry as a real life context to encourage children to look at the properties of materials, changing state and separation techniques....

Medicines for pets

Children are set the task of finding a suitable coating to cover tablets, to slow down the dissolving process in water, by testing coatings on effervescent tablets. Children are encouraged to record their findings.

Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), this booklet contains a variety of practical investigations for children aged 8-10 which provide a focus for planning and carrying out science and technology based activities.