We provide a range of free, and low-cost STEM resources for schools and further education. Our resources include theory presentations, activity sheets, information fact files, and informative posters for your classroom.
We provide a range of free, and low-cost STEM resources for schools and further education. Our resources include theory presentations, activity sheets, information fact files, and informative posters for your classroom.
A presentation suitable for Grades 6 to 8 looking at the formation of crustal features. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Relate plate tectonics to the formation of crustal features.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
30 slides covering:
• Tectonic Plates
• Plate Movement
• Boundary Events
• Plate Boundary Types
• Convergent Boundaries
• Oceanic Trenches
• Divergent Boundaries
• Sliding Boundaries
• Rift Zones and Valleys
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at wave motion. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the features of mechanical and electromagnetic waves.
Explore how energy travels in mechanical and electromagnetic waves.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
34 slides covering:
• Mechanical Waves
• Longitudinal and Transverse Waves
• Transverse Waves
• Longitudinal Waves
• Sound Waves
• Speed of Waves
• Circular Waves
• Ripple Tanks
• Ripple Tank Experiment
• Ripple Tank and Stroboscope Experiment
• Electromagnetic Waves
• The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Electromagnetic Waves
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at the calculation of electrical power. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Calculate power dissipated in a simple resistor circuit.
Calculate energy used in a simple resistor circuit.
Main Skills: Interpret written text, make decisions and perform calculations.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
20 slides covering:
• Electrical Power
• Electrical Power Worked Example 1
• Electrical Power Worked Example 2
• Electrical Power Worked Example 3
• Energy
• Energy Worked Example
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Activity Learning Objective(s):
Calculate power dissipated in a simple resistor circuit.
Calculate energy used in a simple resistor circuit.
Main Skills: Apply knowledge and perform calculations.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
The Activity Sheet provides 2 activities for students to enhance their ability to calculate power and energy in a circuit by putting it into practice. The activities cover:
• Calculating Power
• Calculating Energy
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Assessment Sheet - Word Document based assessment includes questions that students should be able to answer directly from the presentation, or by applying the information from the presentation.
The Teachers Guide provides the correct answers and solutions to the activities and questions in the assessment.
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at conduction of thermal energy. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Investigate how heat is transferred by conduction.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 20 mins
20 slides covering:
• Heat
• Transfer of Heat
• Conduction
• Conduction in Solids
• Conduction in Liquids and Gases
• Conductors
• Insulators
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at radiation of thermal energy. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Investigate how heat is transferred by radiation.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
25 slides covering:
• Heat
• Transfer of Heat
• Radiation
• Radiation from the Sun
• Radiation in Solids
• Surfaces and Radiation
• Radiation in Liquids
• Radiation in Gases
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at astronomy. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore modern astronomy.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
32 slides covering:
• Starlight
• Telescopes
• Ground Based Telescopes
• Combining Telescopes
• Optical Telescopes
• Temperature
• Spectrum
• Looking at a Spectrum
• The Spectrum of a Star
• Looking at Spectra
• Distance to Stars
• Light
• Electromagnetic Radiation
• Atmosphere
• Space Based Telescopes
• Infrared
• The Helix Nebula
• X-Rays