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 KS4 looking at living in space. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the considerations and accommodations needed for space travel.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
23 slides covering:
• Propulsion
• Food
• Drink
• Waste Removal
• On-board Power
• Oxygen
• Communication with Ground Control
• Radiation Protection
• Living Accommodation
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
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at asteroids, comets and meteors. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore asteroids, comets and meteors.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
32 slides covering:
• Asteroids
• Comets
• Halley’s Comet
• Meteors
• Meteoroids
• Meteorites
• Impact Craters
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at the work-energy theorem. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Investigate quantities using the work-energy theorem.
Main Skills: Interpret written text, make decisions and perform calculations.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
21 slides covering:
• What is Work?
• Energy
• Kinetic Energy
• Work-Energy Theorem
• Calculating Work
• Friction Force
• Force at an Angle
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at power and mechanical energy. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Calculate mechanical energy of a physical system.
Calculate the power generated in a physical system.
Main Skills: Interpret written text, make decisions and perform calculations.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
29 slides covering:
• Work and Power
• Total Mechanical Energy
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy
• Calculating Mechanical Energy Examples
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at kinetic and potential energy. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Investigate kinetic and potential energy and their transformations.
Main Skills: Interpret written text, make decisions and predict outcomes.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
26 slides covering:
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy
• Gravitational Potential Energy
• Elastic Potential Energy
• Energy Changes
A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at how to calculate the total resistance of resistors placed in parallel. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Calculate the total resistance for circuits with resistors connected in parallel.
Main Skills: Interpret written text, interpret diagrams and perform calculations.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
16 slides covering:
• Worked Examples
• Reciprocal Calculations
• Product Over Sum Method
• Break Up Calculation
A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at how to calculate the total resistance of resistors placed in series. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Calculate the total resistance for circuits with series connected resistors.
Main Skills: Interpret written text, interpret diagrams and perform calculations.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
13 slides covering:
• Total resistance
• Two resistors in series
• Three resistors in series
• Four resistors in series
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 ecological pyramids. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Identify how ecological pyramids show the amount of organisms, biomass or energy in each trophic level of a food chain.
Main Skills: Interpret written text.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
27 slides covering:
• The Origin of Energy
• Solar Energy and Producers
• Ecological Pyramids
• Number Pyramids
• Biomass Pyramids
• Energy Pyramids
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 Assessment Sheet Teachers Guide provides the correct answers and solutions to questions in the assessment.
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at food chains. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore how matter flows through food chains.
Explore how energy flows through food chains.
Main Skills: Extract information, demonstrate understanding, apply knowledge, model.
Duration: 30 mins
19 slides covering:
• What is a food chain?
• Energy Release
• Inorganic Nutrients
• What Happens to the Energy?
• Grazing Food Chains
• Detritus Food Chains
• Detritus Food Chains v Grazing Food Chains
• Interrelationships
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 Assessment Sheet Teachers Guide provides the correct answers and solutions to questions in the assessment.
A presentation looking at how to calculate resistor colour code values and tolerances. The presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Calculate the maximum and minimum resistor values from the colour code.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and apply knowledge.
Duration: 30 mins
22 slides covering:
• Colour Codes
• Four Band Colour Codes
• Five Band Colour Codes
• Examples
• Preferred Values
• Important Considerations
This group of resources contains all you need for a lesson or set of lessons on food webs; presentation, activities sheet with multiple activities, information fact file and assessment.
The presentation is suitable for KS3 looking at food webs. The presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Presentation Learning Objective(s):
Identify how matter flows through food webs.
Identify how energy flows through food webs.
Main Skills: Extract information, interpret diagrams, demonstrate understanding and apply knowledge.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
18 slides covering:
• Interconnected Food Chains
• Food Webs
• Interrelationships
• Food Chain and Food Web Stability
• Energy Flow and Food Webs
• The Recycling of Energy
• The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
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Activity Learning Objective(s):
Describe producer/consumer, predator/prey and parasite/host relationships in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
Main Skills: Research, extract information, interpret written text, apply knowledge and present information.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
The Activities Sheet provides a range of activities for students to enhance their knowledge of food webs by putting it into practice. The activities cover:
• Terrestrial Ecosystem Food Web
• Marine Ecosystem Food Web
• Fresh Water Ecosystem Food Web
• Food Web Research
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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 KS3/KS4 looking at ‘Using a Multimeter’. The presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Identify how to use a digital multimeter to measure DC voltage and resistance, and to test for continuity
Main Skills: Apply knowledge, extract information and interpret written text.
Duration: 30 mins
20 slides covering:
• Digital Multimeter Features
• Range Selector
• Test Leads
• Measuring DC Voltage
• Testing for Continuity
• Testing the Continuity of a Wire
• Testing the Continuity of a Switch
• Testing the Continuity of a Fuse
• Measuring Resistance
• Measuring the Resistance of a Lamp
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 Assessment Sheet Teachers Guide provides the correct answers and solutions to questions in the assessment.
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at the flow of the carbon cycle and the consequences of disrupting the carbon cycle. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the flow of matter through the carbon cycle.
Explore the consequences of disrupting the carbon cycle.
Main Skills: Interpret written text, make decisions and predict outcomes.
Duration: 30 mins
23 slides covering:
• Nutrient Cycles
• Upsetting the Balance
• Carbon
• Overview of the Carbon Cycle
• The Carbon Dioxide Balance
• Upsetting the CO2 Balance
• The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
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 questions in the assessment.
Poster display showing symbolic representation and simple definitions of light energy, kinetic energy (KE), heat energy, sound energy, electrical energy and potential energy (PE).
A poster showing the planets in our solar system - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Urnaus, Neptune. The poster also features Lenia the Alien.
Poster displaying the metamorphosis of frog spawn, to tadpoles to frogs. The graphics show six stages of development. The poster also features Lenia the Alien.
The Periodic Table is a list of all the different elements. The elements are categorised into groups that have similar properties. The elements are listed in order of their atomic number. This is the number of protons in the nucleus of each atom.
The atomic mass of the most abundant isotope of each element is also shown on the table.
The elements are grouped as Alkali Metals, Alkaline Earth Metals, Transition Metals, Holgens and Nobel Gases.
The table shows the symbol, element name, atomic number, atomic symbol and realtive atomic mass.
Timeline of major African American contributors to Science and Technology.
Benjamin Banneker, Elijah McCoy, Lewis Howard Latimer, George W. Carver, Madame C. J. Walker, Garrett A. Morgan, Ernest Everret Just, John P. Moon, Mae C. Jemison