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 KS3 looking at the Earth’s Atmosphere. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the composition of Earth’s atmosphere.
Explore how atmospheric conditions influence the weather.
Explore how natural processes and human activities cause changes in the atmosphere.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
39 slides covering:
• Composition of the Atmosphere
• Air Pressure
• Layers of the Atmosphere
• The Troposphere
• The Stratosphere
• The Meosphere
• The Thermosphere
• Weather
• Wind
• The Water Cycle
• Local Weather
• Changes in the Atmosphere
• Human Activities
• Pollution and Health
• Protecting Air Quality
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at temperature and heat. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the concepts of thermal energy, temperature and heat.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: 30 mins
30 slides covering:
• Energy
• Solids and Liquids
• Gases
• Thermal Energy (U)
• Temperature (T)
• Temperature Scales
• Kelvin and Absolute Zero
• Temperature and Energy
• Heat (Q)
• Specific Heat
• Methods of Heating
• Hot Plates
• Burners
A presentation most suitable for KS4 looking at diet. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the roles of different nutrients.
Explore how diet can affect health and well-being.
See how to determine the energy value of food.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
40 slides covering:
• Nutrition
• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Proteins
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Dietary Fibre
• Water
• Balanced Diet
• Recommended Intake
• Food Labels
• Energy
• Malnutrition
• Obesity
• Starvation
• Body Mass Index (BMI)
• Balanced Diet
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 KS3 looking at weathering and erosion. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore how geologic features may be reshaped by weathering and erosion.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
40 slides covering:
• Weathering
• Physical Weathering
• Physical Weathering - Water and Ice
• Physical Weathering - Wind Abrasion
• Recognising Wind and Water Weathering
• Physical Weathering - Hot and Cold
• Chemical Weathering
• Biological Weathering
• Weathering - Human Activity
• Erosion
• Wind Erosion
• Water Erosion
• Water Erosion - Run-off
• Water Erosion - Ground Water
• Erosion - Human Activity
• Reducing and Preventing Erosion
• Deposition
• Deposition - Rivers
• Deposition - Deltas
• Deposition - Wind
A presentation providing an introduction to using spreadsheets, suitable for KS3. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Identify how to load a spreadsheet program and open files.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
15 slides covering:
• The Spreadsheet
• Using a Spreadsheet
• Loading a File
• Editing a Spreadsheet
• Saving a Spreadsheet
• Using Help
• Printing a Spreadsheet
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at materials testing through tensile and impact testing. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore tensile and impact testing of materials.
Main Skills: Interpret written text, diagrams and graphs.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
22 slides covering:
• The Tensile Test
• Material Specimen
• Results
• Stress and Strain
• Modulus of Elasticity
• Strength of Material
• Impact Testing
• Impact Test Specimens
• Impact Testing and Temperature
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at space exploration. 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
31 slides covering:
• Very Early Space Exploration
• Early Rockets
• First Rockets in Space
• First Rockets in Orbit
• First Life in Space
• First Human in Space
• Yuri’s Trip
• Race to the Moon
• Mars Landing
• New Spacecraft Technology
• Ion Thrusters
• The ISS
• Space Exploration
• Travelling to the Stars
A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at distribution of natural resources. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the distribution of mineral, energy and groundwater resources.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
26 slides covering:
• Mineral Resources
• Ore Deposits
• Volcanic Processes
• Hydrothermal Processes
• Sedimentary Processes
• Copper Mountains
• Metal Resources
• Energy Resources
• Coal
• Oil and Natural Gas
• Non-Renewable Resources
• Finding New Resources
• Water
• The Aral Sea
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at the effects of force. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Identify the effects of force.
Explore the forces that affect objects and their motion.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
22 slides covering:
• What is a Force?
• Measuring a Force
• Effects of Force
• Gravity
• Everyday Types of Force
• Types of Force
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at transport systems in plants. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore transport systems in plants.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
24 slides covering:
• Vascular Tissue
• Roots
• Xylem
• Tracheids
• Vessel Elements
• The Phloem
• Leaves
• Movement of Water
• Movement of Sugars
A presentation suitable for KS5 looking at reproduction in flowering plants. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore reproduction in flowering plants.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 60 mins
52 slides covering:
• Flower Structure - The Perianth
• Flower Structure - The Calyx and Corolla
• Male Reproductive Organs
• Female Reproductive Organs
• The Ovary
• The Nectaries
• Categorising Flowering Plants
• The Production of Pollen Grains
• The Flowering Plant Male Gametophyte
• The Structure of the Ovule
• The Embryo Sac as a Spore
• Pollination
• Pollination - Anthers
• Dioecious and Monoecious Plants
• Protandry and Protogyny
• Self-incompatibility
• Special Floral Structure Arrangements
• Wind Pollination
• Wind Pollination Versus Insect Pollination
• Fertilization
• Pollen Germination
• Development of the Seed and Fruit
A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at protein in food. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the structure and properties of protein.
Investigate a test for protein.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
40 slides covering:
• What is Protein?
• Amino Acids
• Peptide Bonds
• Polypeptides and Proteins
• Protein Structure
• Protein Properties
• Protein Classification
• Importance of Protein in Food
• Sources of Protein
• Testing Foods: Biuret Test
• Positive and Negative Results
• What can go Wrong
• Regulating Foods
• Allergy Information
A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at the human digestive system. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the structure of the human digestive system.
Explore the function of components of the human digestive system.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
42 slides covering:
• Holozoic Nutrition
• GI Tract
• Mastication
• Swallowing
• The Stomach
• Duodenum
• The Liver
• Pancreas
• Small Intestine
• Carbohydrate Digestion
• How Enzymes Work
• Digestion in the Small Intestine
• Secretion Control
• Large Intestine
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at thermodynamic laws. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
23 slides covering:
• Energy
• Heat and Work
• First Law of Thermodynamics
• Heat Engines
• Gas Turbines
• Efficiency
• Second Law of Thermodynamics
• Second Law Example (Entropy)
• Second Law Example (Entropy)
• Entropy
A presentation most suitable for KS3 looking at health. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore different areas of health.
Explore things that can benefit or risk health.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
33 slides covering:
• General Health
• Physical Health
• Mental Health
• Social Health
• Good Health
• Bad Health
• Regular Exercise
• Nutrition
• Disease
• Drugs
• Alcohol
• Tobacco
• Relationships
• Hazardous Environments
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at polymers. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the structure, characteristics and application of polymers.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
26 slides covering:
• Polymers
• Molecular Structure of Polymers
• Addition Polymer
• Condensation Polymers
• Polymer Structure
• Classification of Polymers
• Thermoplastic Polymers
• Thermosetting Polymers
• Elastomers
• Additives
A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at formatting text in a word processor. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Identify how to format paragraphs.
Identify how to change font styles, colours and formatting.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
16 slides covering:
• Paragraphs
• Indents
• Line Spacing
• Paragraph Spacing
• Font Types
• Font Sizes
• Bold
• Italics
• Underline
A presentation suitable for KS5 looking at photosynthesis. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the biochemistry of photosynthesis.
Investigate the factors that can limit the rate of photosynthesis.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams, understand chemical formulas.
Duration: Approximately 60 mins
57 slides covering:
• Plants as Energy Converters
• The Photosynthesis Equation
• Where Does Photosynthesis Occur?
• Structure of a Chloroplast
• Photosynthesis as Two Groups of Reactions
• How the Energy is Used
• Light Harvesting
• The Chloroplast Pigments
• How the Pigments Work Together
• The Photosystems
• The Two Stages of Photosynthesis
• The Hill Reaction
• The Calvin Cycle
• The Light Dependent Reaction
• Photophosphorylation
• Thylakoids and ATP Synthase
• Cyclic Photophosphorylation
• Non-cyclic Photophosphorylation
• The Products of Water Splitting
• The Light Independent Stage
• The Most Abundant Enzyme in the World!
• Using ATP and NADPH
• The Fate of Triose Phosphate
• Limiting Factors of Photosynthesis
• Light as a Limiting Factor
• Carbon Dioxide as a Limiting Factor
• Temperature as a Limiting Factor
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at seismic waves. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the characteristics and applications of seismic waves.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
30 slides covering:
• Tectonic Plates
• Earthquakes
• Seismic Waves
• Measuring Seismic Waves
• P Wave
• S Wave
• Surface Waves
• Seismic Wave Behaviour
• Looking Inside the Earth
• Structure of the Earth