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 planning investigations. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore investigative procedures to enable you to plan your own investigations.
Main Skills: Interpret written text, make decisions and predict outcomes.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
34 slides covering:
• Asking Questions
• Preparing for Investigations
• Variables
• Preparing Equipment
• Equipment - Scientific Glassware
• Equipment - Electronic Balances
• Equipment - Consumable Chemicals
• Equipment - Technological (Calculators, Probes and Computers)
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at the analysis of scientific explanations. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore how to analyse scientific explanations to identify the key factors.
Main Skills: Interpret written text, make decisions and predict outcomes.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
41 slides covering:
• Scientific Explanations
• Analysis
• Analytical Methods
• Empirical Evidence
• Logical Reasoning
• Experimental Testing
• Observational Testing
• Examining All Sides of Evidence
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at the Doppler effect. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Investigate the Doppler effect.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams, and perform calculations.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
22 slides covering:
• Doppler Effect
• Example Calculation
• Relative Velocity
• Red Shift
A presentation suitable for Grades 6-8 looking at Earth’s early history. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Investigate the formation and early history of the Earth.
Main Skills: Interpret written text, diagrams, tables, and graphs.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
26 slides covering:
• The Formation of Our Solar System
• Dating the Formation of Our Solar System
• Radiometric Dating
• The Early Earth
• Life
A presentation suitable for Grades 9-12 looking at forces and the laws of motion. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Use the laws of motion to calculate forces.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams and perform calculations.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
37 slides covering:
• Newton’s First Law of Motion
• Newton’s First Law of Motion - Inertia
• Newton’s Second Law of Motion
• Using Newton’s Second Law
• Newton’s Third Law of Motion
• Putting it all Together
A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at joints. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Identify different joint types.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 20 mins
13 slides covering:
• Joints
• Joint Structure
• Synovial Joints
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.
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 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 working with cells in spreadsheets. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Identify how to work with data in cells of spreadsheets.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
16 slides covering:
• Cells
• Selecting Cells
• Editing a Cell
• Copying and Pasting Cells
• Cell References
• Moving Cell Data
• Clearing Cells
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 KS3 looking at working with formulae in spreadsheets. 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 formulae in spreadsheets.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
18 slides covering:
• Formula
• Referencing Cells
• Useful Formula
• Date and Time
• Copying Formulae
• Errors
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 suitable for KS5 looking at osmosis. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Investigate the process of osmosis.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 60 mins
45 slides covering:
• Diffusion
• Osmosis Defined
• Visking Tubing
• Water Potential in Plants
• Water Potential and Kinetic Energy
• The Net Movement of Water Molecules
• The Symbol and Units of Water Potential
• Osmosis Defined in Terms of Water Potential
• The Water Potential Gradient
• The Effects of Solutes on Water Potential
• Solute Potential Defined
• Pressure Potential
• Pressure Potential in Plants
• Osmosis and Plant Cells
• Plasmolysis
• Incipient Plasmolysis
• Water, Solute and Pressure Potential
• Reversing Plasmolysis
• Turgidity
• Full Turgidity
• Alternative Terminology
• Osmosis in Animal Cells
• Osmoregulation