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 geological time. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore how evidence from rock strata can tell us about the history of the Earth.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
27 slides covering:
• Time
• Rock Records
• Dating Rocks
• Relative Dating
• The Principle of Uniformitarianism
• The Principle of Original Horizontality
• The Principle of Superposition
• Principle of Cross Cutting
• The Principle of Inclusion
• Principal of Faunal Succession
• Fossils
• Relative Dating
• Absolute Dating
• Geological Time
• Precambrian
• Cretaceous Period
• The End of the Cretaceous Period
• Quaternary Period
A presentation suitable for Grades 6-8 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 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 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