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 6-8 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 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 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 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