These resources contain a Scheme of Work designed to complement the KS3 National Science Curriculum. This activity is designed to give students an insight into the subject of hearing loss, how it occurs and the effects it might have. Students will have the opportunity to design their own innovative hearing aid that meets set requirements. Learning Objectives: Developing a sense of scale and proportion with regard to measurement of frequency and loudness and how these can be represented graphically. Understanding the process of hearing and the use of loudness and frequencies to compare sounds. Identifying the key factors in a design brief and using a block diagram to represent a system. Find more curriculum linked Interactive Games on www.siemens.co.uk/education.

These resources contain a student activity, a student support sheet and a supporting ppt lesson plan for the KS2 activity ‘Let there be light’. This activity is designed to give students an insight into electricity, how it began and its importance and development in the modern world. Overall learning objectives: Understand how creative thinking and scientific ideas can be harnessed to solve problems and improve quality of life Understand how natural resources can be used to provide useful services Apply ideas about generating and using electricity to powering circuits

These resources contain a student activity and a supporting ppt lesson plan for the KS4 activity ‘Underwater Energy’. This activity is designed to give students an insight into the world of renewable power with the focus on tidal energy. Students will be tasked to creatively respond to briefs and produce specifications for products and associated services. Whilst doing this, students must also acknowledge the moral, cultural and economic issues that come with design and technology.

This activity is designed to introduce students to the technology behind wind turbines, identify the design considerations of a wind turbine and consider the views of various stakeholders. This activity pack contains a scheme of work, a student support sheet, a supporting PowerPoint and a simple cut-and-stick “Build a Wind Turbine” activity, all designed to complement the KS3 Science National Curriculum. Learning Objectives: Gathering, displaying and using data to support conclusions relating to energy efficiency and arguments about noise pollution. Applying ideas about energy transfer and pollution to explore arguments about the use of wind farms and evaluate environmental impact. Using ideas to inform discussions about overall power supply systems and judging impact of design on environment and communities. Identifying and testing possible solutions to problems by altering key parameters to arrive at optimum design. Find more curriculum linked resources, and early careers advice at www.siemens.co.uk/education.

‘Inside The Human Body’ explores how MRI scanners are used to produce medical images. The activity pack was designed to complement the KS4 Physics National Curriculum and includes a scheme of work, student support sheet and supporting PowerPoint. Learning Objectives: Explain how MRI scanners produce images. Apply their understanding of waves and particles to this application. Describe typical uses of MRI images. Find more curriculum linked resources and early careers advice at www.siemens.co.uk/education.

These resources contain a Scheme of Work, a Student Support Sheet and a supporting ppt lesson plan for the KS3 activity ‘Picture This&’. This activity is designed to give students an insight into the subject of ultrasound technology and how it utilized for images. Students will be able to explain how such images are used to aid in medical diagnostics.

These resources contain a Scheme of Work, a Student Support Sheet and a supporting ppt lesson plan for the KS3 activity ‘I can see clearly now’. This activity is designed to give students an insight into the subject of low energy light bulbs and their environmental effect in social areas and in household settings.

The “Getting Around” portfolio of resources was created by Siemens and features six episodes of learning for six core modules aimed at students aged 7-16. Each module features six complementary resources aligned to curriculum requirements for STEM subjects using real-world examples of Siemens technology, engineering or manufacturing principles as basis for learning. ‘Getting around’ explores the technology behind our transportation system, with a focus on electrification, automation and digitalisation. Find more curriculum linked resources at www.siemens.co.uk/education.

The Siemens Six for Six portfolio of resources features six episodes of learning for six core modules aimed at students aged 7-16. Each Six for Six module features six complementary resources aligned to curriculum requirements for STEM subjects using real-world examples of Siemens technology, engineering or manufacturing principles as basis for learning. [Six for Six] (https://new.siemens.com/uk/en/company/education/teachers/six-for-six.html) Module 1 ‘Understanding the human body’ focuses on using and interpreting images to understand systems such as digestion and skeletal in the human body. Module 2 ‘Living in a world made by STEM’ explores the influence of science and technology on the world around us. Module 3 ‘Energy for thrills’ explores the topic of energy transfer using rollercoasters and electric busses as real world examples. Module 4 ‘Power to the people’ explores energy and electricity. Our lives in the 21st century rely on a supply of secure and cheap energy. Can we achieve this with out damaging the environment? Module 5 ‘Getting around’ explores the technology behind our transportation system, with a focus on electrification, automation and digitalisation. Module 6 ‘Building the things we need’ focuses on the manufacturing skills that are crucial to providing the products we need but they also provide jobs and develop skills. Manufacturing uses scientific ideas, logical thinking and an understanding of the wider world. Find more curriculm linked resources at www.siemens.co.uk/education.

Six for Six is a portfolio of resources created by Siemens that features six episodes of learning for six core modules aimed at students aged 7-16. Each Six for Six module features six complementary resources aligned to curriculum requirements for STEM subjects using real-world examples of Siemens technology, engineering or manufacturing principles as basis for learning. Module 4 ‘Power to the people’ explores energy and electricity. Our lives in the 21st century rely on a supply of secure and cheap energy. Can we achieve this with out damaging the environment? Find more curriculum linked resources at www.siemens.co.uk/education.

These resources contain student activities and a student support sheet for the KS2 activity ‘Words Along Wires’. This topic focuses on distance communications to get pupils thinking about how scientific ideas are used to develop solutions to challenges. Pupils will explore different methods of communication and compare them to identify strengths.

These resources contain a student activity and a supporting ppt lesson plan for the KS4 activity ‘Green Power&’. This activity requires students to apply concepts of energy transfer and sustainability to understand and evaluate a system. Students will produce and modify designs to meet a design brief and will understand the features of a Greenpower Challenge Car.

The ‘Totally in control’ activity explores the topic of systems and controls and is designed to complement the KS4 Science and Technology National Curriculum. The activity pack includes a scheme of work, student activity sheet and supporting PowerPoint. Learning Objectives: Identify how sequences of commands can be used to run equipment and how logic operation can respond to inputs and control outputs Apply ideas about circuits and energy transducers to using inputs in systems and about forces to simple and complex situations Understand features of a system in terms of input, process and output, how the design of a system responds to a detailed brief and how it can be modified a system to improve its performance. Find more curriculum linked resources and early careers advice at www.siemens.co.uk/education.

This worksheet is full of mini activities for students to complete while they learn about how hybrid technology is benefiting people and the environment. There’s even the chance to put together a hybrid bus of your own! Introduce this activity by watching this video on how hybrid bus technology is used everyday!

Formula for Thrills Interactive Game uses the context of a theme park to show how mathematics is used in the real world. The supporting teachers notes and activities for this Interactive Game are designed to complement the KS4 Mathematics and Physics National Curriculum. Learning Objectives: To understand the conservation of energy in a closed system. To calculate the amount of gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy at various positions on a rollercoaster. Find more curriculum linked Interactive Games on www.siemens.co.uk/education.

KS3 Physics ‘Motion and Forces’ student and teacher resources. Learn about the forces, motion, aerodynamics and the four forces of flight with helpful explanations and activities, as well as a design a parachute activity. The teachers resource provides suggestions about how to build a lesson focused around the student worksheet.

‘MRI Experience’ was developed by Siemens Education to help reduced the fear of hacing an MRI scan as one in seven people have cancelled a hospital appointment because they are too scared to go! Learning Objectives To develop an understanding of the purpose of medical imaging. To develop a positive disposition towards MRI imaging. Find more curriculum linked resources at www.siemens.co.uk/education.