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Technology for Fun

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Caroline develops fun, accessible design, build and test STEM projects linking to the science and DT curricula. These popular resources are fully tested in the classroom and include lesson plans, PowerPoints, pupil worksheets and model answers. The projects use cheap, everyday and recycled materials to minimise costs. Caroline Alliston is a professional engineer, award-winning STEM educator and author of the Technology for Fun series of books and teacher resources.

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Caroline develops fun, accessible design, build and test STEM projects linking to the science and DT curricula. These popular resources are fully tested in the classroom and include lesson plans, PowerPoints, pupil worksheets and model answers. The projects use cheap, everyday and recycled materials to minimise costs. Caroline Alliston is a professional engineer, award-winning STEM educator and author of the Technology for Fun series of books and teacher resources.

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Make & Test a CD racer - Forces & Materials KS2 STEM
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Make & Test a CD racer - Forces & Materials KS2 STEM

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Fun, exciting, low cost, practical STEM activity for KS2 pupils. Use it to learn about forces including gravity and friction, and the use of everyday materials for particular purposes. Also links to the D&T process - design, make, test, evaluate and improve.
Make & Test a Wire Loop Game - Electricity KS2/3
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Make & Test a Wire Loop Game - Electricity KS2/3

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In this fun hands-on session pupils will design, build and test their own wire loop game, whilst learning about conductors and insulators, switches and series and parallel circuits, linking to KS2 Science and Design and Technology and KS3 Physics curricula.
Make a sailboat - Materials & Forces KS1/2
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Make a sailboat - Materials & Forces KS1/2

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In this fun STEM design and make session pupils will group materials according to whether they float, then design, build and test their own model sailing boats, whilst linking to KS1 and KS2 Science and Design and Technology curricula.