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 most suitable for KS5 looking at the integumentary system. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Investigate the components that make up the integumentary system.
Investigate the function of the integumentary system.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
27 slides covering:
• The Skin
• The Structure of the Skin
• The Epidermis
• The Layers of the Epidermis
• Keratin
• The Cells of the Stratum Corneum
• The Dermis
• Subcutaneous Layer
• Hair
• Nails
• The Functions of the Integumentary System
• The Dermis and Thermoregulation
• Sweating
• Functions of Hair and Nails
A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at the human digestive system. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the structure of the human digestive system.
Explore the function of components of the human digestive system.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
42 slides covering:
• Holozoic Nutrition
• GI Tract
• Mastication
• Swallowing
• The Stomach
• Duodenum
• The Liver
• Pancreas
• Small Intestine
• Carbohydrate Digestion
• How Enzymes Work
• Digestion in the Small Intestine
• Secretion Control
• Large Intestine
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 Grades 9-12 looking at circular motion. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Analyse accelerated motion in two dimensions using circular examples.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams and perform calculations.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
23 slides covering:
• Acceleration
• Uniform Circular Motion
• Average Velocity
• Direction of Centripetal Acceleration
• Magnitude of Centripetal Acceleration
• Centripetal Acceleration and Rotation
A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at the musculoskeletal system and health. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore major diseases affecting the musculoskeletal system.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
17 slides covering:
• Malfunctions of the Musculoskeletal System
• Osteoporosis
• Osteomalacia (Common Rickets)
• Leukemia
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Arthritis
• Keeping a Healthy Musculoskeletal System
A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at heat transfer. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the concepts of thermal energy transfer, including conduction, convection and radiation.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
19 slides covering:
• Transfer of Heat
• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation
This group of resources contains all you need for a lesson or set of lessons on food webs; presentation, activities sheet with multiple activities, information fact file and assessment.
The presentation is suitable for KS3 looking at food webs. The presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Presentation Learning Objective(s):
Identify how matter flows through food webs.
Identify how energy flows through food webs.
Main Skills: Extract information, interpret diagrams, demonstrate understanding and apply knowledge.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
18 slides covering:
• Interconnected Food Chains
• Food Webs
• Interrelationships
• Food Chain and Food Web Stability
• Energy Flow and Food Webs
• The Recycling of Energy
• The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
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Activity Learning Objective(s):
Describe producer/consumer, predator/prey and parasite/host relationships in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
Main Skills: Research, extract information, interpret written text, apply knowledge and present information.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
The Activities Sheet provides a range of activities for students to enhance their knowledge of food webs by putting it into practice. The activities cover:
• Terrestrial Ecosystem Food Web
• Marine Ecosystem Food Web
• Fresh Water Ecosystem Food Web
• Food Web Research
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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 non-ferrous metals. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Recognise the range and characteristics of non-ferrous metals.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
25 slides covering:
• Alloys
• Copper
• Aluminium
• Aluminium Alloys
• Titanium
• Nickel
• Refractory Metals
• Zinc
• Tin
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 KS4 looking at composite materials. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the benefits, types and examples of composite materials.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
23 slides covering:
• Composite Materials
• The Matrix
• Types of Composite
• Laminar Composites
• Particulate Composites
• Cermets
• Electrical Contacts
• Fibre Reinforced Composites
• Glass Reinforced Plastic
• Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic
The resistance of a resistor is indicated using a system of coloured bands on the component.
This poster shows the colour code bands and the values that they represent.
4 and 5 band resistor colour code systems are both covered on this poster.
Ohm's Law is also shown on this poster.
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
This poster contains a collection of commonly used electronic circuit symbols and their meanings.
Circuit symbols may differ only slightly but their intended meanings can be very different. There are two standards of symbols that you may encounter, ANSI/IEEE and IEC - both variants have been shown so that you can see the differences.
The symbols include Resitors, Capacitors, Diodes, Transistors, Switches, Output Devices, Logic Gates and Basic Circuit Symbols.
A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at distribution of natural resources. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the distribution of mineral, energy and groundwater resources.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
26 slides covering:
• Mineral Resources
• Ore Deposits
• Volcanic Processes
• Hydrothermal Processes
• Sedimentary Processes
• Copper Mountains
• Metal Resources
• Energy Resources
• Coal
• Oil and Natural Gas
• Non-Renewable Resources
• Finding New Resources
• Water
• The Aral Sea
A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at sorting and filtering 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 sorting and filtering can be used to find data in spreadsheets.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
18 slides covering:
• Sorting
• Filtering
Poster display showing symbolic representation and simple definitions of light energy, kinetic energy (KE), heat energy, sound energy, electrical energy and potential energy (PE).
A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at the digestive system and health. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Investigate major diseases affecting the digestive system.
Investigate scientific, medical, and technological advances that help prevent diseases of the digestive system.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 45 mins
27 slides covering:
• Infections
• Autoimmune Disorders
• Crohn’s Disease
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Celiac Disease
• Polyps
• Cancer
• Symptoms of Colorectal Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer
• Causes and Risk Factors
• Treating Colorectal Cancer
• Non-invasive Tools of Diagnosis
A presentation suitable for KS3 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 KS4 looking at thermodynamic laws. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
23 slides covering:
• Energy
• Heat and Work
• First Law of Thermodynamics
• Heat Engines
• Gas Turbines
• Efficiency
• Second Law of Thermodynamics
• Second Law Example (Entropy)
• Second Law Example (Entropy)
• Entropy
A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at bones. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation.
Learning Objective(s):
Explore bone characteristics.
Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams.
Duration: Approximately 30 mins
19 slides covering:
• The Skeleton
• Bone Types
• Bone Structure
• Bones with Bone Marrow
• Compact Bone
• Osteons
• Spongy Bone
• Bone Matrix
• Bone Cells
• Adapting Bone