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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.

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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.
Earth Systems - Humans and Ecosystems
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Earth Systems - Humans and Ecosystems

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A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at humans and ecosystems. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore how increases in human population and consumption of natural resources have an impact on Earth’s systems. Main Skills: Interpret written text, diagrams and graphs. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 29 slides covering: • World Population • Population and Resources • Energy Consumption • Population and Energy Use • Water Consumption • Ways to Reduce Water Consumption • Change of Land Use • Waste • What Can We Do? • Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Ceramics and Sintered Materials
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Ceramics and Sintered Materials

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A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at ceramics and sintered materials. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Investigate materials that are processed by sintering, including ceramic materials. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 27 slides covering: • Powered Materials • Compacting • Sintering • Changes During Sintering • Sintered Products • Powdered Metals • Ceramic Materials • Characteristics of Ceramic Materials • Diversity of Ceramic Materials • Clay-Based Ceramic Materials • Engineering Ceramic Materials • Oxides • Non-Oxides • Applications of Oxides and Non-Oxides • Refractory Ceramic Materials • Cemented Carbides
Materials Testing - Tensile and Impact Testing
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Materials Testing - Tensile and Impact Testing

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A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at materials testing through tensile and impact testing. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore tensile and impact testing of materials. Main Skills: Interpret written text, diagrams and graphs. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 22 slides covering: • The Tensile Test • Material Specimen • Results • Stress and Strain • Modulus of Elasticity • Strength of Material • Impact Testing • Impact Test Specimens • Impact Testing and Temperature
Plant Biology - Plant Growth
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Plant Biology - Plant Growth

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A presentation suitable for KS5 looking at plant growth. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the different ways that plants respond to stimuli. Investigate plant growth. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 60 mins 43 slides covering: • Tropisms • Plant Growth Substances • Plant Growth Substances Versus Hormones • Categories of Plant Growth Substances • Auxins • Went’s Experiment • Auxin and Cell Elongation • Removing the Apical Meristem • Synthetic Auxins • Positive Geotropism • The Role of Auxins in Positive Geotropism • Using a Clinostat • Gibberellins • Cytokinins • Abscisic Acid • ABA and Plant Stress • ABA and Cold Hardening • Ethene
Earth Systems - Soil Composition
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Earth Systems - Soil Composition

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A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at soil. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the process of soil formation. Explore the composition of soil. Explore how human activity can damage the soil. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 40 mins 29 slides covering: • Soil Composition • Soil Formation • Physical Weathering • Chemical Weathering • Erosion and Deposition • Minerals • Organic Materials • Beneficial Organic Material • Harmful Organic Material • Water and Air • Life and Soil • Damaging Activities • Soil Conservation
Earth Systems - The Water Cycle
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Earth Systems - The Water Cycle

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A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at the water cycle. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the stages of the water cycle. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 24 slides covering: • The Water Cycle • Our Water is Millions of Years Old • Water Can Gain Energy • Evaporation • Factors That Affect Evaporation • Convection • Condensation • Rain, Snow or Hail • Rainfall • Soaking into the Ground • Percolation • Run-Off
Composite Materials
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Composite Materials

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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
Spreadsheets - Sorting and Filtering
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Spreadsheets - Sorting and Filtering

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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
Electronic Circuit Symbols
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Electronic Circuit Symbols

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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.
Types of Energy
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Types of Energy

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Poster display showing symbolic representation and simple definitions of light energy, kinetic energy (KE), heat energy, sound energy, electrical energy and potential energy (PE).
Atomic Structure - Dalton's Atomic Theory
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Atomic Structure - Dalton's Atomic Theory

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A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at Dalton’s atomic theory. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the contribution of Dalton to the development of atomic structure theory. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 20 mins 14 slides covering: • Ancient Greek Theories • Dalton’s Postulates • Dalton’s Other Postulates • Dalton’s Experimentation • The Legacy of Dalton
The Integumentary System
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The Integumentary System

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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
Earth's Atmosphere
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Earth's Atmosphere

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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
Earth Systems - Distribution of Natural Resources
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Earth Systems - Distribution of Natural Resources

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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
Earth Systems
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Earth Systems

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A presentation suitable for Grades 6-8 looking at Earth systems. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore how Earth systems interact. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 27 slides covering: • Atmosphere • Hydrosphere • Geosphere • Biosphere • Earth Systems • Interactions • Water and Atmospheric Interactions • Albedo • Ice • Feedback • Snowball Earth • Earth System Feedback
The Endocrine System
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The Endocrine System

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A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at the endocrine system. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the function of the endocrine system. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 34 slides covering: • The Endocrine System • Endocrine Glands • Hormones • The Hypothalamus • The Hypothalamus and the Pituitary Gland • The Posterior Pituitary • The Anterior Pituitary • The Parathyroid Gland • The Thyroid Gland • The Adrenal Gland • The Pancreas • The Testes • The Ovaries • The Pineal Gland
Ecological Pyramids
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Ecological Pyramids

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A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at ecological pyramids. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Identify how ecological pyramids show the amount of organisms, biomass or energy in each trophic level of a food chain. Main Skills: Interpret written text. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 27 slides covering: • The Origin of Energy • Solar Energy and Producers • Ecological Pyramids • Number Pyramids • Biomass Pyramids • Energy Pyramids 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.
Earth Systems - Geological Time
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Earth Systems - Geological Time

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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
Heat Energy - Thermodynamic Laws
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Heat Energy - Thermodynamic Laws

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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
Resistor Colour Codes & Ohm's Law
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Resistor Colour Codes & Ohm's Law

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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.