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Siemens UK Education - Schemes of Work Key stage 3. Each Scheme of Work is supported by relevant stimulus video and image input together with a corresponding IWB ready supporting Lesson Plan PPT and Student Support Sheets.

Siemens UK Education - Schemes of Work Key stage 3

Topic 1 - The Inspired Bus Company Explore the challenges facing bus designers when producing a bus for an urban environment; investigate how different solutions can be identified and evaluated and collaborate to present recommendations for an effective solution. Learning outcome: Explore the challenges facing bus designers when producing a bus for an urban environment Investigate how different solutions can be identified and evaluated Collaborate to present recommendations for an effective solution Topic 2 - Here comes the Sun Understand the process of energy transfer, explaining the operation of internal combustion and photovoltaic cells and applying understanding to propose how clean technologies can be promoted.

Topic 3 - Water, Water Everywhere Learning outcome: Topic 4 - I Can See Clearly Now Topic 5 - Blowing in the Wind. Scientists in sport. WiSET - Regional & national agenda. The Women in SET team work closely with partners and colleagues in the region, playing an important role in widening the participation of girls and women from all backgrounds in STEM and built environment education and employment.

WiSET - Regional & national agenda

Our experience of working with girls and women of all ages and backgrounds at all levels of STEM and built environment gives us a unique and valuable approach to widening participation. An example of this is our partnership with Tradeswomen South Yorkshire and with employers to help find female role models to counteract the perceptions of "men's careers and women's careers" at STEM events and our work to support the Science and Engineering Ambassadors scheme. run by the Stempoint in recruitment and training.

We are partners in the UK Resource Centre for Women in SET based in Bradford and funded by government as part of its science workforce strategy. FaradaySchools. ZooTeach. PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations. Scibermonkey. Home - Future Morph. Triple Science. Topical science for schools. Clear Science! "In a first for laser-driven fusion, scientists at a US lab say they have reached a key milestone called fuel gain: they are producing more energy than the fuel absorbed to start the reaction.

Clear Science!

" Laser-sparked fusion power passes key milestone | New Scientist Okay, okay, okay, okay, guys. Scientists at the National Ignition Facility have taken the first itty bitty baby steps towards fusion and I’m having trouble containing my excitement. First of all, they’re using 192 laser beams, which are pointed at a gold chamber that converts the lasers into X-ray pulses, which then squeeze a small fuel pellet and make it implode and undergo fusion. That anyone ever figured out even how to do this is completely nutso. Secondly, the lead researcher is named Omar Hurricane. And then there’s what it actually means. Even so, this is a hugely significant tiny step forward toward recreating the clean energy production that happens in the heart of stars.

(via chels) Essentially, solar power is fusion, though. Key Stage 4 Resources. Scientists in sport. Atom. Resource library. Teaching about Science. This website will help you to explore how science works with post-16 students taking AS/A science courses.

Teaching about Science

Our resources will help motivate students to learn scientific concepts, particularly important as how science works is now a component of all AS/A science courses. There are six lessons available to download. Each lesson contains notes for teachers and other resources such as OHTs and student sheets. The lessons fall into three areas. The role of theoretical models Lesson A Electromagnetism (Physics) Lesson B Cell membranes (Biology) Lesson C Continental drift (Any science, or geography) Assessing the quality of data Lesson D Chemical data (Chemistry) Lesson E Mobile phones (Any science) Purposes of scientific research Lesson F Purposes of Scientific Research (Any science) These lessons were developed in partnership with the University of Leeds. Science News – Science Articles and Current Events. National Space Academy - Home. Welcome to the Frontpage. Education: STEM Teaching Resources. Educators. Teacher Resources – Education - Science Engineering Technology.

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