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Biofuels
https://stemlearning.wistia.com/medias/3ga59yum4u https://stemlearning.wistia.com/medias/dado15x3peThis resource describes how students can investigate the best materials for a biofuel...
Build Your Own Robot Arm
This resource sets the challenge of designing a robot arm which can pick up a cup from a defined distance. Students then evaluate their design and suggest modifications.
They are also asked to consider which scientific and algebraic principles could be applied to the activity as well as considering their...
From Cradle to Grave: Product Lifecycles
https://stemlearning.wistia.com/medias/tp5jjp8eixThis resource challenges students to produce a life-cycle assessment for a mobile phone and its packaging, and then to suggest improvements to the design and materials in order to reduce its impact on...
Passive Solar Design: Zero-energy Housing
This resource challenges students to design and build a one‐bedroom model house within the design constraints, utilising passive solar heating techniques to warm up the house as much as possible and sustain that temperature for as long as possible. After the design and build process, students test their house and...
Teachers TryScience was developed to bring best practices in design-based learning to schools. These lessons, along with teaching strategies and resources, are designed to spark students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Design-based learning gives flexibility to...