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Measurement

This collection of STEM resources is based around the topic measurement.  Resources are listed in order of stage.

A yellow helicopter flying over the mountains.
project

Helicopters

7 to 16

Design and test a paper helicopter. What is the best design?

project

Observing the Sun and the Moon

7 to 14

How does the time of dawn and dusk vary? What about the Moon, how does that change from night to night? Is the Sun always the same? Gather data to help you explore these questions.

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Reaction Timer

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level

This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.

Yellow drawstring bag.
problem

Gym Bag

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level

Can Jo make a gym bag for her trainers from the piece of fabric she has?

A question of scale
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A Question of Scale

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level

Use your skill and knowledge to place various scientific lengths in order of size. Can you judge the length of objects with sizes ranging from 1 Angstrom to 1 million km with no wrong attempts?