About this resource
The challenges in this STEM resource invite learners to explore innovations within flight technology. Explore the role of AI and machine learning and communication in aviation, investigate the forces of flight, experiment with material science and dig into the changes happening that are making flight technology more sustainable.
This resource is designed to provide practical and contextualised applications where students and teachers can see the role that STEM-based learning plays in real-world engineering scenarios.
Each of the activities and challenges have links across science, maths and design technology. However, some activities will be more heavily weighted towards one subject.
Don’t worry! Experience or subject knowledge about engineering and STEM subjects is not required. The resource has been designed to allow students to learn independently and at their own pace, with your support as a facilitator, not a subject expert.
What do I need for the activities in this resource?
We want to make the resource as inclusive and accessible as possible. Although we provide some physical hands-on materials, most of the challenges can be adapted to use items that are easy to find around the house or in most classrooms.
The booklets are available for free for anyone to download.
Any school who is part of our Connecting STEM Teachers (CST) programme will receive:
- hard-copies of the resource
- a box of the materials needed to run the activities and challenges. All for free!
Find out more about the CST programme
Guides for this activity
You can browse through our student and teacher guides below or download everything from the blue section below.