Cracking Ideas: teacher and education resources for Intellectual Property
Published 8 July 2016
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1. Cracking Ideas introduction
The Cracking Ideas website provides free education resources, competitions, and lesson plans to help teachers and their pupils to discover intellectual property (IP). They include clearly structured, curriculum-linked activities to help you explain and explore IP across a range of subjects. The Cracking Ideas website sits amongst the IPO’s online support tools. The resources are free to access and use once registered.
2. Education resources
Relevant curriculum linked education resources from primary to higher education to help students learn about and understand intellectual property and its importance to their study and future career
From downloading music to quoting academic essays, it’s important that young people and teachers develop an understanding of IP
Provides a range of popular IPO education resources including:
3. Cracking Ideas video
Watch an introduction video about Cracking Ideas, available on Youtube.
4. Further information
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