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The online community offers free support for STEM education. Read resource reviews by teachers and submit your own comments. Use the discussion groups to get information, advice and share good practice. From ‘My dashboard’ create your own topic lists of resources to share with colleagues. Even set up your own online groups to support work with schools and colleges.

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Comments

I really want to use this as part of a STEM presentation to Year 10, but the colours are so dark it doesn't print well. It is impossible to read Liza's blog which I wanted to refer to.

Posted by Jintyg on 18th June 2013
added to True Snowboards

There are a few ambiguities, and one of the distance-time tables does not match any graphs. This makes getting a final answer difficult which is frustrating.

On the other hand it prompts a lot of discussion and is quite thought provoking - just a pity that it there does not seem to be a unique solution.

Posted by mevdog1971 on 18th June 2013
added to Interpreting Distance – Time Graphs A6

Great clip, well set out and informative.

Posted by tsandon on 12th June 2013
added to Meet the Algae

Nice clear student sheet. Used as part of an introduction to health and safety.

Posted by dcooper on 5th June 2013
added to Copper Plating

This was incredibly helpful in assisting me complete an in class assessment

 

Thanks

Posted by Shapet on 23rd May 2013
added to The Life Cycle of Stars

a wonderful help. thank you

Posted by nq on 12th May 2013
added to Key Stage Two: Classroom Teaching Aids

hello

the best flask to use is a round bottom flask about 500ml-1l, please conact CLEAPSS or explore thier website if you need any health and safety advice or further pratical guidence on it.

Yours

Simon

Posted by Simon Quinnell on 7th May 2013
added to Secondary Science Technicians - Practical and Career Issues

Great video. You can make this quantitative for your students by measuring the distance of the first fringe from the centre and divide by the target-screen distance to get an angle. They can then calculate the spacing of the carbon atoms. They'll need some scaffolding; eg they need to work out the speed of the electrons from the accelerating voltage; then calculate the De Broglie wavelength and use the diffraction equation.

Posted by Sargeg on 6th May 2013
added to Electron Diffraction Tube

Have to say that I haven't found any better sequence to teach electricity & circuits and electromagnetic induction & transformers.  It would be nice to have access to the technician's guide and current suppliers for some of the bits & pieces needed.

Posted by Fstrthnthspdflght on 1st May 2013
added to Nuffield GCSE Physics

These are really good clips that provide a problem in an everyday context. I have used the percentage problem and this gave my Year 6 a similar type of question as there might be in the SATs but in a much more interesting way! I also like the cat burglar problem for looking at properties of numbers and the scouts problem.

Posted by AlisonLH Top contributor award on 25th April 2013
added to Problem-Solving and Other Topics

lovely little presentation ideal for ks2

 

Posted by patsybarron on 23rd April 2013
added to Module 1: Life Cycles

Super useful for Medical Physics at AS or A2. Would also be useful for a high level GCSE group. The video produced lots of discussion.

I watched the video with my class and paused it to discuss bits of the presentation - they annotated the slides.

The worksheet is GCSE so I gave it to my A2 students to do in 5 mins!

Posted by N Percy on 22nd April 2013
added to Gamma Cameras

What is the best flask to use in the ammonia fountain demo?

Posted by SciTech12 on 22nd April 2013
added to Secondary Science Technicians - Practical and Career Issues

I've not read it yet, but wow!

Posted by ScottThomson on 16th April 2013
added to Rocket Science Activities

Fantastic, this is perfect for my students, especially my vocational hairdressers, builders, tilers and so forth. Highly recommended!

Posted by jhea4595 on 3rd April 2013
added to cre8ate maths

Fantastic - life saver

Posted by pakpet on 30th March 2013
added to AQA FP1 Matrices Transformations

These are excellent materials, useful for cross-disciplinary studies. There are clear elements shared with maths and music. With Computer Science also sharing these overlaps (with mandated components on repressntation of sound)  it is more than ever important that information across these subject boundaries  is not contradictory.

In the web page  text for "bubbles", it should read "sine wave", not "sign wave".

In the example of slowing down the wine glass, the changes are given firstly as half speed, and then five times slower. However this is not refleced in the pitch of the note. Halving speed should give a note one octave lower, whereas we get somewhat less - a minor seventh. Reduction of speed by a fifth should give a very much lower note - two octaves and a pure major third below - e.g. 1000Hz -->200Hz.  Whereas we get a minor ninth, only a tad slower than half-speed.

This therefore misses an opportunity to show how simply by listening to the change of pitch (to which the human ear is very sensitive), the change of speed can be estimated aurally to a high degree of accuracy – if one knows one's interval ratios!

 

 

 

Posted by RDobson on 26th March 2013
added to KS3 Physics: Sound

If you are a teacher using this resource, we would love to hear your thoughts on it. Please either leave a comment, or get in touch with us at tom.bartlett@wastewatch.org.uk. Thanks!

Posted by WasteWatch on 26th March 2013
added to One Planet Packaging

A bit old fashioned for me, looked at the weight unit specifically - I've never heard of a hectogram so I had to look it up.

Posted by AlisonLH Top contributor award on 20th March 2013
added to Measure - Pack 2

So glad to have found this.  I am sure i have a copy somewhere but was beginning to think i would never find it again.  These are great resources for revision at GCSE and KS3 - small, manageable tasks with immediate feedback to motivate even the hardest to reach students.  Levelled too - keeping everyone happy!

Posted by aitch36 on 19th March 2013
added to Revision for GCSE Through Groupwork

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