Torches and Colour
This series of interactive demonstrations provided by ASE enables teachers to reinforce ideas relating to light. The concepts of light can be regarded as complex, but these resources will clarify the key learning points. A suite of interactive features on the different concepts of light show: • Torch lights being added…
5/5- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Interactive resource
Concept Cartoons
This ASE resource shows different characters arguing about everyday situations. The cartoons provoke discussion and stimulate scientific thinking. Concept Cartoon Part One can be used at the start of a topic to help the teacher and students to become aware of the range of ideas that are held within the class. This creates the circumstance…
Concept Cartoons: Change of State and Insulation
This resource, provided by ASE, is a computer-based version of the Concept cartoons series designed to intrigue, to provoke discussion and to stimulate scientific thinking about changes of state. Concept Cartoons show different characters arguing about everyday situations. The cartoons are designed to intrigue the children, provoking…
Survival
This resource, from the Association for Science Education (ASE), is designed to add excitement to the teaching of either chemical reactions or heat transfer. Students embark on a virtual mission to the International Space Station (ISS), with the help of audio, images and video clips. When disaster strikes, they have to learn about…
Planet 10
This resource, from the Association for Science Education (ASE), is a virtual model of our solar system. There are two main activities in this resource. 1. Solar System: Explore the planets, comets and asteroids on an interactive virtual fly-through. Zoom in close on a particular planet or choose a different orbit view to see…
Electricity
Electricity is an analogy that provides a way of helping students develop a real understanding of simple electric circuits. This interactive resource is provided by the Association for Science Education (ASE). Aspects of simple electric circuits (such as cells, bulbs, charge, energy) are represented as parts of a bakery/supermarket…
- 4/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Interactive resource
Generating Resources
This collection of resources from the Association for Science Education (ASE) and produced by teachers using standard ICT packages, illustrate some of the ways that ICT can be used to enrich existing schemes of work. A moment to learn: PowerPoint presentations to start and review the concept of moments, interactive worksheets…
Crater Impact
The Science upd8 resource anticipates the Deep Impact spacecraft which fired a probe into comet Tempel One in 2005. Analysing the event could shed light on the origin of the planets and the solar system.
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Interactive resource