Waves, Radio Waves and Microwaves
This resource from Defence Dynamics looks at waves and the electromagnetic spectrum. The resources are split into two student activity sheets. The Describing waves activity sheet looks at how longitudinal and transverse waves are described (amplitude, wavelength, frequency). It then looks at seismic waves and the effects that…
Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fuels
This resource from Defence Dynamics looks at the use of nuclear power in the context of a nuclear submarine. The file Nuclear fission and nuclear fuels contains materials that describe how nuclear fission takes place, before looking at the advantages and disadvantages of using nuclear power for both civilian applications and…
Fractional Distillation
This resource from Defence Dynamics help students to understand the process of fractional distillation in the context of crude oil distillation. In the first activity, students consider the physical properties of different oil fractions. They then compare their boiling ranges and examine the relationship between viscosity and boiling…
Homeostasis
This resource from Defence Dynamics helps students to gain a better understanding of homeostasis and, in particular, the regulation of body temperature (thermoregulation). Students consider the needs of a polar explorer on a mission to the South Pole, thinking about the equipment needed as well as the challenges the body undergoes…
Trigonometric Ratios
Royal Navy Search and Rescue helicopters provide cover to large sections of the UK coastline, offering support to coastguard services 365 days a year. These materials from Defence Dynamics encourage the use of problem solving skills and knowledge of trigonometry to directly assist the Royal Navy in a series of civilian and armed…
Carbon and the Carbon Cycle
This resource from Defence Dynamics assists students when learning about carbon and the carbon cycle. In the first activity they consider changes in the carbon cycle and imbalances caused by human activity. The second activity looks at how carbon cycles in the environment and how carbon, in oil, is obtained for fuel. This includes…
Response to Stimuli
This resource from Defence Dynamics looks at how the human body responds to external stimuli and contains video clips which demonstrate the effects of high G-forces on the body. The activities help students to consider the receptors which allow the body to detect external stimuli and the roles of sensory, relay and motor neurons…
Bearings
Using this resource, from Defence Dynamics, students work as the Operations Team for a Royal Air Force (RAF) squadron on Quick Reaction Alert (QRA). Presented with a series of imaginary scenarios, students have to review and plan routes for a number of aircraft facing different crises. The lesson aims to help the development…
Vaccinations and Their Risks
This resource from Defence Dynamics looks at the process of vaccination and how it stimulates the immune system to provide an active immunity to the pathogen. It encourages students to understand the risks involved in having a vaccination and how attitudes to vaccinations can be influenced by different personal circumstances. Students…
Constructions
This resource from Defence Dynamics looks at the military’s historical (and current) use of constructions and mathematical accuracy in warfare and peacetime defence. Students are asked to draw constructions to represent how the military target hostile forces, stressing the importance of accuracy in calculations which consider…
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Genetic Engineering
This resource from Defence Dynamics can be used to help students consider the implications of genetic engineering. Stimulus materials look at the development of genetically modified food crops and a questionnaire helps students to consider their views on genetic engineering. The materials can be used to prompt a discussion…
Gases in the Atmosphere
This resource from Defence Dynamics helps students to understand the range of gases found in the atmosphere and also look at some of the causes and effects of global warming. Gases in the atmosphere includes a quiz on the process and causes of climate change; and activities on how the Earth's atmosphere has developed and…
Graphical Interpretation
This resource from Defence Dynamics outlines the role played by the Meteorological Office (Met Office), an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence, in providing international weather forecasts and severe weather warnings. Using Met Office data and a case study of Hurricane Katrina, students learn how graphical interpretation…
Reasoning and Proof
This resource from Defence Dynamics asks students to create and interpret a variety of graphs. The types of graph covered are time series, moving average, stem and leaf, cumulative frequency and scattergraphs. Students then use the 2005 rescue of a Russian Priz submarine as a memorable context for learning. They are asked to…
Conservation
In this resource from Defence Dynamics, students are set a mystery to solve in small groups which considers the impacts of human activity on the environment. Salisbury Plain is a military training area, yet it contains a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) and is home to a wide range of species that have disappeared from…
Sampling, Data and Bias
This resource from Defence Dynamics presents the findings of a MORI poll in varied formats. Research is carried out regularly by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to track attitudes of the public towards the Armed Forces over time, looking at differences between different sectors of the population and areas of the country, and attitudes…
Strategies
Students are asked, in this resource from Defence Dynamics, to consider the importance of approximating and checking strategies in mental calculations and also of answers derived from a calculator. At each point they weigh up their answers against real-life results where unexpected factors have had to be taken into account. Students…