TRUMP Part 1: Introduction to Astrophysics
This introductory part of the TRUMP Astrophysics package gave an overview of the current picture of the Universe. It provided some information relating to telescopes and observations, and ended with two examples of physics in astronomy: • the use of line spectra to estimate the age of the Universe and • the use of line…
New Degree - Integrated Sciences
The Stimulating Physics Network worked with the Universities of Leicester, London South Bank, Surrey and East Anglia to develop a new interdisciplinary degree course. Two video clips introduce the course, presented by Professor Derek Raine at Leicester and Professor Jim Al-Khalili at Surrey. The third clip discusses the problem-based…
Science and Technology in Society 3
SATIS book three includes Air pollution - where does it come from?, Living with kidney failure, The second law of - what?, and Recycling aluminium. The ten units in this booklet are: 301 Air pollution - where does it come from?: A data-analysis exercise concerning sources of air pollution. 302 Living with kidney failure: A…
Sound and Music
This Nuffield Primary Science book consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 7-9. The book ends with a glossary and index. Contents • Blow your own trumpet • Be quiet • Comic sounds • Animal noises • Singing like a lark • Paul goes to speech…
Physics in Schools IV: Supply and Retention of Teachers
This report, produced by the Centre for Education and Emplyment Research (CEER), looks at specialist physics teacher supply and retention in English schools. Physics is at the sharp end of teacher recruitment. It is the subject that schools find most difficult to staff. Some schools do not teach it, and others that do, use non-physicists…
Energy Now
This multimedia package was developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme to provide teachers with clear and consistent ways of talking about energy. Energy is a particularly difficult concept to explain. These resources aim to cut through the confusion that often surrounds the energy concept, and examines some of the key…
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Cross Curricular: Science Gets Fruity
Produced by Teachers TV, this video shows how science and musical theatre can be mixed. Students are inspired by visits from a physicist, a botanist, and a musician. The cross curricular day for Year Seven begins with an exploration of the physics of sound through drama. Next, the students get the chance to make music with…
Unit 5: Atomic Structure
This Nuffield Advanced Physics Unit provides some of the key ideas for one of the major theme of the course which is the attempt to explain large-scale things in terms of small-scale things. The Unit draws together ideas about electric charge and fields from Unit 3 into new patterns to explain new things. The central idea for the…
Triple Science Case Study: Curriculum Model and Timetabling
From the Triple Science Support Programme, this case study illustrates how remodelling the timetable and changing the structure of Key Stage Three and Key Stage Four can mean students are given the time and the opportunity to build their confidence in triple science and develop the skills required to be successful. The case study…
More About Sound and Music
This Nuffield Primary Science book consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 9-12. The book ends with a glossary and index. Contents • Banding together • Sound games • How we hear sounds • Hard of hearing • Sound words • Echo echo • Writing…
Stimulating Physics: Repackaging Physics
Market research was conducted to better understand factors affecting young people's decision to study physics at university. This research informed the re-design of promotional materials for the University of Salford's existing physics degree courses. The physics department at Salford saw an increase in applications…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics Teachers’ Guide 2: Units H to L
Published by the Nuffield Foundation, the Revised Advanced Nuffield Physics included a plan summarising the relationship of the work to topics covered earlier for each of the units. The guidance offered many teaching suggestions, including details of the suggested experiments and demonstrations. There were references to other resources,…
Science and Technology in Society 8
SATIS book eight includes The water pollution mystery, Hypothermia, The technology of toilets, Stress, and Radiation - how much do you get?. The ten units in this booklet are: 801 The water pollution mystery: A data-analysis exercise about solving the problem of death of fish in a river. 802 Hypothermia: Reading and questions…
Colour Mixing
This video from the Royal Institution describes how colour mixing works. Colours of light cannot be mixed in physics but different cones in your eyes are sensitive to different colours. The brain interprets a mixture between the two as a colour somewhere between the two. In the case of magenta, your brain invents this colour…
Energy and Appliances
Produced by Solar Spark, this short activity challenges students to put a variety of common appliances into the order of their electricity consumption. The activity can be used to stimulate consideration of issues such as: • energy generation and consumption • renewable energy • carbon dioxide • emissions…
Primary School Activity Booklet
This booklet, produced by Dr. Lucie Green, from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, and funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), contains four simple activities to enrich the teaching of Solar system science and beyond. The activities are: Keeping Safe in the Sun – learning about UV and sun cream;…
Attracting and Stretching
Produced by the Hamilton Trust, these resources give details of six lessons on forces. This includes lesson plans, practical activities and all student materials. Students are introduced to the mysteries of magnetic forces, and springs are revealed during this topic. During an investigation into magnets, students find out which materials…
Integrated Science Book 1
Integrated Science, from the Wreake Valley Academy, is a series of three books designed to support science teaching of students aged 11-14. They provided a balanced science curriculum that included biology, chemistry, physics and encouraged scientific investigation as a way of promoting scientific thinking and engagement in science. Book…
A Day in the Life of UK Space Scientists and Engineers
These videos provide an insight into the working lives of seven different space scientists and engineers in the UK. Each video has an associated file with suggested ideas of how you could use the videos in a lesson, posing questions to the students based on the videos and presenting ideas for research projects and class activities. Mat…
Revised Nuffield Physics Teachers’ Guide Year 4
The Teachers’ Guides for Revised Nuffield Physics sought to convey the spirit of the approach and its rationale while providing all the technical details for the experiments (based on the Guides to Experiments in the first edition). The guides suggested a language for talking about ideas in physics at an appropriate level at…
The International Space Station and Skylab
Produced by FootageVault and using original NASA video, these clips illustrate life onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and its forerunner, Skylab. The clips cover a range of topics and show: • views of the earth • floating in zero gravity • approach of the Space Shuttle Endeavour • living in…
Candles
The Teaching Primary Science book Candles uses the study of candles to illustrate how much science can come from the study of everyday objects. It describes a selection of the many investigations which start from candles and which give some idea of what science is. The first two chapters discuss matters of classroom organisation…
Skill 2.8 Watching a Film
Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity guides students through two viewings of a scientific film to help them to focus on specific areas of learning. After an initial viewing of the film, students formulate questions that will help to enhance their understanding during a second viewing. This helps students…
Skill 5.3 Copycat
This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, challenges students to consider what plagiarism is and why it is wrong. Students are shown that plagiarism is passing off somebody else’s work as their own. It can include getting another person to write their work, cutting and pasting from the internet or…
Looking at Learning in Science
Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this resource is for teachers wishing to explore a variety of approaches to improving teaching and learning in science. The booklet contains background information and reflections on the individual video sequences, and offers questions for further discussion. It is…
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- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Video
Go with the Flow CD-ROM
This multimedia package was developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme to help students understand the interesting and unusual properties of a range of fluids, semi-solids and solids. Published originally as a CD-ROM, the materials contain a collection of videos, animations and worksheets that are available as editable…
Science and Technology in Society 11
SATIS book eleven includes A special type of hearing aid, The eruption of Mount St Helens, and Project management. The ten books in this unit are: 1101 Breast or bottle? Information, questions, data-handling, discussion, devising stories, mini role-plays and a design brief. Attainment targets 1,3, 11, 12 and 13. 1102 A special…
Triple Science Case Study: Collaborative Approaches
From the Triple Science Support Programme, this case study illustrates how triple science can raise attainment and become sustainable through strong collaboration from partner schools and engagement in relevant support programmes. The case study provides some background information about Ormesby School (Middlesbrough); the barriers…
Stimulating Physics - Careers and Enterprise
The Institute of Physics worked with the Career Development Organisation to produce activities aimed at improving students' attitude towards physics, and awareness of career routes. The project developed two packs for use in schools with the help of the Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC). The packs cover enterprise…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Teacher guidance
Tales from the Prep Room: the Ames Room
Produced by the Royal Institution, this short video clip shows how perception can be confused in an Ames room. The video shows the production of the room, which has a checked floor, windows and ceiling that appear to be normal but is in fact distorted. The overall effect is that moving to different parts of the room give a distorted…
Science and Technology in Society 10
SATIS book ten includes Chocolate chip mining, Lavender, Why 240 volts?, and Trees as structures. The ten units in this booklet are: 1001 Chocolate chip mining: A practical, problem-solving activity linked to analysis of data about copper mining. 1002 Quintonal - an industrial hazard: A simulation role-play exercise concerning…
Nuffield Physics: Optical Instruments and Ray Diagrams
This Nuffield Physics booklet was intended to accompany the work on Optics in Year III of the Nuffield Physics course. The booklet was intended as a companion to the ray-streaks experiments. The first section of the booklet, entitled 'Seeing', covers briefly a suggested approach to teaching about lenses. The second section…
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