Futurecade
Futurecade is an innovative interactive suite of games from the Science Museum that allows students to explore how science and technology impacts on their everyday lives. Futurecade’s four games are inspired by current and future technology in the fields of robotics, satellites and space junk, geo-engineering and synthetic…
5/5- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Interactive resource
Waterproof Hanky
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teachers' notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. This demonstration illustrates the power of water's surface tension and the…
Straw Oboes
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. This is a noisy, amusing demonstration of the physics of music. Using a drinking straw,…
Tame Tornado
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. This is a good visual demonstration of forces, and in particular vortices. This demonstration…
The Power of Words
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. Using a rule and a sheet of newspaper, this demonstration shows just how much force air…
Potato Straw
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. Could you push a plastic straw into a potato? Try doing it slowly and the drinking…
Magical Match
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. In this demonstration, the uneven contraction of a match causes it to bend. The same…
One in the Hand
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. Can you crush an egg in your hand? Demonstrate how force over a large area won't…
Lager Lamp
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. This demonstration is a twist on the old lava lamp. Watch nuts rise and fall in lager…
Extra Bounce
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. This experiment is all about conservation of energy and momentum. Drop each ball separately…
Erupting Fizz
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. Oil and water won't mix but use a carbonated drink, some salt and an Alka-Seltzer…
Egg-citing Physics
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. Spinning hard-boiled and uncooked eggs demonstrates momentum. The raw egg is filled…
Cloud in a Bottle
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. This simple demonstration can be used to show water condensation as a 'cloud'…
Cartesian Diver
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. This classic demonstration helps to get students thinking about how pressure can influence…
Bernoulli Balls
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. Impress your audience by keeping a ball in the air using only a hairdryer. The upward…
Balloon Kebabs
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. Amaze your audience by pushing a kebab skewer into a balloon. The trick is to stop the…
Amazing Marshmallows
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. Show how reduced air pressure in a bottle causes the air inside marshmallows in the bottle…
Alka-Seltzer Rocket
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this Physics to Go video shows a short demonstration that can be used to engage your students. The teacher notes include the equipment needed, tips and contain a full explanation of the physics involved. This demonstration shows how the idea of pressure can be shown using just a 35mm film…
- 4/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Video
Building Bonanza
From the Science Museum, this interactive game is a good way to engage students in thinking about the materials, and other factors, needed to make a more sustainable house of the future. Students are given choices over things such as building materials, heating, lighting, construction and insulation. This gives students an opportunity…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Interactive resource
Climate Change Activities
This interactive animation from BP Educational Service looks at the impact of global warming. Students set a global mean temperature and then explore the projected effects of this change on different areas of the planet. This animation is part of a wider range of resources to support the teaching of climate change. These can be…