The Physics of Spin in Sport
This interactive resource provides information on the dynamics of flight for different projectiles in sport: a cricket ball, golf ball, foot ball, tennis ball, Frisbee and a shuttle cock. The information is most appropriate for GCSE to A-level Physics. Some content is at undergraduate physics level but could be used for A-level practical…
5/5- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Interactive resource
Sportscience and Engineering in Education
This interactive resource explores the roles played by engineering, science and technology in today’s sports. The four modules are: Forces and motion (for students aged 9 to 11 and above); Sports shoe design (for students aged 11 to 14); How high will it fly? (for students aged 11-14); and Making waves (for students aged 14…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Interactive resource
The Science of Tennis
This interactive resource is designed to facilitate the understanding of tennis equipment and how it affects the game. The science is appropriate for students aged 14-16 and post-16 students but is particularly relevant to teachers of sports science. The modules are: Tennis shoes; Tennis rackets; Tennis balls; Courts and surfaces…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Interactive resource
The Physics of Tennis
These four lessons focus on the role of physics in the game of tennis. The resource is most appropriate for students aged 14 to16 and post-16 physics students and include lessons on: D-T / V-T graphs, Energy transfer, Vibrations, and Balancing forces. In D-T and V-T graphs, students learn how to interpret distance-time and velocity-time…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Interactive resource
Wellcome Trust: Tree of Life
Produced by the Wellcome Trust, these resources include an interactive evolutionary tree and a video of the Tree of Life. These materials will help students to find out more about the work of Charles Darwin and evolution. The resources contain: Tree of life video The video is a short section of the 'Charles Darwin and the…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Video
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
MRSA Gene Hunt
This is a classroom-based activity from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute that allows students to explore the features of two bacterial pathogen genomes. The aim of the activity is to highlight the role of different genetic components in two strains of Staphylococcus aureus and to identify how these have led to one strain becoming…
MRSA Animation
This animation from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is suitable for GCSE and A-level students and provides an introduction to the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. The animation describes how drug resistant strains such as MRSA can be spread in hospital settings, how infections can be treated and how MRSA has an impact on patients…
Horizontal Gene Transfer
A short Flash animation from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, providing a brief introduction on how bacteria exchange genes through the process of horizontal gene transfer. This animation can be used when discussing antibiotic resistance in bacteria such as MRSA and Salmonella.
Build a Bug Activity
This is a classroom-based activity from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute that allows students to explore the features of two bacterial pathogen genomes. The aim of this activity is to highlight the role of different genetic components in two closely related subspecies of Salmonella enterica, and to identify how these contribute…
Exercise, Energy and Movement
Produced by the Wellcome Trust, this issue of the Big Picture looks at the physiology and sociology of exercise and movement. For humans, movement is for more than just basic survival. They move for fun, to compete and to be healthy. This resource looks at the biological systems that keep humans moving and consider some of the…
Malaria Challenge
Produced by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, this multimedia resource explores the five major stages of the malaria lifecycle, highlighting the role of the Plasmodium parasite at each stage. The resource predominantly focuses on Plasmodium falciparum but does also make reference to other Plasmodium species including Plasmodium…
From DNA to Protein
Produced by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, this animation gives an overview of the process of protein synthesis and how DNA codes for proteins. It covers the major stages of the process starting with where DNA is found in the cell and how its information is transcribed into mRNA. It then follows through the processing of mRNA…
DNA Sequencing
From the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, this animation shows a detailed overview of the processes involved in the dideoxy or Sanger method for sequencing DNA. This is the method used to sequence the human genome. The animation demonstrates the principles and techniques involved in the Sanger sequencing method, and how the technology…
How the Human Genome Was Sequenced
From the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, this resource introduces the Human Genome Project (HGP). A short animation gives: • an introduction to DNA and genomes; • an overview of which countries were involved in the international Human Genome Project; • a description of the processes, biological principles and…
DNA Libraries: Subcloning
From the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, these materials contain a short animation demonstrating the process of subcloning, which is one of the stages involved in sequencing the genome of a large organism. Subcloning is the process of breaking up BAC clones (fragments of DNA inserted into bacterial cells) into smaller more manageable…
DNA Libraries: Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC)
Produced by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, this resource contains an overview of the techniques involved in making a BAC (Bacterial Artificial Chromosome) library. It consists of an animation that covers the key stages in the process: • Extracting DNA from white blood cells and use of restriction enzymes to "cut…
Zoom in on Your Genome
From the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, this resource contains an animation that takes a journey which zooms in from the surface of the body into a cell. It illustrates the relationship between the nucleus, chromosomes, genes and DNA. Each stage is at higher magnification to show where the genome is found and to provide brief…
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…
- 4/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Interactive resource
Pharmaceutical Industry: Frequently Asked Questions
From the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), this interactive resource halps to answer questions that students have about the production of medicines and the careers available in the pharmaceutical industry. There is a wide variety of questions on topics as varied as: • The role of scientists in…
Particles in Motion
Particles in Motion is a multimedia package developed jointly by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). Originally published as a CD-ROM, it contains video clips and animations to support the teaching of basic ideas of chemistry in the 11-14 science curriculum. Topics covered include…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Interactive resource
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
Hungry Mice
From the Science Museum, this interactive game encourages students to think about renewable and non-renewable energy sources. Students need to guide their 'Hungry mice' as they find and eat energy sources. Renewable ones are replaced but non-renewable resources disappear. The game is a way to engage younger students in…
- 4/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Interactive resource
Fire: Flames and Chemical Change
These downloadable videos and animations are part of the multimedia package Stuff and Substance, developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP). They can be used to develop ideas relating to flames, from hydrogen to candle wax. A flame is a chemical reaction between two substances in a gaseous mixture. Normally,…
Rate of Dissolving
These downloadable videos and animations are part of the multimedia package Stuff and Substance, developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP). They can be used to develop ideas relating to the factors which affect the rate of dissolving and the particle model explanation. The rate of dissolving depends on the surface…
Separating Mixtures
These downloadable videos and animations are part of the multimedia package Stuff and Substance, developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP). They can be used to develop understanding of filtration, evaporation and distillation as methods to separate various types of mixtures. Understanding filtering rests on…
Key Stage Three: Space Science
These resources from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) cover the QCA Key Stage Three unit of work 7L 'The Solar System and beyond' through an 'ideas and evidence' approach. It is a unique opportunity to use contemporary information and images. Each lesson is designed to last an hour, but…
Stuff and Substance
Stuff and Substance is a multimedia package developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP). It aims to address the difficulties many students have in understanding fundamental ideas in chemistry. The carefully constructed sequence of content in Stuff and Substance develops the concept of a substance alongside a particle…
- 3/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Interactive resource
Fire: Combustion or Decomposition?
These downloadable videos and animations are part of the multimedia package Stuff and Substance, developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP). They can be used to develop ideas relating to the distinction between combustion and decomposition in the context of ‘burning’ materials. Combustion is a reaction…
Substances Changing: Dehydration
These downloadable videos and animations are part of the multimedia package Stuff and Substance, developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP). They can be used to develop the idea that some crystals incorporate water molecules within their structures. Whether the change from hydrated copper sulfate to anhydrous…
Substances Changing: Decomposition
These downloadable videos and animations are part of the multimedia package Stuff and Substance, developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP). They can be used to develop the idea of chemical change by showing that in some reactions substances decompose. Chemical changes often involve two substances reacting together…
Substances Changing: Reaction in Solution
These downloadable videos and animations are part of the multimedia package Stuff and Substance, developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP). They can be used to develop the idea of chemical change by showing reactions that takes place between substances in solution. Many chemical reactions involve solutions and…
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