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
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…
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
Medicine Box Challenge
Produced by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), this interactive resource is designed to help students learn about medicines, their effects and how they are administered. The tasks look at: • The absorption of a medicine and how the body handles that dose. • Dosing regimes for a medicine. •…
Laboratory Tours: Safety at Work
This resource was produced by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) as part of their 'At Work With Science' materials. In this interactive resource, students are introduced to the legal aspects of the Health and Safety regulations; the concept of risk assessments and how to develop them. Scientific…
Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
This interactive resource has been produced by London Gifted & Talented. It allows students to research and gain a greater understanding of energy flows through an ecosystem. This resource covers the following topics: • Pyramids of biomass • Pyramid of energy • Producers and consumers • Food chains…
Deep Cells
Produced by the London Gifted & Talented, this is a web-based resource that allows students to learn about cells, cell structure and cell function. The resource aims to help students understand that the survival of all cells depends on energy, and the linked processes of respiration and nutrition. It aims to show that in multicellular…
Energy Challenge
This resource, from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), looks at the amount of energy in different foods. The resource consists of an animated interactive challenge in which students look at different foods and are challenged to decide how much is needed for an athlete to complete a race. During this, they…
Infectious Diseases - Diseases
Produced by the ABPI, this interactive resource allows students to find out about a range of infectious diseases. Each are clearly explained, with causes and symptoms, and a quiz helps tests students' understanding of the topics covered. Diseases are: • Influenza • HIV/AIDS • Chickenpox • Food poisoning •…
Infectious Diseases - Medicines
Produced by the ABPI, this interactive resource allows students to find out about how infectious diseases are treated with modern medicines. It covers topics such as: • Antiseptics • Antibiotics and resistance • Developing medicines
Infectious Diseases - Timeline
Produced by the ABPI, this interactive resource looks at developments in our understanding of infectious diseases and how this has changed over time. From vaccination by Edward Jenner, to the present day, advances in knowledge are illustrated. Sections in the resource include: • Jenner and vaccination • Semmelweiss and…
Infectious Diseases - Immunity
This is an interactive resource produced by the ABPI. In the resource, students can find out about how the human immune system tackles infectious diseases. The resource describes how antigens identify foreign pathogens and the immune response that is produced. Animations illustrate processes such as antigen-antibody binding and the…
Infectious Diseases - Pathogens
This is an interactive resource produced by the ABPI. In the resource, students can find out about mico-organisms and how they cause disease. There are sections on bacteria, fungi, viruses and protozoa. Each section contains details on the micro-organism's structure and examples of the diseases they cause.
Scimorph
Scimorph is a Prototype Augmented Reality (AR) Character to promote engagement with science. Its target audience are Year Six students although useable across a much wider range. The resource can be used as a lesson introduction and to provoke discussion and exploration of scientific principles. It may also be accessed at home. Scimorph…
Rainforest with Symbols
The rainforest interactive resource is provided by ASE and it includes images and information that is presented in text and symbol supported versions. The other resources provide ideas and examples on how you could be using symbols in your teaching to clarify meaning and understanding. The rainforest website can be used to review…
Science Skills: Wind Power
This interactive resource from BP Educational Service sets students a real industrial science problem based on issues around using renewable energy resources and, in particular, wind power. Video briefings and an interactive laboratory provide students with the tools they need to solve the challenge. The challenge is based around…
Captivating Climates
This resource, from BP Educational Service (BPES), aimed at Key Stage Two asks children to build a mini-greenhouse. It includes practical worksheets, an animated quiz on how temperature is measured, which helps support the development of childrens' investigative skills. It also contains a 'Captivating Climates' poster…
- 4/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Interactive resource
Mr Zippy's Trainers
This ASE interactive animation looks at materials and their properties and forces and how they are applied to a real life situation. It requires children to choose aspects of trainers that will keep Mr. Zippy's feet dry and help him to run fast. The students then design their own trainer on screen using 'drag and drop',…
Minibeasts
An SYCD: Science Year Primary resource, Minibeasts is a series of on-screen activities to help younger children find out about minibeasts - small invertebrates. In this interactive programme, children can work independently through a series of activities which help them to identify habitats, identify and name some of the organisms…
Tides Simulator and Workshop
Produced by the National Schools Observatory, this PowerPoint workshop and accompanying flash animation explains tidal activity on Earth. The workshop takes the form of a PowerPoint presentation that explains why tides exist, why there are two tides each day and covers related topics such as spring/neap tides and tidal lag. The…
Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
This unit of learning material from the National Learning Network Materials' Chemistry collection explains the difference between elements, compounds and mixtures, This resource identifies some common compounds and mixtures. Illustrations and animations describe how the components of mixtures can be separated using filtration,…
What Are Solids, Liquids and Gases?
This unit of learning material from the National Learning Network Materials' Chemistry collection identifies the properties of solids, liquids and gases. This resource describes the effects of temperature changes on solids, liquids and gases and compares their shape and volume.
Evidence for Particles
This unit of learning material from the National Learning Network Materials' Chemistry collection investigates the particle nature of matter. Illustrations and animations explain how all matter is made up of particles and illustrates this with examples of diffusion and dilution.
- 1/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Interactive resource
Temperature and Pressure
This unit of learning material from the National Learning Network Materials' Chemistry collection describes the particle theory, solids, liquids, and gases. It illustrates the motion of particles at different temperatures.
Elements and Atoms
This unit of learning material from the National Learning Network Materials' Chemistry collection, looks at elements and introduces atomic structure. The resource describes how protons, electrons and neutrons make up atoms and describes how to define the atomic number of an element. It introduces the periodic table as a way…
Atomic Structure
This unit of learning material from the National Learning Network Materials' Chemistry collection, describes atomic structure including the relationship between the numbers of protons, electrons and neutrons in an atom. This resource describes the arrangement of electrons within the first three electron shells of an atom…
Nervous System: Synapses and Nervous Control of Muscle
From the National Learning Network Materials' Biology collection, this interactive resource looks at the nervous control of muscles. Animations look at neurotransmitters and the transmission of impulses at synapses and the neuromuscular junction. Muscle fibre motor units and the control of muscle contraction is illustrated.
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