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Oscilloscope
Produced by the National STEM Learning Centre and the Institute of Physics, this video demonstrates how to use an oscilloscope to measure potential differences that vary with time. The clip shows how to set up the oscilloscope and explains how the vertical displacement corresponds to a potential difference. The...
This book explains the essential building blocks of the OSI (open systems interconnection) model as described in recommendation ISO 7498, basic functions and tasks of the seven specified layers.
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Osmosis
The video and worksheet set out a measurement challenge for students that can be carried out either at home or in school. They can use a range of peeled and cut fruits and vegetable sticks submerged in water or salt solutions for fixed time periods to calculate the change in length that the effects of osmosis...
Osmosis in bell pepper pericarp tissue
This resource is designed to meet the specifications for the A-level practical endorsement in England (CPAC). It is a new version of the classic osmosis practical measuring the weight change of tissues in various osmotic solutions using pieces of bell pepper (Capsicum annum) instead of potato. This is a...
Department for Education Standards Unit Improving Learning in Mathematics 'Other' materials provide activities to explore the properties of graph in decision mathematics, the equations of motion and solving problems using Newton's second law.
Otherwise Engaged
This article, from the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) publication ‘Mathematics Teaching’, is taken from MT217.
Jenni Ingram and Robert Ward-Penny give their thoughts on classrooms today by examining the variety of activities that can be seen in the mathematics classroom. Students are frequently...
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This guide, originally developed to support Open University courses in ecology, is suitable for high attaining sixth formers and above. It is...
Our Address
This game invites children to work as a team to build up a sequential model of the Universe in stages, each stage being many times larger in scale than the last. The resource contains copies of the pictures (as PDF files) and detailed teachers' notes. There is a set of...