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This booklet contains a range of suggested teaching activities and contexts for teaching about mechanical properties of materials at A level. Curriculum links include elastic and plastic deformation, the behaviour and structure of materials, Hooke's law and the Young modulus.

Although produced to support the...

In this investigation students use a mass of plasticine on top of a hacksaw blade to see how the mass of the plasticine affects the resonance frequency that the...

Mechanics and Properties of Matter is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education. Each title brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the...

Produced by Understanding Animal Research, this information booklet contains extensive information on the medical advances that have been made possible, at least in part, due to animal research. The sections look at developments including:
* cancer therapy;
* HIV treatments;
* vaccination;...

A Catalyst article about microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet and X-rays which are all electromagnetic waves. The article looks at their different uses and why some are used to create medical images and others to treat disease. The article also explores how the electromagnetic spectrum is used by medical physicists to...

This text, produced by both the Institute of Physics (IOP) and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), gives information on the development and uses of medical physics.

The book covers a wide range of topics and includes chapters on:

* history

* ionising radiation

*...

The Institute of Physics's Medical Physics Group has produced a set of teaching materials which can be used to teach medical physics at GCSE/Standard level in schools. Much of the material is appropriate to use for A-level medical physics options.

The Institute's Teaching Medical Physics resources, that...

This STEMNET resource describes the background and career of STEM Ambassador Heather Williams, a senior medical physicist in a hospital nuclear medicine department.

Heather found that studying physics at school sparked a particular interest in radiation and its applications in medicine. A key part of her...

The resources in this collection from the Medical Research Council (MRC) help to advance understanding of the latest advances in biomedical research. The Medical Research Council funds cutting edge research in the UK. It also supports research across the biomedical spectrum, from fundamental lab-based science to...

This Catalyst article...

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...

Produced by the new economics foundation (nef), this resource contains activities that help students to discuss and understand issues around medical ethics. The materials contain teacher guidance, student information and a range of activities that promote discussion and debate.

Medicine, Ethics and Me is a...

This guide for students allows them to explore technology used in space through the Arduino tool. They can build circuits to blink an LED and to measure temperature, pressure and altitude. The basics of programming in C++ will be introduced using the Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment) software. This...