Kelly is a radiographer at Addenbrookes hospital.  She produces X-rays for doctors to use in the diagnoses. She was a parent at a young age and decided to follow an access course for two evenings a week over two years. She aims to specialise in an area of radiography and progress to becoming a senior member of...

This activity, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, uses data from NASA’s Kepler space probe to determine the size of an exoplanet, and provides students with an insight into the advantages and disadvantages of the transit method of exoplanet detection.

In this investigation you roll a cylinder down a slope to see how altering the inclination of the slope affects its speed to calculate the radius the gyration (k) from the given equation. This would fit in well to circular motion.

From triple science support, the resources in this collection look at various ways that schools can raise standards of attainment in triple science courses at GCSE.

Note: These resources have been included in this collection for teachers’ use, however they may contain some information, particularly...

This resource, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, is a video that explains why the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere experience different seasons at the same time. It uses clear diagrams and animations to demonstrate how the tilt of...

This cartoon help pupils explore issues around how recycling and reusing products can benefit the environment.

Concept Cartoons are quick, simple and effective. They are designed to intrigue, provoke discussion and stimulate thinking. Concept Cartoons make concepts problematic and provide an engaging...

This booklet is part of the ‘Innovations in Practical Work’ series published by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP). ‘Sustainability’ is about using resources in a way that does not deplete them. An increased emphasis on renewable energy is part of the move to greater sustainability, but so is the idea...

Students investigate why the moon turns red during a lunar eclipse by exploring refraction, dispersion and the scattering of white light through different media.

This video demonstrates an investigation of reflection at a plane mirror.  This is a required practical for students to be able to understand and carry out for GCSE Combined Science and Physics.

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Use ray diagrams to show how light refracts at a boundary between transparent media.
• Describe rules for the refraction of light at a boundary between transparent media.
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These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Recall that light can change direction (refract) when it passes across a boundary between transparent media
• Describe how the angle light passes across a boundary between two...

A trio of videos that investigates the refraction of light through a transparent block.  This first video allows students to see the experiment and the other two review the results and plot a graph to investigate the relationship between the incident and refracted angles.  This is a required practical for students...