Rooks Heath College is privileged to have an ex-student, Alexander Ferrier, at Keble College Oxford studying physics. He began his four year Mphys degree in 2011. http://www.keble.ox.ac.uk/

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Universal Gravitation: A History of Surprises   steven.balbus@astro.ox.ac.uk The language of gravity   The above left slide shows 1 = Newton (connected with mass), 2 = Einstein (space-time curves) and 3 = Feynman (focuses on electricity/magnetism and radiation is a fundamental property). The above right slide has the geometrical term with entries for pressure/momentum. R […]

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Introduction to Particle Accelerators                                                 Professor Andrei A. Seryi                                                                      John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science                                University of Oxford, Royal Holloway University of London and Imperial College London   andrei.seryi@adams-institute.ac.uk     An electric field (E) is defined as a region of space where a charged particle experiences a force. An example of a charged particle that […]

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Particle Physics: (More) Fact and Fantasy Professor Ken Peach    Professor Peach started his lecture by outlining what he said at last year’s lecture which happened before the famous announcement about the Higgs Boson. The above picture shows two things. The left hand side shows the equations of the standard model prior to the discovery […]

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The Discovery of the Higgs Boson – A Step Closer to the Big Bang With the recent discovery of a Higgs boson at the LHC and the inroads made in the understanding of dark matter and dark energy – 2013 is a great year to discuss the connection of astronomy, cosmology, particle physics and accelerators […]

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Curriculum Development in Physics: Then and Now what has changed – and what hasn’t Jon Ogborn Institute of Education, University of London Jon Ogborn, who with Paul Black led the Nuffield Advanced Physics Project, reminisced about those early days of curriculum development and about some of the unexpected ways in which things happened. He then […]

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Investigative Practical Work through the Extended Project Dr John Taylor, Rugby school Dr Liz Swinbank, University of York The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is a qualification equivalent to 0.5 GCE A-level that gives students the opportunity to explore a topic of their own choosing and, in the process to develop a range of research, critical […]

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Embedding assessment in your teaching Science Education Group The University of York Professor Robin Millar and Mary Whitehouse http://yorkscience.org.uk/ http://yorkscience.org.uk/york-science-embedding-formative-assessment/ http://yorkscience.org.uk/resources/ Research evidence and professional experience suggests that the two principal keys to effective learning are: 1) Having clear and precise learning outcomes in mind for every teaching episode 2) Monitoring students’ learning during the […]

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All things bright and beautiful: light and colour manipulation Professor Peter Vukusic School of physics, University of Exeter Professor Vukusic has done a lecture before on a similar topic. The link below shows information about a lecture that he gave to sixth formers in 2012 http://rooksheathscience.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/physics-update-course-2012-4/ Beware though as this lecture was aimed at teachers. […]

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The 25th annual meeting for physics teachers in schools and colleges Thursday 6th June 2013    

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