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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Presented by Professor Marcus Du Sautoy   Marcus du Sautoy is the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of New College. He is the author of three books: The Music of the Primes, Finding Moonshine and most recently The Number […]

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Dambusters: the engineering behind the bouncing bomb Dr Hugh Hunt /Hilary Costello, University of Cambridge Notes by Pameer Saeed; form 12O; Rooks Heath College     In the above picture Dr Hugh Hunt is on the right and the yellow small cylinder in my hand, is the bouncing bomb which was used in cylinder test. The […]

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  Michael Faraday worked here at the Royal Institution (but probably behind a different desk and with no video camera) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday Five things you should never do with a particle accelerator Dr Suzie Sheehy, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford The lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cfD0uf4Iw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cfD0uf4Iw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW_eYoX1LNo   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_accelerator Particle accelerators are some of the most advanced machines on […]

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Saturn Sheila’s Solar System Safari Dr Sheila Kanani, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYnPehV5iAk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoAmdGg1Rug Dr Sheila Kanani’s flying tour of our celestial home: the Solar System.                      Journey into our local galactic neighbourhood, where you will encounter Planets and other astronomical bodies, exploring each one in terms of origin and formation as well as its […]

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http://www.rmg.co.uk/royal-observatory/   The picture on the left is the clock at the Greenwich Meridian and the picture on the right is a view of the Queen’s house and Canary Wharf from the observatory. Aaron, Abdi and Sulax waiting to start the day. The first activity of the day consisted of the students learning about the […]

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Once again the Rooks Heath year 13 students were lucky to be able to take part in the particle physics master class. http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PPD/22610.aspx The day followed the format of last year’s course so see the following link for more information about the lectures. http://rooksheathscience.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/particle-physics-masterclass-2012/ The day started with a lecture given by Professor Bill Scott […]

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Researching Superconductivity by Alfie Mussett The discovery of superconductivity Superconductivity was first observed in mercury by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes. When he cooled the mercury to the same temperature as liquid helium (which comes out to about -269 degrees Celsius) the mercury’s resistance suddenly disappeared! He later won a Physics Nobel Prize in 1913 […]

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