APPEAL 2013

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 […]

APPEAL 2013

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 […]

APPEAL 2013

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 […]

Rugby 2013

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 […]

Rugby 2013

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 […]

Rugby 2013

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 […]

Rugby 2013

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. […]

Rugby 2013

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

The Maths and Music of the Magic Flute

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 […]

Physics in Perspective 2013 An enrichment course for sixth-formers and college students Tuesday 19th February

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 […]