Newcastle University
  • Suitable for: KS4, Length: 5 mins

    This activity has been designed for the end of a lesson on radioactivity or a starter recap for the lesson after. It should be used to familiarise the students with the terminology in radioactivity. It should take approximately five minutes.


  • Suitable for: KS5, Length: 1 hour

    The aim of this experiment is to determine the acceleration of a ball down a slope
    this is done using the formula s=ut+0.5at2. You can then draw a graph relating
    y=mx+c where y is s, mx is 0.5at2 and c is 0.


  • Suitable for: KS4/5, Length: 40 mins

    This is a power point presentation to get the students thinking about physics as a job, and real life, current applications of physics and how that will affect our future thinking about the universe.


  • Suitable for: KS4, Length: 15 mins

    This activity has been designed as a fifteen minute starter to a lesson to get the students thinking. It should help the students understand and practically investigate collisions and momentum.


  • Suitable for: KS4, Length: 1 hour

    This should highlight and help in understanding how convection currents move around the room and assess the efficiency of their room for i.e. heat retention.
    It will aid energy budget lessons, heat radiation and convection currents and energy saving lessons.


  • Suitable for: KS4, Length: 20 mins

    Students should learn about the properties of types of waves, their uses and what biological effects they can have if used incorrectly. They should also learn whether the wavelengths of each are long or short.


  • Suitable for: KS4, Length: 20 mins

    This activity should take around 20 minutes depending on the ability of the group. Students should learn about the properties of types of waves, their uses and what biological effects they can have if used incorrectly. They should also learn whether the wavelengths of each are long or short.


  • Suitable for: KS4, Length 1hour

    This activity should highlight and help in understanding how convection currents move around the room and assess the efficiency of the room for heat retention. It will aid energy saving and budget lessons and learning about heat radiation and convection currents.


  • Suitable for: KS4, Length: See Lesson Pack

    This activity has been designed as a lesson on the conservation of momentum. It should get the children thinking and practically investigating momentum.


  • Suitable for: KS4, Length: 5 mins

    This has been designed as a practical demonstration to help the children understand the Doppler Effect and how microwaves are reflected by metal.