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National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Measurement at home
This collection of resources, from the National Physical Laboratory, sets a number of measurement challenges for students that can be performed in their own homes, or in school.
All resources contain an explanatory video and a downloadable worksheet.
Students are invited to submit their results via the NPL website. Many resources also have a summary report of some of the results already collected by NPL.
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Invent a unit
This video and worksheet from the National Physical Laboratory, asks students to invent their own unit. The video defines what units and prefixes are, and how they are defined, and invites students to invent their own units to submit via a link on the worksheet to the NPL website. Some of the ideas already...
Temperature bounce
This video and worksheet set out a measurement challenge that can be carried out at home or in school. Students must drop different types of ball to see how high they bounce. They need to repeat their readings and record an estimate of the spread of their results. They must then repeat this measurement after...
Measuring the speed of sound using toilet rolls
This video and worksheet set out a measurement challenge that can be carried out at home or in school. Students must use a laptop, tablet or phone, and a set of in ear headphones to carry out the experiment. They also use a tube, in this example some stacked toilet...
Launch and land
This video and worksheet set out a measurement challenge that can be carried out at home or in school. Students must design a paper "rocket" to fly exactly 3 metres. The students are encouraged to upload their results to the NPL website.
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| Subject(s) | STEM Clubs, Cross curricular, Mathematics, Science, Practical work, Enquiries and investigations |
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| Age | 11-14, 14-16 |
| Published | 2020 to date |
| Published by | 
Submitted by Jenny Toft-Eriksen on
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxgq4r |
