Resources by Institute of Physics: Supporting Physics Teaching
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Earth in Space 11-14
From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of:
* Gravity and space
* Orbits and satellites
* The solar system and beyond
* Sun, Moon and Earth Each topic is explored from the following...
Electric Circuits 11-14
From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of:
• Modelling simple electrical loops
• Adding elements to circuits
* Power and voltage
Each topic is explored from the following perspectives:...
Electricity and Energy 14-16
From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of:
* Setting up electrical loops
* Electrical working in loops
* Designed devices switch pathways
* Efficiency and calculations
Each topic is...
Energy 11-14 *suitable for home teaching*
From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of:
- paying for getting things done
- shifting energy between stores
- energy resources and pathways
- calculating energy everywhere
- ...
Force and Motion 14-16
From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of:
* Resultant force sets acceleration
* Accumulating changes velocity and displacement
* Measures of 'quantity of motion'
* Force pairs replace...
Forces 11-14
From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of:
* Forces - a way of looking at the world
* Contact forces
* Non-contact forces
Each topic is explored from the following perspectives:
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The Supporting Physics Teaching initiative from the Institute of Physics is intended to support specialist and non-specialist teachers who teach 11-16 physics.
Each topic contains a physics narrative, teaching and learning issues and teaching approaches:
• The physics narrative explains the physics of...
Light 11-14
From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of:
* Seeing with light
* Modelling light with ray diagrams
* Reflection and refraction
* Colours of two kinds
Each topic is explored from the...
Machines 11-14
From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of:
* Levers
* Pressure
Each topic is explored from the following perspectives:
• The physics narrative explains the physics of the topic using text...
Magnetism 11-14
From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of:
• Exploring magnets
• Electromagnets at work
Each topic is explored from the following perspectives:
• The physics narrative explains the physics...