Resources by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme
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How Science Works is one of the publication themes of the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme.
Recent changes in the curriculum have emphasised the importance of developing in students an understanding of what scientists do, the nature of science, and the way that science relates to the broader society. SEP...
The Learning Skills for Science (LSS) programme was first produced at the Weizmann Institute of Science. The Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP) together with the Nuffield Foundation developed the materials to be used in the UK.
...The Learning Skills for Science (LSS) programme has been developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme from work done by the Weizmann Institute of Science.
The materials can be used by students who are...
Materials by Design is one of the publication themes of the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme.
The earliest artefacts made by humans used whatever materials were naturally to hand. The materials selected were those that had the appropriate properties for the job that needed to be done. Increasingly, as...
Matter and Change is one of the publication themes of the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme.
One of the most fundamental ideas that students should learn in science is that ‘stuff’ is made from atoms – the enormous variety of different kinds of materials that they see around them arises from a relatively...
Professional Development is one of the publication themes of the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme.
SEP has collaborated with a number of other organisations in developing a range of publications concerned with the professional development of teachers at all stages of their careers. Two of these...
Waves and Radiation is one of the publication themes of the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme.
The last one hundred years has seen an explosion in the use of electromagnetic radiation for communication. Using simple practical kits, Radiation and Communication looks at the properties of...
Separating Mixtures
These downloadable videos and animations are part of the multimedia package Stuff and Substance, developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP). They can be used to develop understanding of filtration, evaporation and distillation as methods to separate...
Silent Flight
A Catalyst article describing how engineers have designed an aircraft which will produce much less noise as it approaches and leaves the airport. The Silent Aircraft Initiative is a collaboration between scientists and engineers at two universities, Cambridge (UK) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA...
Six views of Mercury
This Catalyst article presents six different images of Mercury, the planet nearest the Sun. Mercury has been visited by two probes. The most recent, Messenger, orbited the planet 4000 times in four years before crashing into its...