The Nuffield Foundation's Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics courses did not all cover as many topics or exactly the same topics as in other A-level physics courses. However it did include the core of physics which universities and other institutions regarded as essential to further study.

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This Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics reader explained how microcomputers worked in the 1980s. It did not refer to any one type of computer. All ideas discussed were relevant to any computer.

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Published by the Nuffield Foundation, the articles in this Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics reader are extended concepts covered in the course and examined developments in physics taking place in the 1980s.

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Published by the Nuffield Foundation, this Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics reader was compiled to illustrate the wider applications of physics in engineering and technology.

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The Nuffield Advanced Chemistry course was first published in 1970 and was revised, so this was the third edition of a successful course. In this third edition there was just one students' book for the whole course and...

This booklet, from the Institute of Physics, takes a broad view of physics as a subject and considers possible ways forward. It considers constraints, proposals, and the importance of partnerships to the process of curriculum development.

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• histories of physics and of education...

This Core Maths activity allows students to explore the difference between linear and exponential sequences and their sums.

The SMILE resources on which the lesson is based can be found here. Details of prior student knowledge, suggested approaches...

This podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) looks at why understanding rip currents at Perranporth in north Cornwall could help save lives; and how exactly does carbon capture and storage (CCS) work and how can scientists be sure that CO2 will be stored...

This STEMNET resource describes the background and career of STEM Ambassador Ross Wattie, a risk management coordinator at an international integrated energy company.

Ross is currently involved in risk modelling to simulate different scenarios and assess their possible impacts. He has also found that his...

Martyn is a risk manager for Chaucer Insurance, he discusses his role in this video. Martyn advises how the business may progress analysing any risks there may be along the way. He is a keen sportsman and dreamt of becoming a footballer before studying risk management at university. 

A Catalyst article comparing mobile phones and UV sunbeds. Mobile phones emit radiofrequency (RF) radiation. Tanning beds emit ultraviolet (UV) radiation. These are both types of non-ionising radiation. In recent years both have received considerable media coverage and they are emotive topics for the general public...

This set of starting activities from RISPs cover a wide range of topics leading directly into the mathematic syllabus for A2 level. The risps resources are grouped by topic and each comes with accompanying teachers' notes.

Topics for A2 mathematics included in this resource are:

*Functions
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This RISP activity, The answer's 1: what's the question?, gives students graphs containing shaded areas enclosed by two functions. Examples of a straight line and a quadratic graph, a cubic graph and an exponential graph are used. Given that the enclosed area has a value of one, students are asked...

Two Repeats covers the revision of algebraic topics including changing the subject of a formula, graphical solution of equations, solving simultaneous and quadratic equations and manipulating surds.

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