This is a homework booklet designed to last several weeks. It is based on work to do with forces, the Moon and the Solar System. It involves research tasks, home experiments and questions to answer. It is expected that the tasks are enjoyable and rewarding. The students can self-assess their work and it is hoped that parents get involved.

This a student practical worksheet. It is designed to guide the students through an experiment that tests the Principle of Moments. Students are provided with a metre rule (hole drilled at the centre), nail, 10g masses, wire, stand and clamp and plasticine. The worksheet has an incomplete results table that must be completed by balancing the lever, finding the missing values and calculating the moment for each set of values. The students are expected to discuss their results and form a conclusion.

This is a booklet of tasks for students to complete at home over several weeks. There are 11 tasks of varying length and difficulty. Some involve home experiments or research. The tasks cover the following areas: Elements, compounds and mixtures. States of matter. Home investigations and research. Energy. Forms of energy with anagrams and crossword. Energy in food, research and bar chart. Food chains and food webs. It is hoped that the variety of tasks will build on work done in class, stimulate interest and involve both the students and parents. There is the opportunity for students to self assess their work. The whole booklet may not fit with any particular scheme of work but it can easily be adapted or sections separated.

This is a concise guide for A level Physics students to help them deal with uncertainties in practical work. It explains the difference between systematic and random errors and how to record the uncertainty in a measurement or a series of measurements. It also deals with precision and the number of significant figure that a measurement should be given. Finally the guide covers percentage uncertainties and also how to apply the rules for combining uncertainties in calculations .

This is a booklet of tasks for students to complete at home over several weeks. There are 6 tasks of varying length and difficulty. Apparatus Measuring Research Observing and Recording Data and graphs Investigating It is hoped that the variety of tasks will build on work done in class, stimulate interest and involve both the students and parents, There is the opportunity for students to self assess their work.

A comprehensive policy document for science departments. Developed and revised over a number of years. Contents Departmental Staffing Aims Policies and Procedures Health and Safety Assessment, Recording and Reporting Schemes of Work Citizenship Teaching Assistants

A worksheet to revise graphs. Line graphs, variables, pie charts, analysis.

This helps to develop student practical skills in terms of understanding what a hypothesis is, types of variable, collecting data in a simple experiments, plotting and interpreting graphs to form conclusions. Equipment: 1 kg masses, strong elastic or shock-cord, 1 m rules, force meters. The elastic can be looped around the legs of a stool.

A simple experiment to help develop student practical skills in terms of understanding what a hypothesis is, types of variable, collecting data in a simple experiments, plotting and interpreting graphs to form conclusions. Equipment: Dynamics trolley, ramp, means of changing the ramp height, metre rule, stopwatch.

This is a practical worksheet that guides students through an experiment leading to an estimation of the size of a molecule (Rayleigh’s oil drop).