From the Science Museum, this resource contains a booklet of science activities using everyday ingredients, with notes for teachers. The booklet contains step-by-step instructions for science activities and experiments that are safe and easy to do in the classroom or at home. The individual activities allow...

A pair of videos that investigates the characteristics of lamps in series and parallel circuits.  This first video allows students to carry out the experiment and the second reviews the results.  This is a required practical for students to be able to understand and carry out for GCSE Combined Science and Physics...

This clip shows how to easily make a simple version of a Leslie cube to investigate the emission of infra-red radiation by different surfaces.  This is a required practical for students to be able to understand and carry out for GCSE Combined Science and Physics.

In this video clip the power of a person running up stairs is investigated. The subsequent calculations are explained.  

In this activity developed by the Institute of Physics, students use iron and sand to model the composition of the Earth and estimate what fraction of the Earth is occupied by its iron core. After completing this activity, students should be able to: *Measure mass and volume. *Calculate density from mass and volume...

This video demonstrates an investigation of reflection at a plane mirror.  This is a required practical for students to be able to understand and carry out for GCSE Combined Science and Physics.

A trio of videos that investigates the refraction of light through a transparent block.  This first video allows students to see the experiment and the other two review the results and plot a graph to investigate the relationship between the incident and refracted angles.  This is a required practical for students...

Two videos investigating the resistance of a wire. The first video allows students to carry out an experiment on the resistance of a length of wire from home and the second evaluates the results by drawing a graph. This is a required practical students to be able to understand and carry out for GCSE Combined...

Two videos for investigating resistance in series and parallel circuits. The first video demonstrates the experiment to measure voltage and current, and the second calculates the resistance values. This is a required practical for students to be able to understand and carry out for GCSE Combined Science and Physics...

A pair of videos that investigates the specific heat capacity of a liquid.  This first video allows students to carry out an experiment on the specific heat capacity of water from home. The second explains how to interpret the data, plot the graph and determine the specific heat capacity of water.  This is a...

A trio of videos that explains how to determine the specific heat capacity of a metal.  This first video allows students to see the experiment and the other two review the results and plot a graph to determine the specific heat capacity.  This is a required practical for students to be able to understand and carry...

In this video an oscilloscope simulator on a laptop is demonstrated to visualise a sound wave and calculate its frequency. 

This video investigates the temperature–time relationship for melting ice. A graph to show the change of state is plotted. 

The terminal velocities of cupcake cases are calculated in this video and a graph of mass versus terminal velocity is plotted to investigate the relationship. 

In this activity developed by the Institute of Physics, students investigate how temperature changes with distance from a heat source and relate this to planetary temperatures. After completing this activity, students should be able to:

*Understand that the temperature of a planet depends on its distance...