A pair of videos that investigates the IV characteristics of a resistor. The first allows students observe the experiment, which is a required practical for students to be able to understand and carry out for GCSE Combined Science and Physics.  The second explains how to interpret the data, plot the graph and...

This video clip demonstrates an investigation into the absorption of infrared radiation by different surfaces. This is a required practical for students to understand and be able to carry out for GCSE Combined Science and Physics.

A pair of videos that investigates the emission of infrared radiation by different surfaces.  The first allows students to see the experiment undertaken and the second clip explains how to plot a graph to evaluate the relationship. This is a required practical for students to understand and be able to carry out for...

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.  

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 the idea that mixtures do not have precise melting and boiling points. Using properties that depend on the material only to...

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 the idea of a substance as a kind of ‘stuff’ which has a definite melting point....

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 introduce a particle model to explain why a substance can exist in both the solid and liquid...

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...

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 ideas relating to the factors which affect the rate of dissolving and the particle...

These downloadable animations are part of the multimedia package Stuff and Substance, developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP). They can be used to develop ideas relating to the factors which affect the rate of evaporation and the particle model...