Let YouTube help you teach Science #11

What can you teach with this seemingly useless equipment?

Surface tension of water is one of the options. How? Have a look at the video:

This easy to prep experiment is great to merge fun and learning. Click here to read more about the science behind this activity.

I wish you great lessons!

Karolina 

Let YouTube help you teach Science #8

In today´s installment of my Monday series, I´d like to recommend a video you could use in your physics lessons. The video is a great resource to introduce the topic of radioactivity as it offers a lot of context. It is also useful at the end of the unit to sum up covered points. To engage the students further, you could ask them to research each location mentioned and find out which radioactive isotope are relevant to each place.

Which topic/s could you use this video with?
- Edexcel - topic 6 Radioactivity
- AQA - 4.4.1 Atoms and isotopes
- OCR - Topic P6: Radioactivity
- Edexcel iGCSE - topic 7 Radioactivity and particles
- Cambridge iGCSE - iopic 5.2 Radioactivity

Key words: background radiation, ionizing radiation, radioactivity, sieverts

I wish you great lessons!

Karolina

Where to find free resources?

If you are working in a school which provides you with every single resource you ask for, you're in heaven! The reality is, however, that such schools are very rare to find. So, what to do when you want to inspire your students but you are struggling to get resources? Here are some of the places I came across over the years that can support you on your journey.

1. The Crunch Kit (Wellcome Trust)

If you are working in the UK you can get your hands on 2 different kits. These are tailored for  primary and secondary students. Each kit consists of superbly prepared experiments together with all the equipment you need to deliver it.


2. STEM Learning resources

This is a collection of various resources focused around STEM. You can easily find here materials suitable for your students. These can be used both in a classroom setting as well as in an after school club.

3. DIY experiments from STEM Newcastle

This is an amazing collection of experiments perfect for the use in a Science club. Instructions are clearly laid out with numerous pictures and drawings to aid understanding.

4. School Science list

Here you can find a list of 30+ websites which offer free resources.

5. TES resources

Times Educational Supplement is a goldmine for resources. You can find absolutely everything there from worksheets through lesson plans and power points and schemes of work. I started uploading my resources there as well so click here to see what´s available (more to come!).

I wish you great lessons!

Karolina