This resource, produced by SEPNet and Queen Mary University of London, uses Lego to represent the building blocks of matter. Different colour and size Lego bricks are assigned to protons, neutrons and electrons. Fusion is shown by joining bricks together and fission by breaking large collections of bricks apart....

This book looks at several aspects of flight:

* Falling through the air

* Parachutes

* Flight

* Forces for flight

* Control in the air

* Space flight

Flight was one of the Science at Work series. All the booklets in the series were highly illustrated with practical...

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Identify objects that are floating.
• Describe how the mass and volume of an object affect how well it floats.  
• Describe how the shape of an object affects how well it...

In this lesson, students devise their own flood warning device and create a technical brief for an international audience using recognised circuit symbols. They also consider how people both here and in Nepal can best prepare for floods. Heavy monsoon rains can devastate communities in Nepal. The severe flooding...

The aim of this experiment is to investigate the velocity of charged ions in an electric field. This is of the same order as the drift velocity of electrons in a wire under the influence of the same field.  A variety of analysis and conclusions that can be draw are provided.

This resource has been provided...

This Catalyst article explores how high-speed photography can reveal how mosquitoes can keep dry while flying in the rain.

To find out how mosquitoes survive impacts with raindrops, a group of engineers from Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) developed a system which allowed them to photograph collisions...

This is one of a series of resources from the IET designed around the theme of the future of flight with the purpose of developing pupils knowledge and skills in science, design technology, engineering and mathematics. 

In this activity pupils calculate the amount of energy needed to launch a space...

This sub-collection includes shorter activities which can make effective starter and plenary activities, helping students to engage and further their understanding. The resources are:  

• Mr Zippy's Trainers: This brings together the ideas of friction, air resistance and materials using clear language...

What is the perfect curve of a ball’s trajectory, what must the ideal turf be like, and...

From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of:

* Resultant force sets acceleration
* Accumulating changes velocity and displacement
* Measures of 'quantity of motion'
* Force pairs replace...