IOP Education News

Here you can find the latest physics teaching news, including recent articles from Classroom Physics.

Sci-Arts Creative Teaching Workshop

Re-energise your teaching with the Sci-Arts Creative Teaching Resource

Design and populate your own alien planet, choreograph your way into the intricacies...

By Classroom Physics 08/07/2020

A physics curriculum that includes practices and big ideas

A physics curriculum that includes practices and big ideas

A physics curriculum that includes practices and big ideas - Charles Tracy, IOP head...

By Classroom Physics 29/06/2020

Classroom physics magazine

Classroom Physics: June 2020

The June edition of Classroom Physics is digital-only as most schools and colleges...

By Classroom Physics 22/06/2020

IOP support for teaching physics across UK & Ireland

News from Wales, Scotland & Ireland

Find out how we've been supporting teachers in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland...

By Classroom Physics 19/06/2020

Multiple barriers lead to inequality in science capital

The socially just physics classroom

Professor Louise Archer and Emma Watson from the Aspires 3 project write about the...

By Classroom Physics 19/06/2020

PhET simulations are popular with teachers - and can be effective learning tools

Can students learn from simulations home alone?

In this column, James de Winter (University of Uppsala and University of Cambridge)...

By Classroom Physics 19/06/2020

Teaching in lockdown

Teaching in lockdown

Teaching in lockdown - a message to teachers from Charles Tracy, IOP Head of...

By Classroom Physics 19/06/2020

IOPSpark website improvement survey physics resources

IOPSpark improvement survey!

We would love to make IOPSpark even better for everyone. So, got a great new idea...

By 16/06/2020

Light, Sound and Waves Waves light and sound interesting fun stories about physics

Stories from Physics booklet 4 - Waves: Light, sound and other oscillations

Message from the author Waves are a fascinating phenomenon to teach because they...

By 16/06/2020

Video conference, connection

Supporting school and college students to learn physics during COVID-19

This is a really challenging time for teachers and students; and the IOP Teaching...

By IOP Education 01/05/2020

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Straeon o faes ffiseg - llyfryn 1 Unedau hynod a mesurau anghyffredin

Mae rhai o’r straeon a glywais gan fy athrawon ffiseg yn fyw iawn yn fy nghof o hyd...

By 24/06/2020

Light, Sound and Waves Light sound and waves misconceptions and students' ideas in physics

Brand new domain of misconceptions: Light, Sound and Waves!

The team working on the PIPER project have been hard at work reviewing academic...

By 12/06/2020

Quantum and Nuclear Radioactivity, Danger

Radioactivity - students' ideas and educational research

Suggested teaching sequence and ideas on Radioactivity from educational research.

By IOP Education 07/05/2020

Video conference, connection

Information about public examinations during Covid-19

Here is a list of links to information about public examinations from Awarding...

By IOP Education 27/03/2020

Classroom physics magazine

Classroom Physics

A magazine published by the IOP’s Education Department, with information about...

By Classroom Physics 19/03/2020

Classroom physics title page march 2020

Classroom Physics: March 2020

The March 2020 edition of Classroom Physics, our magazine for IOP Affiliated Schools...

By 12/03/2020

connected physics teaching networks

Find education platforms to share your ideas and views

Our education department supports a number of email discussion lists to provide you...

By 04/03/2020

Laser fusion

Physics in Perspective

Aimed at 6th formers and college students, Physics in Perspective offers - in a...

By 13/02/2020

I'm a scientist, get me out of here

I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here!

I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here! is an online STEM enrichment activity where...

By 13/02/2020

physics experiments

Extra-curricular resources and activities

Explore a wide variety of extra-curricular resources and activities to further...

By 13/02/2020

Science classroom

Resources for the classroom

Browse various IOP resources for the classroom including Physics in Concert...

By 07/02/2020

Stories from Physics

Stories from Physics

Stories from Physics

By IOP Education 22/01/2020

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