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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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Lasagne dish ripple tank

Build your own ripple tank for a fiver

Ripple tanks are GCSE required practicals, but they can be expensive. Fortunately...

By Classroom Physics 25/02/2019

EDUCATE award

We have been awarded the EDUCATE Evidence Aware EdWard

EDUCATE is a rigorous and comprehensive training programme designed to help EdTech...

By IOPSpark 07/02/2019

Practical Physics

Practical Physics

Practical Physics is a collection of experiments that demonstrate a wide range of...

By Nuffield Foundation & Institute of Physics 07/02/2019

Teaching Advanced Physics TAP

Teaching Advanced Physics

The Teaching Advanced Physics project gives ideas and resources for teaching physics...

By IOPSpark 07/02/2019

Supporting Physics Teaching

Supporting Physics Teaching

The Supporting Physics Teaching resources have been created to help you grow your...

By IOPSpark 07/02/2019

A group of children conducting a physics experiment with their teacher.

Misconceptions and Naïve Ideas in Physics

The Practical Implications of Physics Education Research (PIPER) project aims to...

By Dr Mark Hardman 02/01/2019

Roundhill Academy attempt a glider record

Record-breaking year for RAF100

As the centenary year of the Royal Air Force (RAF) comes to a close, we made an...

By Classroom Physics 17/12/2018

2018 Teacher Award Winners

Winners of 2018 IOP Teachers Awards

We celebrate the success of seven teachers who, by their outstanding classroom...

By Classroom Physics 28/11/2018

Can the act of plucking a chicken be used to measure tornado wind speed?

Blowing in the wind

Measuring wind speed taxed some of the brightest brains for centuries. Here is a...

By Classroom Physics 26/11/2018

Big ideas include the practices, explanations and applications of physics

Framing Future Physics Curricula

The IOP’s Curriculum Committee has been considering how school physics curricula can...

By Classroom Physics 26/11/2018

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