As regards post-16 examinations, the formal requirements laid down are modest, or non-existent, so that the level of treatment...

Teaching Guidance 16-19

Students will have a simple idea of electromagnetic radiation.

Teaching Guidance 16-19

Assess what your students already know; you may be able to move quickly through this material if you feel that your class is...

Teaching Guidance 16-19

The demonstration of refraction using a ripple tank is tricky, and it is a good idea to practise this.

Teaching Guidance 16-19

This topic has many mathematical aspects. However, you will also want your students to gain a feel for the characteristics of...

Teaching Guidance 16-19

Many demos are suggested using many different types of wave motion. The first time you set these up keep diagrams or exact...

Teaching Guidance 16-19

This episode considers uses of lasers, and the underlying theory of how they work.

Lesson 16-19

This episode requires students to develop their idea of electromagnetic radiation. Since they cannot see either the wave...

Lesson 16-19

This episode extends students’ understanding of the nature of different types of electromagnetic radiation, and considers...

Lesson 16-19

This episode considers the ways in which the intensity of radiation decreases with distance from the source.

Lesson 16-19

This episode introduces the idea that vibrations can give rise to disturbances travelling outwards, i.e. to progressive waves...

Lesson 16-19

Students often confuse displacement/distance graphs (from which wavelength can be deduced) with displacement/time graphs (e.g...

Lesson 16-19