FLEET Schools

FLEET Schools is a resource for primary and secondary teachers, and students to engage with physics and chemistry, and to learn and think about the research problems FLEET is working on. That problem is our ever increasing energy requirements coming from our rapidly increasing demand for computation. Think Internet of Things, AI, driverless cars, smart phones and gaming. To solve ...

Jason MajorConductors and Insulators, Education Training and Outreach, Electromagnetic energy, Energy, Forces and energy, Forces and energy, Forces and motion, Home Science, Light and optics, Light: reflection, refraction, diffraction, Outreach, Physics at random, Quantum, School teacher resources, Science Communications

How to find a rainbow

Why are there so many songs about rainbows? And how to locate one with a bit of simple physics, maths and home-craft Maunder and Hunt’s Very Fabulous Rainbow Position Locator* There’s something quite fascinating about rainbows, which is why they feature in so many wonderful legends and myths, from the Bifrost bridge of Norse legend, to God’s reassuring post-Flood sign, …

Errol HuntHome Science, Light and optics, School teacher resources

Coloured Light

What colour do you get when you combine red, green and blue light? What you need: 3x torches 3x rubber bands red, green and blue cellophane a dark room What to do: Put each of the colours of cellophane over each of the torches and secure it them with rubber bands. Turn out the lights and shine each of the …

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