A short article based on an extract from Topics in Safety, Topic 17 (Electricity), which is freely available to Association for Science Education (
ASE Health and Safety Group
Wave power is continually available around our shores but remains an untapped resource on the commercial scale, this article provides an overview o
Frank Harris
Finding an old notice on a canal towpath inspired a consultation with colleagues and search for evidence in an old book to help us look into how th
Geoff Auty
A teaching module to introduce students to a feature of the nature of science (analogies and models) through learning about a curriculum topic (ele
Keith S. Taber
Forces, motion, electricity, atomic physics and wave effects can be illustrated using outdoor student activities.
Kostas Vourlias
Analogies relating to electric circuits can aid understanding but the limitations of such analogies should always be considered.
Mark D. Walker
Learn how to set up a hydrogen fuel cell by extending an activity most schools already do – the electrolysis of ‘water’.
Peter Borrows
Ping-Wai Kwok
Well, of course you know that a battery is made of cells in series, but I have just discovered a great way to show this to a class.
Randal Henly
Entropy is more usually studied in physics and chemistry but can also be considered in biology to explain limitations of energy changes in life-pro
Ulrich Kattmann