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Lopez, Victor; Hernandez, Maria Isabel – Physics Education, 2015
The Scratch online authoring tool, which features a simple programming language that has been adapted to primary and secondary students, is being used more and more in schools as it offers students and teachers the opportunity to use a tool to build scientific models and evaluate their behaviour, just as can be done with computational modelling…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Secondary School Science, Elementary School Science
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Kibble, Bob – Physics Education, 2009
School physics rarely stands still for long. Environmental physics is now an option in some post-16 courses in England. The physics of environments, and in particular the built environment, offers a recognizable context in which to see the applications of physics at work. This article considers how a model doll's house might be used to help…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Energy Management, Physics, Toys