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CLEAPSS Supporting Safe and Successful Classroom Physics

  • 7 hours
  • 1 day

Overview

This course assumes a basic level of experience in physics. Technicians who are completely new to supporting physics are recommended to attend the introductory physics courses before attending this course.

This course is run by the Consortium of Local Education Authorities for the Provision of Science Services (CLEAPSS) at IOE, UCL's faculty of education and society.

Who this course is for

It's aimed at secondary-school science laboratory technicians teaching Key Stage 3 and 4 (KS3 and KS4).

Course content

1. Physics Safety 

Hazard identification and risk assessment with demonstrations, including:

  • Lasers
  • Microwaves
  • Ionising radiations
  • Heat
  • Flammable liquids
  • Electrical and mechanical hazards.

2. Practical Workshop

Hands-on activities, with an emphasis on the work often carried out by technicians to support physics teaching.

The list below is subject to change, depending on availability of equipment: 

  • Electricity, a circus of activities which includes work with extra high tension power supplies, transformers and power lines, electron beam tubes and the Van de Graaff generator
  • Low voltage work including using ammeters, voltmeters and multimeters, thermistors, light dependent, resistors and electric motors, model steam engines
  • Ionising radiation, how to set one up and what to look for before each use
  • Waves
  • Pscilloscopes and signal generators
  • The Rubens tube
  • Lasers and LED’s.

Teaching and structure

The course is delivered as a practical workshop.

Entry requirements

You'll need to be the science technician in your school.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, you'll have: 

  • Gained confidence in the support that you provide in teaching physics
  • Understood hazard identification and risk assessment
  • Learned new techniques to support physics teaching.

Certificates

You'll get a certificate of attendance on completing the course.

Costs and booking

Price per participant is £180 and it includes course materials and packed lunch.

If you are not able to pay by credit/debit card, an invoice will be raised for upfront payment. If this is your preferred method of payment, email ioe.shortcourses@ucl.ac.uk to enquiry how to book this course if you wish to pay by invoice.

Course team

Samir Moezzi for CLEAPSS

Samir Moezzi for CLEAPSS

Samir works as an adviser for CLEAPSS.

CLEAPSS provides advice and guidance on all aspects of practical work in science, technology and art. This guidance explores ideas for exciting and engaging practical activities that fire pupils' imaginations and then, unlike many alternative resources, goes on to show teachers and technicians, in detail, how to translate these ideas into safe and exciting classroom experiences.

CLEAPSS has in excess of 28,000 schools and colleges in membership, predominantly in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, where its advice is recognised by HSE, DFE and OFSTED as representing best practice in these areas and as such it is used by employers as the basis for them to discharge their responsibilities under the H&S at work act, 1999.

Course information last modified: 1 Dec 2023, 17:16