Welcome to Research Placements & Experiences (formerly Nuffield Research Placements)
The Research Placements & Experience programme (formerly Nuffield Research Placements) provides engaging, hands-on projects, where Year 12 students have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution towards the work of a host organisation through a well-supervised but independent placement collaboration relating to an area of science, quantitative social science, computing, technology, engineering or maths (or a combination!).
Students can apply via the button below but please make sure you've checked your eligibility requirements
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Which placement?
Students can participate in Research Placements or Experience Placements. Both offer a rewarding experience for enthusiastic and curious young people
Research Placements
Research Placements are 2-week collaborations with a STEM-related knowledge expert on a live research question or area of development. While producing a scientific or technical report and poster, this opportunity ensures that students contribute meaningfully to the host organisation's current work.
Experience Placements
Experience Placements are 5-day explorations with industry experts to identify essential skills needed for employment in a specific STEM sector of interest. While producing a workbook and reflective report, students gain insight into working in
professional environments as well as knowledge of the challenges for different sectors, in turn preparing them for employment.
Employers who are interested in supporting students through a supervised placement can register below. Alternatively, feel free to contact your Regional Coordinating Team to hear more about the benefits of providing a placement and what's involved. Contact details can be found HERE .
The benefits of a Nuffield Research Placement
Title real-world experience.
Challenge yourself with a meaningful and rewarding supervised research project in a professional working environment.
Title Gain new skills
Learn to write a scientific report and develop your research, critical thinking and time management skills.
Title Valuable insight
Gain workplace skills and take an inside look at the sort of careers available to you.
Title Build your confidence
Take responsibility for your own project that’ll be useful to professional scientists, social scientists, engineers, technologists and/or mathematicians.
Title Exploration
Engage in a unique experience with professionals and become more confident working on novel situations.
Title Networking
Connect with your peers and make new network contacts you can keep in touch with in the future.
Previous student experiences
Title Abrar and Mutahir
Abrar and Mutahir talk about their placements at the University of Manchester.
Title Ife and Ian
Watch what happened on Ife and Ian’s placements at UCL.
Title Asma and Senel
Learn more from Asma and Senel about their placements at the Natural History Museum.
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Since 2011 we’ve welcomed students from the Nuffield scheme, who have been getting to grips with research projects at the cutting edge of science.
Since 2011 we’ve welcomed students from the Nuffield scheme , who have been getting to grips with research projects at the cutting edge of science. This year, the students got their hands dirty with a metagenomics project looking at the hidden life in soil.
Article by Georgie Lorenzen, Science Communications Trainee
Year 13 is a critical time for students. With the end of their post-16 education in sight, they must make a decision about what to do next. Whilst many will go on to study higher education courses, choosing which ones to apply for can be a daunting decision; over 50,000 undergraduate courses offered at more than 395 providers in the UK alone. That’s before you count the other options: apprenticeships, degree apprenticeships and higher national diplomas.
One way for students to better equip themselves in navigating this minefield of possibilities is by participating in placements, to get real life work experience. The Nuffield research placement scheme gives sixth form students the opportunity to get a taste of what it’s like to work in the scientific sector. Placements run for 4-6 weeks during the summer holidays, with students working alongside scientists to carry out research and develop both their laboratory and computational skills. It is offered by many different providers in the UK, such as universities and research institutes.
We have been offering placements to Nuffield students since 2011 as both a standalone project provider and in partnerships, such as with the John Innes Centre . Previous projects have covered topics such as circadian rhythms in clocks, sequencing European polecats and generating phylogenetic trees of pathogens.
The Nuffield research placement scheme gives sixth form students the opportunity to get a taste of what it’s like to work in the scientific sector.
This year, it was the turn of Thomas Searle and Anne Bongaerts. Their project involved exploring the use of long read sequencing to sequence the genomes of organisms within a population, working under the supervision of Darren Heavens and Samuel Martin , both from the Leggett group .
Darren, who was the student’s primary supervisor, thinks that having the chance to be a mentor is a great way to help inspire the next generation of scientists: “I have worked with two previous Nuffield students and personally get a great deal from them being here. I was very fortunate that in my first job I had two excellent role models who taught me a great deal about working in a laboratory and I see these placements as an opportunity to give something back.”
What is metagenomics?
Commonly referred to as environmental genomics, metagenomics involves studying the genomes of multiple species within a community without the need for obtaining a pure culture.
This could be a sample of the bacteria which make up our gut microbiome, or those found in an environmental sample, such as that from a river. These samples will contain the DNA from a range of species, some of which may have not been sequenced before.
The nature of these samples can make traditional, short-read sequencing difficult. That’s because the genome assembly step is harder when there is DNA from lots of different organisms - particularly if you don’t know what the organisms are!
Developing bioinformatics pipelines is one way that scientists are working to harness the data collected from metagenomic DNA samples. Another method is using long-read sequencing, such as nanopore technologies from Illumina, which read DNA strands in one go as opposed to chopping it up first.
I caught up with Thomas, a student at Thorpe St Andrew sixth form in Norwich, on his last day at EI to find out how the experience had impacted him.
What were you studying?
“We extracted DNA from a soil sample, then used electrophoresis to separate a sample of the DNA into twelve different size fractions. We then investigated if that made a difference to community composition when we sequenced and analysed it.”
We extracted DNA from a soil sample, then used electrophoresis to separate a sample of the DNA into twelve different size fractions.
What have you learned during the placement?
“I'd never done anything to do with DNA sequencing or metagenomics before so everything was brand new! I feel like the project was a really good way of learning about it. I've learned firsthand the importance of good planning and hopefully I've developed my scientific writing a little bit too.”
What was the most interesting part of the placement?
“I thought that using the HPC was really exciting and I definitely feel like I underestimated the importance of computational biology.”
I thought that using the HPC was really exciting and I definitely feel like I underestimated the importance of computational biology.
What did you think of EI?
“EI is incredibly welcoming and everyone here has been really lovely. I think it was a great insight into the working environment. I definitely appreciated the coffee machine and the table football!”
Sowing a seed
The experience has encouraged Thomas to consider the importance of bioinformatics in biological research as he continues his academic studies:
“I was already quite interested in bioinformatics and learning about it at EI has made me want to focus more on being a mathematically and computer literate biologist in the future.”
Not only was the placement a positive experience for the students, Sam told me that he felt it was valuable for the researchers that they worked with, too:
“I haven’t hosted Nuffield students before, but I think it is useful for the institute in terms of outreach, and also for me, personally, to develop teaching and mentoring skills. I was impressed by how quickly the students learned the new skills necessary for the analysis we performed, and how enthusiastic they were to go beyond what I had planned.”
Darren added, “I have really enjoyed seeing them grow as scientists and observe the dynamic of how they worked together. I think that Setpoint do a good job in identifying students with immense potential and this year was no different.”
I was already quite interested in bioinformatics and learning about it at EI has made me want to focus more on being a mathematically and computer literate biologist in the future.
~ Thomas Searle, Nuffield Research Placement Student (2019)
How can you get involved as a student or researcher?
Fancy doing a Nuffield placement in the future? There is a strict application criteria, so you’ll need to speak to your teachers first to check your eligibility. Applications are made via an online application process. They do not come directly to EI, but rather a local administration group. Read more about applying here .
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Delve into a wide range of chemical concepts and processes with this collection of over 200 step-by-step practicals
Developed by the Nuffield Foundation and the Royal Society of Chemistry, each resource contains detailed information for teachers and technicians.
‘Dissolving’ polystyrene in acetone
In association with Nuffield Foundation
Investigate what happens to polystyrene when it is placed in propanone (acetone) in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
‘Magic’ writing with colour changing reactions
Reveal invisible messages or pictures drawn with aqueous solutions by spraying them with suitable reagents in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
A chromate–dichromate equilibrium
Try this class practical to investigate an equilibrium between chromate(VI), dichromate(VI) and hydrogen ions. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
A controlled explosion using hydrogen and air
Show how a hydrogen–air mixture can gain explosive properties using a plastic drink bottle in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
A hydrogen powered rocket
Try this spectacular demonstration to make a rocket using a plastic drink bottle fuelled by hydrogen and air. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
A microscale acid–base titration
Use microscale titration to complete an acid–base neutralisation with sodium hydroxide in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
A microscale oxidation of alcohols
Use this practical to investigate the oxidation reactions of various alcohols with acidified potassium dichromate. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
A red–blue oscillating reaction
Use this practical or demonstration to provide a visual illustration of an oscillating reaction and redox equilibria. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
A reversible reaction of hydrated copper(II) sulfate
A class practical which investigates the reversible reaction of hydrated copper(II) sulfate. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
A simple oscillating reaction
Use this demonstration to illustrate an oscillating reaction as bromate ions oxidise malonic acid to carbon dioxide. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
A solid–solid reaction between lead nitrate and potassium iodide
Use this demonstration with kit list and safety instructions to prove that two solids can react together, making lead iodide from lead nitrate and potassium iodide.
A spontaneous exothermic reaction
Illustrate the reaction between glycerol and potassium manganate(VII) to produce flames and steam in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
A test to distinguish between ethanol and methanol
A class practical to distinguish between methanol and ethanol using the iodoform reaction. Includes kit list, safety instructions, procedure and teaching notes.
A thermometric titration
Use this class practical to practise locating end-points in titration by measuring temperature during the reaction. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Acid or alkali? Acidic or alkaline? A litmus paper test
Test a variety of substances to see if they are acidic or alkaline, using litmus paper as the indicator. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Addition polymerisation with phenylethene
Use this practical or demonstration as an example of addition polymerisation using phenylethene to form polyphenylethene. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Allotropes of sulfur
Use this practical to explore the changes in the colour and consistency of sulfur as you heat it, melt it and eventually boil it. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Ammonia fountain demonstration
Try this experiment to make a miniature chemical fountain using only soluble ammonia and atmospheric pressure. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Ammonium dichromate volcano
Try this demonstration to create a mini volcanic eruption illustrating the decomposition of ammonium dichromate. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
An equilibrium using copper(II) and ammonia
Try this practical to explore an equilibrium involving copper(II) ions, with copper(II) sulfate, ammonia and sulfuric acid. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Anodising aluminium
Explore an application of electrolysis in this demonstration by anodising aluminium to improve corrosion resistance. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Burning money: what makes combustion happen?
Surprise your students by soaking a piece of paper (or an old £5 note) in ethanol and water and igniting it. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Cannon fire
Increase the rate of burning with the inclusion of oxygen, in this loud exothermic practical
Carbon filtration and activated charcoal
Try this practical to remove objectionable tastes and odours from water using carbon in the form of activated charcoal. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Catalysing the reaction of sodium thiosulfate and hydrogen peroxide
Illustrate the effect of a catalyst as sodium thiosulfate is oxidised by hydrogen peroxide in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Catalysis of a sodium thiosulfate and iron(III) nitrate reaction
Investigate the effect of transition metal catalysts on the reaction between iron(III) nitrate and sodium thiosulfate. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Catalysis of the reaction between zinc and sulfuric acid
Compare the rate of reaction between zinc and sulfuric acid with copper as a catalyst in this simple class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Catalysts for the thermal decomposition of potassium chlorate
Try this demonstration to investigate the effectiveness of various catalysts for the decomposition of potassium chlorate. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Catalytic oxidation of potassium sodium tartrate
Use this demonstration to illustrate catalysis of the oxidation of potassium sodium tartrate by hydrogen peroxide. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Chemiluminescence of luminol: a cold light experiment
Show how the energy of a chemical reaction can be given out as light. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Chromatography of sweets | 11–14 years
In association with Nuffield Foundation , By Holly Walsh and Sandrine Bouchelkia
Try this class practical to carry out chromatography using dye from different coloured M&M’s®. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Colourful reactions using ammonia solution
Turn ammonia solution red, white or blue by adding phenolphthalein, lead nitrate or copper(II) sulfate in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Colourimetric determination of copper ore
Use this practical to introduce students to the determination of copper ore by colourimetry using copper(II) sulfate. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Combustion of ethanol
Illustrate the large energy changes that take place during the combustion of alcohols with this spectacular demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Combustion of hydrogen in air
Try this demonstration or class experiment to investigate how varying amounts of fuel and oxygen affect combustion. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Comparing heat energy from burning alcohols
Investigate the amounts of heat energy produced by the combustion of different alcohols in this class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Comparing light- and heavy-duty detergents
Try this set of experiments to compare the effects of light- and heavy-duty detergents with different pH values. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Comparing the melting points of solder, tin and lead
Test the melting points of lead, tin and solder to investigate solder as a solid mixture and alloy in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Corrosion in different atmospheric conditions
Try this practical to test the corrosion of metals in dry air, moist air and air polluted by acidic sulfur dioxide. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Cracking hydrocarbons in liquid paraffin with a catalyst
Model the industrial process of cracking larger hydrocarbons to produce smaller alkanes in this demonstration or class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Cracking hydrocarbons on a microscale
Use this microscale experiment to illustrate hydrocarbon cracking using paraffin, bromine water and aluminium oxide. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Dehydration of ethanol to form ethene
Use this class practical or demonstration to produce ethene gas as an example of an unsaturated hydrocarbon. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Detecting starch in food on a microscale
Test different foodstuffs for the presence of starch using iodine in this microscale class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Detergents, soaps and surface tension
A series of brief experiments on the effects of detergents and soaps on the surface tension of purified and hard water. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Determining relative molecular mass by weighing gases
Use this demonstration to determine the relative molecular masses of different gases using the ideal gas equation. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Determining the relative atomic mass of magnesium
Use this practical to determine the relative atomic mass of magnesium using its reaction with hydrochloric acid. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Determining the relative molecular mass of butane
Use this demonstration to calculate the relative molecular mass of butane using simple apparatus. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Diffusion in liquids
Demonstrate that diffusion takes place in liquids in this practical using lead nitrate and potassium iodide. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Diffusion of gases: ammonia and hydrogen chloride
A demonstration to show the diffusion of gases, using ammonia solution and hydrochloric acid. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Displacement reactions between metals and their salts
Students will investigate competition reactions of metals and determine a reactivity series of the four metals used. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Displacement reactions of non-metals
Investigate a displacement series of non-metals using oxygen and chlorine in this class practical or demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Dissolved substances in tap water and seawater
Compare the solids and gases dissolved in tap water and seawater in this class practical and demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Distribution of iodine between two immiscible solvents
Use this class experiment or demonstration to create an equilibrium distribution using iodine in two immiscible solvents. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Dyeing three colours from the same dye bath
Show how dyeing involves chemical interactions between dyes and the molecular nature of different fibres in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Electrolysis of brine
Use this colourful practical to introduce students to the electrolysis of brine, or sodium chloride solution. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Electrolysis of copper(II) sulfate solution
Explore the electrolysis of copper(II) sulfate solution and related industrial processes with this class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Electrolysis of molten lead(II) bromide
Introduce your students to the study of electrolysis through the production of metallic lead and bromine in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Electrolysis of molten zinc chloride
Try this demonstration to show how an ionic salt will conduct electricity when molten but not when solid. Includes kit list, video and safety instructions.
Emulsifiers in the kitchen
Test a range of common ingredients to see which ones stabilise an oil and water emulsion in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Endothermic solid–solid reactions
Observe an endothermic reaction between two solids in this demonstration or class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Energy content in foods
Try this class experiment to investigate how much energy different foods contain. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Equilibria involving carbon dioxide in aqueous solution
Use this demonstration or class practical to illustrate changes to equilibria in carbonated soda water. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Estimating the concentration of bleach
Compare the chlorine content and concentration of sodium hypochlorite in different bleaches in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Exothermic metal displacement reactions
Try this class experiment to explore what happens when different metals are added to a copper(II) sulfate solution. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Exothermic metal–acid reactions
Use this class practical to explore the temperature changes resulting from adding different metals to hydrochloric acid. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Exothermic or endothermic? Classifying reactions
Decide whether various reactions are exothermic or endothermic by measuring temperature change in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Exothermic redox reaction of zinc with iodine
Using an exothermic redox reaction between zinc and iodine, student will make zinc iodide. This can be reversed using electrolysis to decompose the compound.
Exploding a tin can using methane
Use this demonstration to illustrate how methane can create an explosive mixture with the oxygen in air. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Exploding bubbles of hydrogen and oxygen
Create a small explosion in this demonstration by electrolysing water to produce hydrogen and oxygen bubbles. Includes kit list, video and safety instructions.
Extracting copper from copper(II) carbonate
Use this practical to produce copper from copper(II) carbonate, modelling the extraction of copper from malachite. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Extracting iodine from seaweed
Discover how ribbon seaweed (or kelp) can be used as a source of iodine in this demonstration or class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Extracting iron from breakfast cereal
Try this class practical or demonstration to extract food-grade iron from breakfast cereals using neodymium magnets. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Extracting metals with charcoal
Try this class practical to illustrate the idea of competition reactions between metals and carbon. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Extraction of iron on a match head
Try this practical as a small scale example of metal extraction, reducing iron(III) oxide with carbon on a match head. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Fat-pan fires and the conditions for combustion
Use this demonstration to illustrate the conditions required to start combustion, and how to put out a pan fire safely. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Fermentation of glucose using yeast | 14–16 years
In association with Nuffield Foundation , By Neil Goalby
Use this class practical to investigate the fermentation of glucose by yeast and test for ethanol. Includes kit list, safety instructions, questions and answers
Finding the formula of copper(II) oxide
Use this class practical with your students to deduce the formula of copper(II) oxide from its reduction by methane. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Finding the formula of hydrated copper(II) sulfate
In this experiment students will measure the mass of hydrated copper(II) sulfate before and after heating and use mole calculations to find the formula.
Flame colours: a demonstration
Explore how different elements rect when exposed to a flame, and discuss how alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and metal salts change the colour of fire.
Floating and sinking bubbles
Make bubbles of carbon dioxide, hydrogen or methane in this demonstration exploring density, diffusion and solubility. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Generating, collecting and testing gases
Read our standard guidance on generating, collecting and testing gases during practical experiments, including carbon dioxide, hydrogen, oxygen and chlorine.
Halogen reactions with iron wool
Illustrate an exothermic redox reaction by heating iron wool with chlorine, bromine and iodine with this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Halogens in aqueous solution and their displacement reactions
Explore the chemical properties of halogens using this demonstration or class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Handling liquid bromine and preparing bromine water
Find out how to handle liquid bromine and prepare bromine water safely using these health, safety and technical notes.
Heating chocolate and egg
Use this practical to introduce students to physical and chemical changes and the safe use of Bunsen burners. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Heating copper in air
Explore the reaction of copper with oxygen, producing copper oxide, when a copper envelope is heated in air in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Heating group 1 metals in air and in chlorine
Use this demonstration to illustrate the reactions of lithium, sodium and potassium in air and in chlorine. Includes kit list, video and safety instructions.
How can hardness in water be removed?
Investigate the effects of three treatments for softening hard water in this class practical and demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
How much oxygen is used when iron wool rusts?
Try this practical to investigate how much oxygen is used in rusting and calculate the percentage of oxygen in air. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Hydrogels in plant water storage crystals
Investigate plant water storage crystals as one application of hydrogels in this fun class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Identifying polymers by density
Investigate and identify a variety of polymers used in everyday materials by testing their density in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Identifying the products of combustion
Illustrate the presence of water and carbon dioxide in the products of hydrocarbon combustion in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Identifying the products of electrolysis
Try this class experiment to carry out the electrolysis of various solutions and investigate the products formed. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Indicators and dry ice demonstration
Create bubbles, ‘fog’ and a colour change adding dry ice to alkaline ammonia or sodium hydroxide solution in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Investigating hydrogels in nappies and hair gel
Investigate hydrogels as polymeric smart materials in this series of activities using nappies and hair gel. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Investigating the role of water in acidity
Try this practical or demonstration to explore the importance of water for acidity using hydrogen chloride and methylbenzene. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Investigating the solubility of lead halides
Encourage students to make and test predictions about the pattern of solubility among lead halides in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Iodine clock reaction demonstration method
Use this iodine clock reaction demonstration to introduce your students to rates of reaction and kinetics. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Iron and sulfur reaction
This demonstration or class experiment shows the exothermic reaction of iron and sulphur. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Leaf chromatography
Try this class practical to use paper chromatography to separate and investigate the pigments in a leaf. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Liquefying chlorine gas
Use this demonstration to produce liquid chlorine and compare it with bromine and iodine in their condensed state. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Making a crystal garden
Create chemical gardens with your students by growing crystals of coloured silicates in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Making a pH indicator using red cabbage
Try this class practical to make a pH indicator from red cabbage with your students. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Making a photographic print using silver chloride
Try this practical or demonstration to create a photographic image of an object using light sensitive silver chloride. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Making and testing ammonia
In this experiment, students make ammonia, investigate its solubility in water and test its alkaline nature. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Making esters from alcohols and acids
Investigate the reactions between a range of alcohols and acids by producing a variety of esters in this class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Making glass
Try this class practical to make samples of glass using lead oxide, zinc oxide and boric acid. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Making glue from milk
Try this class practical to prepare a polymer glue from milk using the protein casein. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Making magnesium carbonate: the formation of an insoluble salt in water
Students react magnesium sulfate and sodium carbonate to form magnesium carbonate, which is insoluble in water. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Making plastic from potato starch
Try this class practical to make a plastic using potato starch and investigate the effects of adding a ‘plasticiser’. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Making rayon
Use this demonstration to produce rayon fibres in the classroom using cotton wool or filter paper. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Making soaps and detergents using castor oil
Try this class practical to make a soap or detergent using castor oil and either sodium hydroxide or sulfuric acid. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Making solder as an alloy of tin and lead
Try this practical to make solder by heating together the metals tin and lead before investigating the alloy’s properties. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Melting and freezing stearic acid
In this class practical students take the temperature of stearic acid at regular intervals as they heat and cool it. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Microscale extraction of copper
Try this practical to reduce copper(II) oxide to copper using hydrogen, revealing their positions in the reactivity series. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Microscale reactions of positive ions with sodium hydroxide
Try this microscale practical exploring the reactions of various positive ions with sodium hydroxide. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Microscale oxidation of cyclohexanol by potassium dichromate(VI)
Use this quick class experiment to observe the oxidation of cyclohexanol to produce cyclohexanone. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Microscale preparation of ethyl benzoate
Try this class practical to prepare the ester ethyl benzoate on a microscale by warming ethanol and benzoic acid. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Modelling alloys with plasticine
Try this class activity to explore how alloying can be used to change the properties of a metal. Includes kit list and teaching notes.
Modelling the greenhouse effect
Use this demonstration to illustrate the greenhouse effect and the role of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Neutralising an acidic solution
Use this simple practical to illustrate the pH and temperature changes as an acidic solution is neutralised. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Oxidation of ethanol
In this class practical, ethanol is oxidised by acidified sodium dichromate to form ethanal and then ethanoic acid. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Phenol-methanal polymerisiation
Make Bakelite in class and investigate its properties using phenol, methanal and ethanoic acid in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Preferential discharge of cations during electrolysis
Use this practical to show that metal cations are preferentially discharged, in relation to the metal’s position in the reactivity series. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Preparing a soluble salt by neutralisation
In this practical, students react alkaline ammonia with sulfuric acid to form the soluble salt ammonium sulfate. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Preparing an insoluble salt in a precipitation reaction
Produce an insoluble salt precipitate by reacting two soluble metal salts together in this class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Preparing and using cobalt chloride indicator papers
Make your own cobalt chloride indicator papers, which can be used to test for the presence of water. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Preparing salts by neutralisation of oxides and carbonates
Try these class experiments to illustrate the production of soluble salts from insoluble metal oxides and carbonates. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Preventing rust
Try this practical to test methods for preventing rust on iron nails, including painting, greasing and sacrificial protection. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Properties of alkali metal compounds
Try this class practical to explore the physical and chemical properties of various alkali metal compounds. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Purifying an impure solid
Purify alum as an example of obtaining a pure chemical from an impure sample in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
PVA polymer slime
In this fun class experiment student will make slime by adding borax solution to PVA. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Quantitative electrolysis of aqueous copper(II) sulfate
Use this demonstration to find the value of the Faraday constant from electrolysis of copper(II) sulfate solution. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Rate of evaporation
Use this class practical to measure and compare the rate of evaporation of propanone under different conditions. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Rate of reaction of potassium manganate(VII) and oxalic acid
Investigate the effect of surface area or concentration on rate of reaction using oxalic acid in rhubarb and potassium manganate(VII). Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Reacting aluminium and iodine
Illustrate the spectacular reaction between aluminium and iodine with water as a catalyst in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Reacting copper(II) oxide with sulfuric acid
Illustrate the reaction of an insoluble metal oxide with a dilute acid to produce crystals of a soluble salt in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Reacting magnesium with copper(II) oxide
Illustrate reduction, oxidation and the relative reactivity of magnesium and copper(II) oxide in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Reacting zinc and copper(II) oxide
Illustrate competition reactions using the exothermic reaction between copper(II) oxide and zinc in this class demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Reactions of chlorine with water or halide ions
Generate chlorine gas on a microscale and investigate its reactions with water or halide ions in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Reactions of chlorine, bromine and iodine with aluminium
Try this demonstration to produce some spectacular exothermic redox reactions by reacting aluminium with halogens. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Reactions of metals with acids producing salts
Explore the production of hydrogen gas and salts when metals react with acids in this class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Reactivity trends of the alkali metals
Use this experiment to demonstrate the trend in reactivity down group 1 of the Periodic Table, exploring the physical and chemical properties of the alkali metals.
Rechargeable cells: the lead–acid accumulator
Use this practical to demonstrate the chemistry behind rechargeable batteries, using a lead–acid accumulator cell. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Recovering water from a solution using a condenser
Use this demonstration to show how pure water can be recovered from copper sulfate solution using a condenser. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Recovering water from copper(II) sulfate solution
Try this practical to introduce students to aqueous solutions by distilling water from copper(II) sulfate solution. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Separating salts from seawater
Try this simple practical to show that seawater contains a mixture of different salts. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Separating sand and salt by filtering and evaporation
Try this class experiment to practise manipulating mixtures of soluble and insoluble materials by separating sand and salt. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Silver and lead halides
Try this practical or demonstration to produce silver and lead halides in a series of precipitation reactions. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Sodium ethanoate ‘stalagmite’
Quickly grow your own ‘stalagmite’ from a supersaturated solution of sodium ethanoate in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Solubility patterns of halogen anions
Try this microscale practical to identify and explain patterns in the solubility of fluoride, chloride, bromide and iodide anions. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Solubility trends of metal halides
Investigate patterns in the solubility of halides of silver and some Group 1 and 2 metals in this microscale practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Sulfuric acid as a dehydrating agent
Try these two demonstrations to illustrate the difference between dehydration and drying using sulfuric acid. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Supercooling and the energetics of freezing
Explore what happens when a liquid is supercooled using sodium thiosulfate in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Testing for catalase enzymes
Try this class experiment to detect the presence of enzymes as they catalyse the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Testing the pH of different solutions
Use this practical to reinforce students’ understanding of pH by preparing and testing acidic and alkaline solutions. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Testing the pH of oxides
Use this class practical to investigate the pH of different metal and non-metal oxides using a universal indicator. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Testing the hardness of water
Try this practical with your students to measure the hardness of water samples and investigate the effect of boiling. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The ‘blue bottle’ experiment
In this demonstration, the redox indicator Methylene blue can be oxidised many times by shaking. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The ‘breathalyser’ reaction | 16–18 years
In association with Nuffield Foundation , By Tim Jolliff and Sandrine Bouchelkia
Try this demonstration to recreate an early ‘breathalyser’ test, passing ethanol vapour through potassium dichromate. Includes kit list and safety instructions
The ‘Old Nassau’ or Halloween clock reaction
Illustrate dramatic colour changes as a result of redox and precipitation reactions in this vivid demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The ‘whoosh’ bottle demonstration
This exciting demonstration is a combustion reaction where a mixture of alcohol and air in a large bottle is ignited. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The acidic reactions of ethanoic acid
Explore the properties of ethanoic acid as a weak organic acid in this class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The change in mass when magnesium burns
A class practical to measure the change in mass when magnesium burns and to find the formula of magnesium oxide. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The chemistry of cooking potatoes
Use this class practical to investigate what happens to potatoes and potato cells when they are boiled. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The combustion of iron wool
Try this quick teacher demonstration to demonstrate the increase in mass as iron wool is heated in air. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The composition and formula of water
Try this demonstration to determine the formula of water through the reaction of copper(II) oxide with hydrogen. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The conversion of alcohols to halogenoalkanes
Try this practical or demonstration to produce bromoethane in a substitution reaction between ethanol and phosphorus tribromide. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The cornflour ‘bomb’
Create a small explosion inside a tin can using cornflour in this demonstration, illustrating energy transformation. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The density of carbon dioxide
Illustrate the higher density of carbon dioxide relative to air by pouring it over a lighted candle in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The density of ice
Demonstrate to students what happens as ice cubes floating on oil start to melt and the density of the water changes. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The effect of concentration and temperature on an equilibrium | Le Chatelier’s principle
Try this demonstration to illustrate how changing chlorine concentration or temperature shifts the position of an equilibrium. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The effect of concentration on equilibrium | Le Chatelier’s principle
Illustrate the reversible reaction between bismuth(III) oxychloride and bismuth(III) chloride in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The effect of pressure and temperature on equilibrium | Le Chatelier’s principle
Try this demonstration to explore the effects of pressure and temperature on an equilibrium mixture with your students. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The equilibrium between two coloured cobalt species
In this demonstration the equilibrium between two different coloured cobalt species is disturbed. Le Chatelier’s principle is used to predict a colour change.
The formation of a sol
Convert a rusty-brown precipitate of iron(III) hydroxide into a cherry-red iron(III) oxide sol in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The fractional distillation of crude oil
Try this class practical or demonstration to simulate the industrial fractional distillation of crude oil. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The hydration of alkenes
Try this demonstration and class practical to illustrate the addition reactions of alkenes, with the preparation and purification of an organic liquid.
The migration of ions during electrolysis of potassium manganate(VII)
Try this class practical to investigate the migration of ions during electrolysis as evidence for the ionic model. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The properties of alcohols
Ethanol and propan-1-ol are tested for pH, reaction with sodium, combustion and oxidation with acidified dichromate(VI) solution. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The properties of hydrogen chloride
Use this demonstration and practical to investigate properties of hydrogen chloride, such as its solubility in water. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The rate of reaction of magnesium with hydrochloric acid
A class practical on reacting magnesium with hydrochloric acid and how to measure the rate of reaction. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The reaction of aluminium and copper(II) sulfate
Try this practical or demonstration to illustrate the displacement of copper from copper sulfate using aluminium foil, with kit list and safety instructions.
The reaction of carbon dioxide with water
Form a weak acid from the reaction of carbon dioxide with water in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The reaction of ethyne with chlorine
Try this teacher demonstration with your students to illustrate the spontaneous reaction of ethyne and chlorine. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The reactivity of iron
Illustrate iron’s position in the reactivity series by heating it with copper and magnesium oxides in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The silver mirror test with Tollens’ reagent
Try this practical to explore the mirror-making reaction between silver nitrate (Tollens’ reagent) and glucose. Includes kit list, video and safety instructions.
The structure and properties of chocolate
Investigate how melting chocolate changes its structure and affects properties like taste, texture and melting point. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The sublimation of air freshener | 11–14 years
In association with Nuffield Foundation , By Dorothy Warren
Use this experiment to demonstrate sublimation, showing how solid air freshener changes directly from a solid to a gas. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The thermal properties of water
Explore water’s boiling point, specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
The thermite reaction between aluminium and iron(III) oxide
Illustrate a highly exothermic thermite reaction resulting in molten iron in this teacher demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Thermal decomposition of calcium carbonate
A class practical on the thermal decomposition of calcium carbonate. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Thermal decomposition of nitrates: ‘writing with fire’
Make an invisible message ‘glow’ by applying a lighted splint to filter paper treated with sodium nitrate in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Thermal decomposition of metal carbonates
Use this class practical to compare the thermal stabilities of carbonates of reactive and less reactive metals. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Titrating sodium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid
Use this class practical to explore titration, producing the salt sodium chloride with sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Turning ‘red wine’ into ‘water’
Use acidified potassium permanganate – or ‘red wine’ – to make ‘water’, ‘milk’ and ‘lemonade’ in this engaging demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Turning copper coins into ‘silver’ and ‘gold’
Perform what looks like alchemy with ordinary copper coins in this teacher demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Universal indicator ‘rainbow’
Try this demonstration to create a rainbow effect using universal indicator, hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Unsaturation in fats and oils
Use this class practical to investigate the amounts of unsaturated fats and oils in different foods. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Urea-methanal polymerisation
Explore condensation polymerisation by creating and investigating the properties of a thermosetting polymer in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Using indigestion tablets to neutralise an acid
Investigate and measure the neutralising effect of indigestion tablets on hydrochloric acid in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Water expands when it freezes
Use this demonstration to show that water expands when it freezes, showing students how it can break a bottle. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
What are the dissolved solids in seawater?
Analyse the salts that crystallise from evaporating seawater, illustrating cation and anion tests in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
What causes iron to rust?
Use this class experiment to help students investigate what conditions are needed for iron to rust. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
What ions cause hardness in water?
Investigate how different cations and anions in dissolved salts affect the formation of a lather in this experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
What makes a substance acidic?
Try these experiments to investigate acidity and learn how the acidic properties of some substances require water. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Where is carbon in the reactivity series?
Determine the position of carbon in the reactivity series by heating with metal oxides in this practical and demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Which substances conduct electricity?
In this class practical, students test the conductivity of covalent and ionic substances in solid and molten states. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
Yeast and the expansion of bread dough
Try this class practical to investigate how temperature affects yeast and the expansion of bread dough. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Solar eclipse 2024: Follow the path of totality
Solar eclipse, hundreds of balloons go airborne to witness the eclipse from the edge of space.
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Hundreds of balloons are being launched into the path of the eclipse as part of a program to educate students. Meredith Rizzo for NPR hide caption
Hundreds of balloons are being launched into the path of the eclipse as part of a program to educate students.
For millions of Americans, spring weather is making this eclipse a nail-biter: Will clouds spoil their view?
But that's not the case for the roughly 650 balloons being launched today by the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project . The high-altitude balloons are traveling at altitudes anywhere between 70,000 and 115,000 feet. Those altitudes are more than twice that of commercial airlines and far above the cloud tops. (The balloons are also made of biodegradable latex, so they won't harm the environment).
On eclipse day, hundreds of students will send up balloons for science
On board are instruments built primarily by undergraduate science and engineering students. Teams from more than 75 institutions are launching balloons from points all along the path of totality.
The eclipse offers a unique opportunity to study the atmosphere, says Mary Bowden, a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Maryland. The moon's shadow cools a column of air that will move from south to north across the U.S., mixing things up.
"The eclipse itself is kind of stirring up the atmosphere as it traverses across the country," Bowden says. "What we're looking for is the signature, or the effect, of the movement of the shadow."
Students prepare a practice balloon for launch late last month. The ballooning project offers an opportunity for them to learn many skills they might someday use for space probes and satellites. Meredith Rizzo for NPR hide caption
Students prepare a practice balloon for launch late last month. The ballooning project offers an opportunity for them to learn many skills they might someday use for space probes and satellites.
The balloon project also offers a unique opportunity for students to learn how to build things that must operate in extreme environments, work in a large group and troubleshoot problems on the fly — all skills that could someday be used for everything from satellites to deep space exploration.
The Maryland team will launch its balloons from Portland, Ind. It hopes to share views from above on a livestream .
"Hopefully we'll have livestream video from the balloon in flight," says Daniel Grammer, a junior who will direct today's balloon launch for the team. "You'll see the shadow move across the Earth, and it'll be super cool to look at."
NPR will be sharing highlights from across the NPR Network throughout the day if you're unable to get out and see it in real time.
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ActEarly: new citizen science project in Tower Hamlets
12 April 2024
New citizen science project in Tower Hamlets will see local residents design and deliver research investigating ActEarly themes
Tower Hamlets Council and the UCL Citizen Science Academy are joining forces to train local residents to become social scientists in their own neighbourhoods.
Around 10 residents will be employed part-time while they are trained and supported to design their own research connected to ActEarly - a major prevention research programme that aims to improve the life chances of children by focusing on improving the environments that influence their health. Research will also be developed in direct connection with Council teams, ensuring the production of useful knowledge to inform policymaking in the east London borough.
Communities involved in ActEarly are keen to have a more central role in research – identifying local priorities, setting research questions, and carrying out research and analysis. This project will explore how citizen science can bring new insights about lived experiences and concerns of local communities to ActEarly themes, and the Council’s new Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC). It will also demonstrate a more bottom-up implementation of the ActEarly Co-Production strategy.
The programme is currently being co-designed with a range of local stakeholders, with recruitment of this new cohort of citizen scientists taking place in later Summer 2024.
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Title: realm: reference resolution as language modeling.
Abstract: Reference resolution is an important problem, one that is essential to understand and successfully handle context of different kinds. This context includes both previous turns and context that pertains to non-conversational entities, such as entities on the user's screen or those running in the background. While LLMs have been shown to be extremely powerful for a variety of tasks, their use in reference resolution, particularly for non-conversational entities, remains underutilized. This paper demonstrates how LLMs can be used to create an extremely effective system to resolve references of various types, by showing how reference resolution can be converted into a language modeling problem, despite involving forms of entities like those on screen that are not traditionally conducive to being reduced to a text-only modality. We demonstrate large improvements over an existing system with similar functionality across different types of references, with our smallest model obtaining absolute gains of over 5% for on-screen references. We also benchmark against GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, with our smallest model achieving performance comparable to that of GPT-4, and our larger models substantially outperforming it.
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Nuffield Science Activities for GCSE
The three packs of Nuffield Science activity sheets were designed to match the National Curriculum Science at Key stage Four from 1996. The ideas were drawn from materials produced by various Nuffield projects over the previous ten years.
Each pack contains activities which exemplify the Nuffield approach to learning science. Many of the activities require apparatus and laboratory facilities. Others lend themselves to group discussion or private study at school or at home.
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Nuffield Biology Activities for GCSE
This pack of Nuffield Biology activity sheets was designed to match the National Curriculum Science: Biology at Key stage Four from 1996. The ideas were drawn from materials produced by various Nuffield projects over the previous ten years. The pack includes student...
Nuffield Chemistry Activities for GCSE
This pack of Nuffield Chemistry activity sheets was designed to match the National Curriculum Science: Chemistry at Key stage Four from 1996. The ideas were drawn from materials produced by various Nuffield projects over the previous ten years. The pack includes student...
Nuffield Physics Activities for GCSE
This pack of Nuffield Physics activity sheets was designed to match the National Curriculum Science: Physics at Key stage Four from 1996. The ideas were drawn from materials produced by various Nuffield projects over the previous ten years. The pack includes student sheets for 97 different activities.
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The Research Placements & Experience programme (formerly Nuffield Research Placements) provides engaging, hands-on projects, where Year 12 students have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution towards the work of a host organisation through a well-supervised but independent placement collaboration relating to an area of science, quantitative social science, computing, technology ...
Nuffield Research Placements are funded by the Nuffield Foundation and delivered by STEM Learning. They are engaging, hands-on research projects, where students have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution towards the work of a host organisation. They are a fantastic opportunity for students to apply skills and knowledge learned at ...
Nuffield Research Placements (NRP), formerly known as Nuffield Science Bursaries, has supported approximately 20,000 post-16 students over the last 25 years to engage in real life research working alongside Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths ' (STEM) professionals. The collaborative nature of NRPs has seen young people work on a range ...
Since 1962, the Foundation has supported major curriculum projects and the creation of a wealth of teaching resources across STEM subjects and beyond. Our work in education includes funding research and supporting its translation into policy and practice. The Foundation has supported some 60 major curriculum projects and countless smaller ones ...
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The Nuffield project is the brainchild of the Nuffield Foundation set up by founder of Morris Motors, William Morris, Lord Nuffield in 1943; funding research for better social policy in education, welfare and justice. ... Institute, the foundation also seeks to provide opportunities for young people to develop skills and confidence in science ...
Nuffield Research Placements provide over 1,100 students each year with the opportunity to work alongside professional scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians. Nuffield Research Placements take place in your summer holidays after Year 12. You will work on a project that relates to an area of science, quantitative social science, computing, technology, engineering or maths (or
Results so far - initial findings from the evaluation. Nuffield Research Placements have a positive impact on participants' access to STEM higher education courses. Nearly a third (32%) of participants enrolled in a STEM course in a Russell Group institution, compared to 25% of comparable pupils with similar demographic background and ...
Since 2011 we've welcomed students from the Nuffield scheme, who have been getting to grips with research projects at the cutting edge of science. This year, the students got their hands dirty with a metagenomics project looking at the hidden life in soil.
For over 25 years Nuffield Research Placements (NRP) have matched thousands of students to thought provoking research projects. By taking part in the Nuffield Research Placements programme, high attaining year 12 (or equivalent) students have the opportunity to carry out STEM research in a professional setting.
Nuffield Research Placements (NRPs) are 2-week collaborations with a STEM-related knowledge expert on a live research question or area of development. While producing a scientific or technical report and poster, this opportunity ensures that students contribute meaningfully to the host organisation's current work.
Fermentation of glucose using yeast | 14-16 years. In association with Nuffield Foundation, By Neil Goalby. Use this class practical to investigate the fermentation of glucose by yeast and test for ethanol. Includes kit list, safety instructions, questions and answers.
The Ordinary-level Nuffield physics project, developed between 1962 and 1966 for academic pupils in grammar schools, was one of the most interesting and innovative projects of the 1960s. It had ...
The Nuffield Science Teaching Project was a programme to develop a better approach to teaching science in British secondary schools, under the auspices of the Nuffield Foundation. Although not intended as a curriculum, it gave rise to alternative national examinations, and its use of discovery learning was influential in the 1960s and 1970s.
On board are instruments built primarily by undergraduate science and engineering students. Teams from more than 75 institutions are launching balloons from points all along the path of totality.
A well-supervised but independent research project relating to an area of science, quantitative . social science, computing, technology, engineering or maths (or a combination!). ... • A personal statement outlining your interest in completing a Nuffield Research Placement.
The National Science Foundation is testing a new approach to research security by reviewing proposals in quantum information science, which may use facilities such as IBM's quantum computer. ... Jason recommends that national security be folded into the second criterion, which is intended to capture how a research project might also benefit ...
We provide access to outputs from all our research projects and work to strengthen their collective impact. View all projects. 12 of 558 results. Filter. Nuffield Foundation research aims to improve social well-being by funding research and innovation in education, justice and welfare.
Communities involved in ActEarly are keen to have a more central role in research - identifying local priorities, setting research questions, and carrying out research and analysis. This project will explore how citizen science can bring new insights about lived experiences and concerns of local communities to ActEarly themes, and the Council ...
The Nuffield Primary Science materials were based on the findings of a research project called the Science Processes and Concept Exploration (SPACE). This was the first set of resources published in the UK for primary science teaching that was explicitly based on a constructivist view of learning. The research aims.
Research Project Management. ... Science Education Specialist. Danny Dotson Email Me. Contact: 180E Geology Library Orton Hall. 614-688-0053. Subjects: Computer Science, Earth Science (Geology), Engineering, Geography, Math & Statistics. Recommended Ebooks. A Concise Guide to Project Collaboration.
This work introduces an efficient method to scale Transformer-based Large Language Models (LLMs) to infinitely long inputs with bounded memory and computation. A key component in our proposed approach is a new attention technique dubbed Infini-attention. The Infini-attention incorporates a compressive memory into the vanilla attention mechanism and builds in both masked local attention and ...
Our goal is to find ways to improve educational outcomes through policy change and interventions that are grounded in robust evidence. We fund research and development projects relating to education across all life stages - from early years through school, to further and higher education and vocational learning. We want to understand young ...
Reference resolution is an important problem, one that is essential to understand and successfully handle context of different kinds. This context includes both previous turns and context that pertains to non-conversational entities, such as entities on the user's screen or those running in the background. While LLMs have been shown to be extremely powerful for a variety of tasks, their use in ...
Quality Assured. Subject: Science Physics. This pack of Nuffield Physics activity sheets was designed to match the National Curriculum Science: Physics at Key stage Four from 1996. The ideas were drawn from materials produced by various Nuffield projects over the previous ten years. The pack includes student sheets for 97 different activities.