For us ... this is the right idea at the right time.
David Wheeldon, Headmaster, King Edward VI Five Ways School, Birmingham
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Physics Teachers Network
All day, 20 November 2009, Burntwood School, Wandsworth, London http://www.burntwoodschool.com/
Wandsworth Training Day - Physics Teachers Network shows off PASCO SPARKS equipment.
Chestnut Grove introduce MasteringPhysics
All afternoon, 11 November 2009, Chestnut Grove School, Wandsworth, London http://www.chestnutgrove.wandsworth.sch.uk/
MasteringPhysics set up for Year 12 and Year 13 students at Chestnut Grove School
Physics Teachers Network
4.15 PM, 19 October 2009, Graveney School, Wandsworth, London
MasteringPhysics review of work carried out at Graveney School so far in 2009-2010.
Hovercraft lift off
5:00 pm, 15 October 2009, Graveney School
During the Graveney School prospective parents evening, a group of our A level physicists launched their newly built hovercraft and gave rides to many young children and the occasional sixth former and even a parent or two.
Diamond Light Source Trip
All Day, 02 October 2009, Diamond Light Source, Oxfordshire.
Year 13 pupils trip to Diamond Light Source LTD, as part of their open day.
HiPER Laser Fusion lecture
2:00pm, 18 September 2009, Graveney School, London
John Parris and Professor Bob Bingham of the Rutherford Appleton laboratory presented a lecture on the HiPER laser fusion project and its significance for the future of energy production in the UK and beyond.
Superconductivity and Liquid Nitrogen
2pm, 25 March 2009, Graveney School, London
William Buttinger an alumni of Graveney School and Cambridge graduate introduce the theory of superconducting magnets.
Einstein’s Universe
2:30pm, 14 January 2009, Graveney School, Tooting, London SW17 9BU
Professor Brian Foster explained how Einstein’s ideas have led to the search for the Higgs Boson in the world’s large experiment at CERN in Switzerland.
Brian Cox launches the London Physics Factory
1pm, 03 October 2008, Graveney School, Tooting, London SW17 9BU
Brain Cox gave a lecture on the Large Hadron Collider how it works and what it is hoping to discover.
