DCFS/QCA Key Stage 3

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References to work from the GCSE section of the site that would be useful at Key Stage 3 are shown as (14-16)

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9L Pressure and moments

1. a. What is pressure?
2. b. What is pressure?
3. a. What are pneumatics and hydraulics?
4. b. What are pneumatics and hydraulics?
5. c. What are pneumatics and hydraulics?
7. a. How do levers work?
8. b. How do levers work?
9. a. How do things balance?
10. b. How do things balance?
11. c. How do things balance?

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Constituents of the atom

Many more interesting experiments can be found in the Creative Teaching Ideas section of the schoolphysics CD.