For advice on STEM Clubs, including how to set one up, interesting activities to run, competitions and

funding opportunities, please contact South East of England STEM Club support on 01273 644178 or
Stemclubs@brighton.ac.uk

For all your other STEM-related needs, including involving a STEM Ambassador in your Club, or getting information,
advice and guidance on science, technology, engineering or maths, please contact your local STEMNET contract
holder – details at the bottom of this page.

Top 10 Physics Activities for use in STEM Clubs

Celestia Navigation
http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/resource/7342/celestia-navigation
Suitable for: Key Stage 3
About: Use a spaceflight simulator to explore real astronomical data as you fly through space.

Cloud in a Bottle
http://www.metlink.org/pdf/teenagers/experiments/cloud-bottle.pdf
Suitable for: Key Stage 3
About: This activity teaches students about the properties of clouds using basic equipment.

Go with the Flow: Investigating Bouncy Fluids and Other Strange Materials
http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/resource/4911/go-with-the-flow-investigating-bouncy-fluids-and-other-strange-materials
Suitable for: Key Stage 3-4
About: Investigate materials that have unusual and interesting flow properties.

Make your own Spectrometer

http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/resource/3330/make-your-own-spectrometer
Suitable for: Key Stage 3-4
About: Make a spectrometer, to be used to understand light waves, spectroscopy, and atomic structure.

Measuring the Thrust of a Balloon Powered Car

http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/resource/1278/measuring-the-thrust-of-a-balloon-powered-car
Suitable for: Key Stage 4
About: Calculate the thrust of a balloon powered car, exploring thrust and Newton’s Laws of Motion.

Noisy Coat Hangers Experiment

http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/resource/3836/noisy-coat-hangers-experiment
Suitable for: Key Stage 3
Challenge: Compare how efficiently sound travels through solids and through gases.

Physics in Concert
http://www.iop.org/education/teacher/resources/concert/page_52849.html
Suitable for: Key Stage 3
About: Learn about engineering andhow physics applies in the context of planning a music event.

Seeing Beyond the Visible

http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/resource/2501/seeing-beyond-the-visible
Suitable for: Key Stage 4
About: Activities that can be used when introducing the electromagnetic spectrum or discussing colours.

SimPhysics
http://www.iop.org/education/teacher/resources/sim/page_41572.html
Suitable for: Key Stage 3-4
About: Helps students to engage with the physics they need to use to solve problems and win the games.

Tool Holder Design

http://faraday.theiet.org/resources/overview/tool-holder-design.cfm
Suitable for: Key Stage 3-4
About: Use knowledge of electromagnetism to design and build a magnetic tool holder for a surgical robot.

STEMNET regional contract holders:

Hampshire and Isle of Wight: Winchester Science Centre, Stuart Parks: stuartparks@winchestersciencecentre.org
Kent and Medway: Canterbury Christchurch University, Tsige Sherington: tsige.sherington@canterbury.ac.uk
Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, West Berkshire: Science Oxford, Olivia O’Sullivan: olivia.osullivan@scienceoxford.com
Surrey and Berkshire: University of Reading, Julie Smith: julie.smith@reading.ac.uk
Sussex: STEM Sussex at the University of Brighton, Daniel Hawkins: STEMsussex@brighton.ac.uk