Optional activities

What are waves?This free course, What are waves? explains what waves are. It describes different types of wave as well as their properties. You can listen to the song of a humpback whale and learn about the ...

Try a MOOC *- on WAVES

*massive open online course

Isaac Physics

This is more math practice online - clicking on the link above should take you straight to the group with some preassigned activities, but in case it doesn't work, join the group with this code: LGARVK

Or read a journal from the Warwick University Department of Physics Journal club.

OR Complete any of the following courses from the Open University:

Particle Physics about 5 hours https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/particle-physics/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab

Maths for science and technology 24 hrs https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/mathematics-science-and-technology/content-section-overview?active-tab=content-tab

Scales in Space and time 12 hours https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/scales-space-and-time/content-section-0?active-tab=content-tab

There's also a Model Expanding Universe activity in this booklet.

Equipment needed:

• 6 assorted washers (or paper clips)

• 5 elastic bands of the same thickness (and ideally of different lengths)

• Small stickers

• Ruler or tape measure

• Graph paper (or laptop with Microsoft Excel or similar)

• Sticky tape