Resources

Therefore, in response to a call for help from the physical sciences subject community, we have initiated a project to develop a Database of Practicals that academics can use in their teaching activities. The aim for this project is to allow someone interested in running an experiment to be able to download a practical from the database and use it with their students.

To make this database a valuable and extensive resource which all academics can tap into, we are looking for help from the community to provide examples of experiments which they are willing to have included in the database. Even if most people only offered one example from their own work, this could soon add up to several hundred practicals which the whole community could benefit from. Anyone submitting a practical that is accepted for inclusion in the database will receive £50 in book tokens.

If you would like to submit a practical for inclusion in the database we have produced a short web form which asks you to provide us with an outline of your work. After submission we will also ask you to provide an electronic copy of your practical script, which other academics could use or adapt for their own teaching activities. We will be encouraging users to offer feedback on the success of any practicals used, to help future development of this service and the resources contained within it.