Department of Education
SHAP Share
These pages contain materials created by SHAP teachers, technicians and examiners who have made these teaching and learning resources freely available.
A directory of SHAP resources allows you to select, click and download the resources for your own use. To access the directory click here. Link to SHAPshare list.
If you would like to contribute any of your own resources to this site please send them to the SHAP project office. Please include your name, school/college and a short description (one or two sentences) of the materials. Please also state which SHAP chapter(s) they support.
SHAP Share resources
SHAP reference |
Outline |
File type |
Contributor |
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| General | Playlists for YouTube relating to SHAP chapters. (Choose 'playlists' from the menu). | Webpage | Jon Barker, Highams Park School |
| HFS | |||
| HFS Section 2.1 | Rock climber. Activity sheet with photographs of rock climbers for force analysis. | Neil Jacques, Bancroft's School, Essex | |
| MUS | |||
| MUS general | Waves. Slide presentation with links to applets and video clips. | Stuart Rodgers, Holy Cross College, Bury | |
| EAT | |||
| EAT Section 3.2 | The Notre Dame hardness tester. Simple apparatus for hardness testing. No longer on specification but could be used for extension work. | Notre Dame School, Sheffield | |
| SPC | |||
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SPC Section 3.2 |
Planck constant apparatus using LEDs. Details of coloured LEDs that work well for this activity, plus circuit diagrams, construction details and advice. | Chris Pambou, City & Islington College | |
| DIG | |||
| DIG Section 1.2 | Metal identification. Notes on real-life archaeological context for measuring resistivity of metal wires. | SHAP teacher via Ruth Wiltsher | |
| SUR | |||
| SUR General | Spare Parts. Overview and introduction to chapter including hip replacement and other 'spare parts . Includes some information about load transfer and data on material properties. | Neil Jaques Bancroft's School, Essex | |
| TRA | |||
| MDM | |||
| MDM Section 3.1 | Planck constant apparatus using LEDs. Details of coloured LEDs that work well for this activity, plus circuit diagrams, construction details and advice. | Chris Cambou, City & Islington College | |
| PRO | |||
| BLD | |||
| BLD Sections 1.1 & 1.2 | Earthquakes. Slide presentation with links to video clips. | Stuart Rodgers, Holy Cross College, Bury | |
| STA | |||
| STA General | Imagine the Universe: the life of stars. Slide presentation developed by Dr Jim Lochner, NASA/GSFA. Includes distance measurement, temperature, HR diagram, star formation and evolution, nuclear fusion. | Imagine the Universe | recommended by Stuart Rodgers, Holy Cross College Bury |
| STA Section 2.5, 4.3 | H-R Diagrams. PowerPoint presentation. |
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Angus Gregson, St Mary Redliffe & Temple School, Bristol |
| STA Section 3.1 | Dice simulation. Blank spreadsheet for dice simulation of radioactivity decay. | Stuart Rodgers, Holy Cross College, Bury | |
| Section 3.2 | He fusion. PowerPoint showing fusion of H into He, brining in the amu and working out how long the Sun will last - can be split into 3 bits if needs be. | Angus Gregson, St Mary Redliffe & Temple School, Bristol | |
| STA Section 4.1 | Binar Star. Construction details and notes on an activity to measure the period of a model binary star system using a datalogger. | Chris Cambou, City & Islington College |