Inspire your mind

In this section, we’ll be featuring subject-related content to spark your interest and curiosity. We’ll be adding more subjects in the coming weeks, but if there’s something you’d like to see, email us at pre16provision@york.ac.uk.

English

• Have you ever thought about how much we rely on context when we converse? Watch Lucilla present her research on ‘a world of different meanings’. 

Maths

• Could Maths be the hidden secret to understanding the world? Watch and discuss this TED Ed lesson.

Key Stage 3 Science - Physics

• After the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Centre on 30th May, the astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, gave a tour inside the Dragon capsule that delivered them to the International Space Station. Watch the tour.

Key Stage 3 Science at home

• Biology - learn about the structure of DNA and how this gives us individual traits by building with sweets
• Physics - learn about aerodynamics and air resistance by making the perfect paper airplane
• Chemistry - mix cornflour and water to learn about the properties of small particles

Key Stage 4 Science - Chemistry

• This online course explores a range of chemistry-based topics relating to our everyday lives, and includes activities you can do at home too. Start the everyday Chemistry course now.

History

• Do you know about the history behind the Berlin Wall? This TED Ed animation will teach you more about it!

Music

• Find out how the Chapter House of the York Minster modifies sound with researchers Lidia Álvarez-Morales and Álvaro Cáceres Muñoz and try out an interactive game based on the Cathedral Acoustics Project.

IT

• Have you heard of glitch art? Find out more and make your own.