For A-level and GCSE Physics

• Raise Grades – BECTA research showed that using interactive resources increases understanding and raises grades. Physics-online.com places the largest library available at the disposal of your department.
• Inspiring – The SOFAR video lecture (last blog post) and the many other pearls provide self-motivated students with the extra stimulation they need and deserve.
• Our Sims – All the BETT Award winning Physics Simulations we’ve developed are included in the 2000 plus interactive resources and videos.
• Convenience – There’s no installing. And you and your students can get to physics-online.com at anytime from anywhere.
• Save time – We’ve scoured the web to find the best media resources and mapped them to each A-level course* saving you eons of time. *All A-levels, CIE, IB,  Camb Pre-U plus a generic GCSE Mapping
• Great Value – The price for a multi-user school site ( & home ) subscription is still a pretty amazing £99 + VAT. 

Physicist Maurice Ewing was tasked with the problem of how to locate World War 2 pilots who ditch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

His solution, the SOFAR sphere was simple and ingenious.

When pilots ditched they were instructed not to use the radio, because the enemy may locate them, but to drop a hollow metal sphere into the ocean and wait.

How the SOFAR sphere works is explained beautifully in a very interesting physics video lecture. The explanation is within the grasp of A-level physics students, involving only familiar concepts such as refraction, pressure and wave motion. And it is delivered superbly in a style that will or, more realistically, may engross even the most reluctant A-level physics student.

The full lecture can be seen at   http://bit.ly/hwFYyg   or if you’re inside Physics-online.com just search “sofar”

I've been invited to show Physics-online.com at the Rugby school IOP conference on Thursday June 4th. Last year's conference was very interesting and I trust this will be even better. Thanks to Rugby School for putting on an excellent event.

If you are attending the conference be sure to see Physics-online.com in the Temple Reading Room in the Library.

Gerard