Thomas W-P and Robin Griffiths with Rosie McTavish
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We believe that physics teaching is a wonderful thing, but are aware not everyone agrees. In the UK more and more non-specialists are getting the opportunity (welcome or otherwise) to shine a light on peoples misconceptions about the World around them.We started this podcast to provide useful information about how some of the best physics teachers we know teach the subject. Nearly always the answer will be ‘do some practical work’, which we know is essential to grounding understanding as well as being fun to do and making lessons easier to manage.
A ramp, a trolley, and suddenly your speed lesson has fewer moving parts.
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A grounded case for teaching primary space early by starting with what pupils already know.
Space is a ready-made doorway for primary science because many pupils arrive with questions already forming. Ben Rogers makes the case for bringing the solar system and space into primary classrooms before Year 5, using children's interest in space books and television as the…
A grounded review of a can-based project that makes physics practical, collaborative, and demanding.
The episode treats an ambitious can-based project as more than a showcase build. Through Robin Griffiths's account of teaching materials, intensive and extensive properties, IOP Spark data, and the move into Raspberry Pi or Arduino systems, it frames school physics as something…
A practical case for writing devices that keep teachers close to pupils while making thinking visible.
The third installment of The Physics Teaching Podcast's breakthrough-technologies trilogy uses graphics-tablet-style devices to ask a practical question: how can a teacher write clearly for the room without being pinned to the front?
A ray box, a lens, and a practical starting point for Science Week.
Science Week finds a practical entry point in this conversation about simple demonstrations schools could consider for 7 to 16 March. Rosie McTavish and Thomas WP connect an idea from the Ogden conference to classroom activities built around familiar equipment, before settling…
A thoughtful conversation about when a physics story sharpens a lesson and when it pulls attention off course.
Stories can make physics teaching feel more open, but this episode is alert to the point where a good anecdote starts competing with the lesson.
A practical, idea-rich chat that turns familiar physics demos into lessons teachers can actually use.
This episode is at its best when it stays close to the classroom problem: how to make physics feel doable when the kit is awkward and lesson time is thin.
A warm, compact sampler of support for physics teaching, built from short voices and shared praise.
The episode gives a compact portrait of the Ogden Trust as a steady backer of physics teaching. It moves through quick greetings, teacher banter, and a series of short testimonies, and the common thread is easy to hear: mentoring for new teachers, better pedagogy, practical…
A plain-spoken ramp practical that doubles as classroom advice.
Ramps and trolleys follows a familiar KS3 practical and keeps the focus on the teaching job: linking ramp height to trolley speed, then using that setup to talk about variables, repeats, and averaging.
Strange claims, tested cleanly.
Plainspoken sermons for faithful Christian life.
Robin Griffiths and Thomas WP discuss CanSat with Rosie McTavish, a secondary-school teacher at King's Cathedral School in Peterborough.
Jed Marshall's Ogden fellowship project used cake-mold jelly, flame-polished acrylic and an LED ray box to let children measure the speed of light in jelly at home for about £3 per kit.
Experts carry subtle knowledge, like reaching for V equals IR first in electricity, that they forget to teach students.
Split the page into six boxes, write a topic headline in each, and spend two minutes writing what you need to know.
You never see Rose Thompson, J.J. Thomson's wife, who was in nearly all his experiments, yet is forgotten from history.
Ben Rogers, a teacher for 30 years who now oversees curriculum for an academy trust in Suffolk and London, explains to Robin Griffiths how to teach electricity to primary pupils.
Kick a concrete ball on the moon and you break your toe just as well as on Earth.
A roughly 40-minute print per item replaced bought kit, and whole class sets of mirror holders followed.
Dr Ben Still, author of "Particle Physics Brick by Brick" and a teacher at St Paul's School, tells Rosie McTavish and Thomas WP how he teaches A-level particle physics.
Robin Griffiths and Thomas WP host Jackie Flaherty, Head of Teaching and Learning at the Ogden Trust, for a Ways to Teach episode that follows the six-module SCIPT course structure for atomic physics.
Robin Griffiths and Thomas WP of The Physics Teaching Podcast introduce the Ogden Trust, a charity founded in 1999 by Sir Peter Ogden to support physics teaching in England.
The hosts discuss the end of the school term, including Rosie's experience with an Ofsted inspection.
Two physics teachers discuss practical classroom strategies for teaching ramp and trolley experiments, focusing on speed and forces concepts for GCSE physics.
In the final episode of The Physics Teaching Podcast, hosts Robin Griffiths, Rosie McTavish, and Thomas WP announce the show's conclusion after seven seasons, reflecting on memorable moments, inspiring guests, and the importance of community support for physics teachers.
The Physics Teaching Podcast examines graphics tablets through a conversation with Dr.
The Physics Teaching Podcast interviews Ben Rogers, a physics teacher and curriculum specialist, about teaching space and the solar system in primary classrooms.
The Physics Teaching Podcast examines whether stories improve physics learning, drawing on Richard Brock’s research with Ben Rogers and Liam Cheney-O’Dwyer.
The Physics Teaching Podcast examines practical Science Week activities with Simon Poliakoff, Natasha Peachy, Rosie McTavish, and Thomas WP.
The hosts discuss an alternative method for the 'waves on a string' A-level physics practical using wire and magnets.
Sir Peter Ogden recalls "Bull Ramsey," the meter-rule-wielding physics head who became a colleague in the sixth form.