Problem based learning modules
The IOP, in partnership with Professor Derek Raine and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science at the University of Leicester, has created fifteen PBL modules that can be adopted by university lecturers for their own teaching needs.
These cover both physics and broader integrated sciences topics.
For further information about Problem Based Learning.
- The Andromeda files (PDF, 724 KB)
An introduction to the microworld - The patents officer (PDF, 1 MB)
Energy and free energy - Greenhouse effect (PDF, 543 KB)
An introduction to thermal radiation - Wireless power (PDF, 1 MB)
Electromagnetism - Crosswinds (PDF, 599 KB)
Electromagnetic induction - laboratory investigation - White knuckle experiment (PDF, 623 KB)
Frictional forces - laboratory investigation - Sugar capacity experiment (PDF, 534 KB)
A practical introduction to AC theory - Insurance scam (PDF, 820 KB)
Optics - laboratory investigation - LEDs (PDF, 551 KB)
Semiconductors - laboratory investigation - White knuckle ride (PDF, 412 KB)
An introduction to dynamics - Sugar capacity (PDF, 407 KB)
An introduction to AC theory - Crosswinds are critical (PDF, 451 KB)
An introduction to electricity and magnetism - Current electricity (PDF, 747 KB)
Introduction to resistance, capacitance and inductance - A space odyssey (PDF, 768 KB)
Motion under gravity - Making lead shot (PDF, 468 KB)
An introduction to mechanics