The Institute of Physics is working with the Historical Association on an educational project for the centenary of the Royal Air Force. This workshop will allow teachers to investigate the STEM activities that form part of the project.
The RAF100 Schools Project is a national scheme that uses the story of the RAF to explore concepts in both history and physics.
The project offers teachers and students an excellent opportunity to investigate how history and physics are interlinked, showing how human need has driven scientific developments in areas such as computing, radar and navigation. At the same time it will show how physics can be instrumental to humanitarian efforts such as disaster relief. All this has shaped our society in the past – and will continue to do so in the future.
As well as a series of events for teachers and pupils around the UK in 2018, we are offering this set of eight STEM activities, primarily for Years 8 to 10. These are all downloadable and use simple, cheap materials. They are linked to a competition for schools. Schools can sign up at:
http://raf100schools.org.uk
