Setting Students up for Success with Groupwork First Year, Honours / Postgraduate, Second Year, Third Year • Assessment, Guided activity, Laboratory • Assessment of transferable skills, Communication skills including science communication, Cross disciplines, Literature research/information analysis skills, Student interaction, Teamwork skills How to teach students to work effectively in groups
At-Home Labs for First Year Physics First Year • Guided activity, Laboratory, Open-ended activity • Mechanics, Optics / Waves, Physics, Thermal Physics and Statistics A set of first-year physics labs that can be conducted with common household equipment
Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) written assignment First Year • Assessment, Open-ended activity • Astronomy / Astrophysics, Physics A written assignment where students use a NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day image to creatively communicate science to a general audience.
Classical Mechanics lectures and tutorials Second Year, Third Year • Lecture, Problem set, Tutorial, Video / Audio • Mechanics, Physics A series of lectures and tutorials for a higher year undergraduate course in classical mechanics.
First year mechanics question bank First Year • Assessment, Problem set • Mechanics, Physics A bank of over 80 three-part questions covering the mechanics topic. Questions provided as Moodle STACK question type and as a PDF.
Interactive Desmos classroom activities for first-year undergraduate mathematics First Year • Guided activity, Tutorial • Introductory Mathematics, Mathematics and statistics A collection of interactive Desmos classroom activities exploring assorted topics of interest to foundation and first-year mathematics courses.
MATHS@UQ First Year • Problem set, Video / Audio • Introductory Mathematics, Mathematics and statistics This resource covers foundational topics from fractions to matrices, providing pre-requisite support to students.
Conceptual Learning with Interactive Applets First Year, Second Year • Laboratory, Lecture, Tutorial • Applied Mathematics, Introductory Mathematics, Mathematics and statistics, Pure Mathematics, Statistics A collection of applets and supporting resources for enhancing conceptual understanding in undergraduate mathematics and statistics.
Chocs and Blocks statistical sampling activity First Year • Guided activity, Lecture • Mathematics and statistics, Statistics Chocs and Blocks is an in-class statistical sampling activity involving chocolate.
Learning chemistry using web-based interaction First Year • Assessment, Guided activity, Problem set, Tutorial • Analytical chemistry, Chemistry, Electrochemistry, General Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Organic chemistry, Physical chemistry 300 web-based interactive learner-friendly activities dealing with chemical concepts introduced in high school and at first year university.
Kitchen chemistry experiments First Year • Laboratory • Chemistry, General Chemistry Students can perform chemistry experiments safely at home in their kitchens. These experiments support learning of fundamental chemistry concepts.
Physclips First Year • Lecture, Tutorial, Video / Audio • Electromagnetism, Mathematics, Mechanics, Optics / Waves, Physics, Thermal Physics and Statistics A series of film clips, animations and short tutorials in introductory physics. Physclips has volumes on Mechanics, Sound and Waves, and Light.
An alternative online laboratory assessment for hands-on techniques and knowledge First Year, Second Year • Assessment, Guided activity, Laboratory, Video / Audio • Analytical chemistry, Chemistry, General Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Organic chemistry Two activities to support learning chemistry laboratory skills and equipment online.
Foldit: Citizen science as a means for identifying lead compounds in drug discovery Second Year • Assessment, Open-ended activity • Biochemistry, Chemistry, General Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry An alternative, online laboartory activity targeting authentic research and science in society.
Science and Mathematics Simulations (SciMS) First Year, Second Year, Third Year • Assessment, Simulation, Tutorial • Applied Mathematics, Introductory Mathematics, Mathematics and statistics, Pure Mathematics SciMS is a set of online interactive simulations written with Geogebra/ Javascript demonstrating a particular mathematical or physical concept.
