Topic in a Box
The University of Warwick's Widening Participation Team are launching Topic in a Box - an initiative designed for GCSE students. Topic in a Box is an in-school activity that can either be a digital or physical box and provides a fun and interactive lesson linked closely to the GCSE curriculum. This is designed by staff or students at the University of Warwick. More boxes will be uploaded over the coming months.
Biology: Bacteria and Genetic Engineering
An interactive lesson in a box which gives students a brief overview of what bacteria are, bacterial diseases, antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, and how bacteria can be useful when we genetically engineer them. The team behind the box are willing to come to local Coventry and Warwickshire schools if schedules allow. Please email SEMAdmin@warwick.ac.uk to contact them.
Physics: Forces - Gravity
An interactive lesson in a box which aims to investigate the link between mass and weight using a space spin. This lesson is delivered at Cardinal Newman Catholic School as part of their GCSE Forces Topic and they are delighted to share their work.
Forces - Gravity Lesson Plan and Resources ListLink opens in a new window
Biology: Heart and Blood Vessels
Warwick University's BioSoc have created a Topic in a Box designed to teach GCSE students about the heart and blood vessels.
Resources for this lesson are below.
Heart and Blood Vessels Lesson Plan
Heart and Blood Vessels PowerPoint
Heart and Blood Vessels Resource List
Warwick BioSoc have offered to deliver this lesson plan themselves if your school would like them to visit. Schools must be within the Coventry and Warwickshire area, and be listed as widening participation. Please email SEMFacultyWP at warwick dot ac dot uk to get in touch with them.
Biology: Enzyme Engineering
The iGEM Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of synthetic biology, education and competition, and the development of an open, collaborative, and cooperative community. The PyRe Team at Warwick's School of Life Sciences won a gold award in 2022. They have created a Topic in a Box about Enzyme Engineering.
Enzyme Engineering Lesson Plan
Enzyme Engineering Resource List
The PyRe Team have offered to deliver this box in schools. Schools must be within the Coventry and Warwickshire area, and be listed as widening participation. Please email SEMFacultyWP at warwick dot ac dot uk to get in touch with them.
Topic in a Box
Available Boxes
Biology
Bacteria and Genetic Engineering
Enzyme Engineering
Heart and Blood Vessels
Physics
Forces - Gravity