Only Cider House Tech and PASCO are working with leading publisher Pearson, authors and teachers to give you a head start.
PASCO has always stood committed to giving teachers and students the most modern and effective tools for science education.
That striving has culminated in SPARKscience, an authentic, research based learning environment that combines cutting edge data collection, interactive visualisation, analysis tools that encourage exploration and collaboration and discovery-based interactive lab activities.
The main components of SPARKscience are SPARKvue Software, the SPARK Science Learning System, PASPORT sensors and SPARKlabs.
It is the ideal 21st Century inquiry based learning environment.
Angles and Temperature - To test whether the angle of sunlight affects the surface temperature on Earth.
Taking Measurements - To observe that not everyone takes the same measurement.
TemperatureGraphs - To determine what effect salt has on the melting and boiling points of water.
Pictorial Key - To create a picture wall that represents the five kingdoms.
Renewing Air - To investigate whether and when a green plant produces oxygen and/or carbon dioxide.
Energy From Food - To burn a sample of food and calculate it's energy content.
Friction and Mass - To investigate how increasing mass affects the size of friction.
Harnessing the Wind - To investigate the effect that wind direction has on wind power.
Hot Drinks Cooling - To compare the rates at which different cups of hot drink cool
Hot, Hotter, Hottest - To compare qualitative with quantitative measurements.
Investigating the Flame - To determine which flame is hot, which is cool, which is dirty and which is clean.
Look out Below! - To investigate if heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones.
Taking Control of Plants - To design an experiment to investigate the effect of changes in light on the growth of plants.
Temperature Graphs - To determine what effect salt has on the melting and boiling points of water
Freezing - To determine whether hold or cold water freezes faster.
Looking at Forces - To observe a range of forces in action.
Using the Microscope - To observe common ojects at various magnifications.
Looking at Pond Water - To observe microscopic organisms in pond water
Changing Air - To compare inhaled and exhaled air.
Flaming Minerals - To use flame tests to identify the element in different minerals
Effect of Double Glazing - To investigate the effect of double-glazing in preventing heat loss.
Electromagnetic Surveys - To model an electromagnetic survey to detect minerals.
Energy Production - Heat is a form of energy and is produced as a by-product of respiration.
Germination - To find out what factors affect the germination of seeds.
Heart Rate and Exercise - How does exercise affect your heart rate?
Germination - To find out what factors affect the germination of seeds.
Observing Chemical Reactions - To observe examples of chemical change
Investigating Heat - To compare how effectively different substances conduct heat.
Reaction Times - To determine your reaction time.
The Greenhouse Effect - To demonstrate the greenhouse effect.
The Pendulum and Length - To test how the length of a pendulum affects its period, the time taken for one swing.
Comparing Heat Radiation - To compare how different colours radiate heat.
Comparing Materials - To compare how well plastic, wood and metal conduct heat.
Evaluating antacids - To evaluate how effective different antacids are at reducing acidity.
Good Vibrations - To investigate the differences in producing high-pitched and low-pitched sounds.
Half-Life - To model radioactive decay and half-life.
Cracker Combustion - To observe how combustion releases heat energy..
Testing Insulators - To test how effective different materials are in insulating heat.
Lemon Cells - To determine if carbon dioxide and light are necessary for photosynthesis.
Endothermic or exothermic? - To determine whether a neutralisation reaction is endothermic or exothermic.
Red Cabbage Indicator - To make an indicator from red cabbage.
Photosynthesis - To determine if carbon dioxide and light are necessary for photosynthesis.
Respiring Plants - To investigate respiration in plants.
Heating the Earth and the sea - To investigate whether soil heats up at the same rate as water.
UV Protection - To investigate the effect of wastes on water communities.
Diffusion - To demonstrate the process of diffusion in cells.
Changing Temperature - To investigate the effect of exercise on body temperature.
Growing Bacteria, the Milks off - To show bacteria are common in our environment.
Investigating the diode - To investigate the behaviour of a silicon diode in a simple circuit
Reaction Timer - To calculate the reaction time for a simple task.
Light and photosynthesis - To demonstrate that light is needed for photosynthesis to occur.
Temperature and reaction rate - To investigate the effect of temperature on the respiration rate of yeast.
Energy Changes in a Roller Coaster - To investigate the comparative efficiency of three roller coaster tracks of different designs.
Measuring Acceleration - To determine the acceleration of a trolley rolling down a ramp.
Measuring the Speed of Toy Cars - To analyse the motion of a toy car using ticker tape or a motion sensor.
Newtons Second Law - To test whether an object moves with greater acceleration when the size of the pulling force is increased..
Radioactive Decay - To measure radioactive decay and create a decay curve.
Rate of Reaction - To see the effect of stirring on the rate at which chalk dissolves in hydrochloric acid.
Reaction Time - To simulate a driving experience and test your reaction time.
The Green House Effect - To investigate the greenhouse effect.
Lifting Fingerprints - To detect fingerprints on different surfaces.
Measuring the Body - To determine whether anthropometry accurately predicts height.
Codominance in Peas - To investigate the inheritance of a gene controlling green pigment in peas
Diluting solutions - To use laboratory glassware to prepare standard solutions of varying concentrations.
Use energy from a chemical reaction to power a light globe - To use a redox reaction to power a light globe.
Estimating the energy content of various foods - To calculate the energy content of various foods from experimental data and make comparisons with label declarations.
Latent heat of fusion of ice - To experimentally determine the value for the latent heat fusion of ice.
Vertical motion - determining gravity -To drop a mass from a height h and time its fall to find t value for the acceleration due to gravity g, and compare this value to the approximate accepted value at the Earth's surface of 9.8ms−2.
Voltage-Current characteristics of a resistor -To determine the resistance of a resistor by measuring the current owing through it and the voltage drop across it.
Observing mitosis - To observe mitosis in plant roots
Natural Selection modelled - To use a model to investigate natural selection and the effect of camouflage.
Signs in Skeletons - To compare vertebrate limbs.
Properties of elements - To compare properties of metals and non-metals
Firework Colours - To observe the colours that metal salts produce when heated.
Corrosion as an exothermic reaction - To demonstrate that corrosion is an exothermic reaction.
Click on the Science displine below to download the 2018 first sets of SPARKlabs. More will be added during the year.
we have the innovative products and real teaching experience to help you create that learning environment.
We’ve been working with leading publishers and drawing on our own experience teaching in real classrooms to develop comprehensive support for the practical investigations and depth studies in the new NESA Stage 6 Syllabus designs.
• Comprehensive equipment bundles to support practical investigations in the senior sciences
• Practical activities aligned to the new NESA Stage 6 Senior Science Syllabuses
• Free collections of practical investigations with teacher notes, and laboratory preparation
• Supported by teachers with more than 30 years of real teaching experience
• Digital resources aligned directly to leading texts
• Wireless investigation tools for your students devices supporting your student’s depth studies
• Software support for electronic logbooks and reporting
PASCO’s leading electronic measure solutions are just one small part of the many thousands of products we are proud to represent,
distribute and develop. From advice on the best options, to our follow up service, resource and professional development Cider House
Tech is your partner for the practical components of the new NESA Stage 6 Science Syllabuses.
we have the innovative products and real teaching experience to help you create that learning environment.
We’ve been working with leading publishers and drawing on our own experience teaching in real classrooms to develop comprehensive support for the practical investigations and depth studies in the new QCE Syllabus designs.
• Comprehensive equipment bundles to support practical investigations in the senior sciences
• Practical activities aligned to the new QCE Senior Science Syllabuses
• Free collections of practical investigations with teacher notes, and laboratory preparation
• Supported by teachers with more than 30 years of real teaching experience
• Digital resources aligned directly to leading texts
• Wireless investigation tools for your students devices supporting your student’s depth studies
• Software support for electronic logbooks and reporting
PASCO’s leading electronic measure solutions are just one small part of the many thousands of products we are proud to represent,
distribute and develop. From advice on the best options, to our follow up service, resource and professional development Cider House
Tech is your partner for the practical components of the new QCE Science Syllabuses.
