This event took place on 3 July 2006, and was jointly organised by NPL and the Institute of Physics to support advanced level teachers in the London Area. In addition to tours of NPL's laboratories, four presentations were given,

• An Introduction to NPL by Seton Bennett, Deputy Director of NPL
• The physics of Global Warming, by Michael de Podesta
• And the Science of Colour by Andrew Hanson and Emma Woolliams
• A 'What's happening in Physics Education?' review by Peter Campbell

Powerpoint presentations used in these talks can be downloaded using the links below.

Introduction	File	Notes
	Powerpoint (6.7Mb)	Introduction to NPL, by Deputy Director Seton Bennett

What's Happening in Physics Education?	File	Notes
Syllabus Information	Powerpoint (0.2Mb)	Up date summary of syllabus stuff by Peter Campbell

Colour	File	Notes
Colour Talk	Powerpoint (20Mb)	The talk
Spectroscope Net	Word (0.4Mb)	(A3) Printout for preparing your own spectroscopes
Spectrometer Instructions	PDF (3.5Mb)	Instructions for using the plastic spectrometers

The Global Warming Talk is available as 6 individual Powerpoint files. In order for them to link together they must be placed in same directory and their names must not be changed. The files are also available as a single zipped file. You might be interested in some suitable music.

	File	Notes
Main Talk	Powerpoint (0.4 Mb)	Introduction and useful references
Section 1	Powerpoint (1.3 Mb)	The problem of large numbers
Section 2	Powerpoint (1.9 Mb)	What should the surface temperature of the Earth be?
Section 3	Powerpoint (1.3 Mb)	The carbon cycle
Section 4	Powerpoint (6.4 Mb)	Should we be concerned?
Section 5	Powerpoint (0.8 Mb)	Likely effects
Zipped file	Zipped file (7.7 Mb)	Contains all the above files in a zipped archive