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Find out more about the interesting things we do; from measuring time to building water rockets - including information on our educational resources.
For more information, please contact: Andrew Hanson
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NPL has an interactive stand at The Royal Society explaining the processes that enable people to make the distinction between natural and synthetic materials.
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Outline of Measurement Units information including SI units.
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Back in December 2007, Andrew Hanson ran a Richmond Borough schools science film festival. Some of the films entered for this event were submitted to the National SciCast competition and did very well.
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Information on how to build a water rocket and also on entering NPL's annual Water Rocket Challenge.
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The NPL online barograph has been recording the pressure in Teddington, UK, since 1st January 1998.
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Description of the Protons for Breakfast course.
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NPL provides a number of resources that might be of interest to teachers and students.
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This useful physics handbook produced in association with the Institute of Physics (IoP) is an excellent resource for physics students and teachers.
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NPL's guides to uncertainty of measurement and a short introduction to metrology.
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The Virtual Physical Laboratory (VPLab) software contains over 180 interactive experiments for use by teachers and by pupils individually.
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Information about how time is measured and why accurate timing is so important.
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In this Olympic Year World Metrology Day is celebrating the huge role that measurement plays in fairly judging various aspects of sporting performance.
