“One of the best ways you stand out during your Sixth Form studies is through the amount of independent study you undertake outside of the classroom. Regardless of your future plans, the ability to extend yourself and research independently into your interests is an invaluable skill – this will support your university applications and/or future job applications and interviews. All universities expect more than just classroom knowledge, which is where super-curricular activities come in; these are academic enrichment tasks that show you are interested in your studies beyond what is on the school syllabus. “
http://www.highdown.reading.sch.uk/_site/data/files/documents/D45C34A4EC2AE527DED50C08324D03D2.pdf
Books
- A short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson
- Why don’t penguins’ feet freeze? – NewScientist
- The Grand Design – Stephen Hawkin and Leonard Mlodinow
- Newton – Peter Ackroyd
- The Quantum Universe: Everything that can happen does happen – Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
Useful websites:
- www.iop.org
- www.sixtysymbols.com
- www.physicsworld.com
http://home.web.cern.ch/topics/large-hadron-
