17 June 2021

Clean Air Day

 #CleanAirDay2021 Out with some of my students measuring the Air Pollution in and around my house. Using The PocketLab Air to measure the Air Quality



21 May 2021

Charles Law

 


#Physics Charles Law done properly with a Bourdon Gauge to measure the pressure going up from 1 x10^5 Pascals to 1.3x10^5 Pascals As the temps rises so does the pressure #iteachphysics



Dye spurting out from a manometer

 


#Physics Charles Law a 500ml Flash and a manometer and a kettle of hot water just a little bit and ... enjoy #iteachphysics



18 May 2021

Concentration

 #chemistry Looking at concentration. Copper Sulfate works well giving a visible indication of the concentration and so does orange squash ( and the students can drink that to check the concentration). #chemtwitter #STEMeducation



17 May 2021

Updating the Wireless Sensors

 #Physics is spending some of the morning updating all the @pascoscientific wireless sensors to the latest firmware versions in Capstone and Sparkvue. Light Sound, Pressure, Temp, ultrasonic distance, conductivity and WiFi #iteachphysics


16 May 2021

Boyles Law


 #iteachphysics Getting ready to do some of the gas laws. This is Boyles law. It relates pressure to volume. As the pressure increases the volume deceases #physics

The Chemistry of Explosives: Gun Cotton Explained (Safely)

 The Chemistry of Explosives: Gun Cotton Explained (Safely) Explosives often feel like something from action films or military history, but ...