Thursday, 15 July 2021

Using a Stroboscope to freeze a cord

 Using a Stroboscope to freeze a cord vibrating as a stationary wave. Doubling the strobes frequency we could see the forward and reverse wave in A level #Physics #iteachphysics


Tuesday, 13 July 2021

Lenz's Law

 Lenz's Law

Using magnetic film to show the passage of the magnet down a copper tube. #iteachphysics #teaching Using some slomo to help.




Monday, 12 July 2021

magnetic field viewing film

Using magnetic field viewing film from https://magnametals.co.uk to show the magnetic fields produced by a magnetic without having to use all those messy iron filings. The film is great made from a green flexible sheet coated with micro capsules containing nickel flakes suspended in oil.





Saturday, 10 July 2021

Learning electricity

 Using Locktronics to teach series and parallel circuits. So easy for the GCSE students to understand Drawing, Reading, Doing, seeing patterns, the best way to learn, using all types of learning and recall. #iteachphysics #education



Friday, 9 July 2021

Ready for Microbiology

 Something I haven't done for a while - Microbiology with my A level Biology students. All the equipment has now arrived, so we can soon start sterilising ( the autoclave was too big for the photos) making up broth and agar plates, practising aseptic technique and starting to grow some E Coli then we can test them with Mint and Garlic to see if they like the food as much as I do! #microbiology #teaching #teachingkids



Thursday, 8 July 2021

Density

 Measuring Mass and Volume to calculate the Density of different materials. Looking at GCSE #Physics to compare the ease of solids liquids and irregular shaped objects to determine their densities. The mass of a block of tungsten shocks the students. #iteachphysics








Wednesday, 7 July 2021

My renewable Energy News

The CO2 from the fermentation of just one six pack of beer takes a tree two full days to absorb. Young Henrys have developed a system to use microalgae to produce oxygen from this. myrenewableenergy.org/News.html  July 7th #ClimateAction #beer




Doppler Rocket

Demonstrating the Doppler effect with the @pascoscientific Doppler Rocket: As the rocket moves away, students can hear the pitch drop (red s...