Teaching A level #microbiology My student had to made up the Nutrient broth and make all the Agar plates before she could start the experiment. Much of this is learning aseptic technique. Hopefully all her plates will be clean to start the expt tomorrow. #teaching
03 August 2021
31 July 2021
Working Model of Heart
Teaching GCSE Biology using a model heart to demonstrate the circulatory system. I find that only half filling with red liquid better shows the direction of the flow.
28 July 2021
Resonance with Tuning Forks
Two identical tuning forks, one resonance box and a ping pong ball to show how the second tuning fork picks up the sound from the first. #iteachphysics Having fun with physics doing some practice before the lessons.
27 July 2021
Darkbox
A level/GCSE #Physics Using a Lightbox as a Darkbox for looking a optics experiments in the lit classroom. Using here a @pascoscientific light source and a Prism to split up light. #iteachphysics @ChatPhysics
26 July 2021
Refraction
A level/GCSE #Physics Refraction an alternative way- works well on a visualiser #iteachphysics @ChatPhysics Good as an intro along with the glass of water and the arrow changing direction. This introduces refraction of different liquids.
23 July 2021
More Resistivity
Using the @pascoscientific from @SciChemEdu wireless motion sensor for distance and the voltage/current sensor for the resistance and plotting the resistance against distance for A level #physics prep #iteachphysics Got to see if the experiment works.
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How hot is the soil vs the air? Time to take the @pascoscientific wireless temperature sensors for a summer stroll. 🌱 Taking Science Out...
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Physics GCSE: Electricity in the Home – What You Really Need to Know Electricity in the home is one of those GCSE Physics topics that feels...
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Do maths competitions (like Maths Challenges) actually help with hard GCSE questions? Short answer Yes – but not because they teach GCSE c...







