Sunday, 1 May 2022
Looking at the converging lens
These flat lenses work well with the @pasco light with its 5 ray beams. Working in a Light box the students can work in bright daylight and get excellent results.
Saturday, 30 April 2022
Carbon Nanotubes
This is not a model in the molymod range, but one I made to shown how graphene can be rolled up into a carbon nanotube. It gave the students much to discuss about new materials and composite materials. Making bullet resistant material was a fun topic to look at these materials.
Friday, 29 April 2022
Pasco Spectrometer
There are many favourite practicals, but seeing the spectrum of light from different glowing chemicals is certainly one of them. The @pasco.scientific spectrometer gives an insight into an unseen world around us.
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Templates
Templates are sometimes useful for science and maths. This one helps with the 3D drawings, especially of prisms, although not so good for life like diagrams. Others help get better drawing of science equipment.
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Acceleration due to gravity
We had a go at determining the acceleration due to gravity. First time got this answer Perfect results using @Pasco Light gate and Picket fence
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Look into my eyes
Using a close up camera to see how the iris works and using the @pasco human demo eye to see how it works in practice by putting in an iris in the eye. It is also useful to use a camera lens to show the camera T-stops in action.
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Doppler Rocket
Demonstrating the Doppler effect with the @pascoscientific Doppler Rocket: As the rocket moves away, students can hear the pitch drop (red s...
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Negative feedback is a difficult concept to try and get over so I tried using a balance board and the @pascoscientific smart cart strapped...
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We went to the Bett Show a few weeks ago and there we saw a model of a Liver. It had been knitted so we thought we would have a go. After ...
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#Physics Taking wind speed readings using the PASCO scientific wireless weather station. Grabbing some monthly data on the weather in t...