Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Mixing colours
Whilst I had the @Pasco light out and some lenses, one of itd features is it has a three colour beam and putting this into a lens made white light. A good comparison when using the prism to split up light.
Monday, 9 May 2022
Monitoring Air Pollution
Monitoring the air pollution in the classroom, using the @ThePocketLab air. PM2.5 at 42 which is not good
sin x and sin 2x
Investigating sin x and sin 2x and the difference it makes when you manipulate graphs. Learning patterns and why things happen before the exams.
Saturday, 7 May 2022
Revision of Covalent Bonds
@snatoms are very quick to use with revision, quickly making up molecules of Carbon dioxide to demonstrate double bonds and single bonds making up ethanol
Friday, 6 May 2022
I would choose one of these in a heartbeat
I would choose one of these in a heartbeat - the stethoscope - measuring the students heartbeat. and mine proving that I was alive and not was some of the students thought part of the living dead. Also used the electronic one so the students could hear what they were supposed to hear.
Thursday, 5 May 2022
Ores
Looking at some ores. This is Peacock ore from Peru. The proper name is Bornite. It is a metal sulfide with the chemical composition Cu5FeS4. One of my prettiest ores.
Wednesday, 4 May 2022
Iron filings in 3D
Seeing old things n a new way is often what sparks off the imagination and the want and desire to find out new things in science. Using this 3D view of iron filings does just this. Leave it out in the lab for the students to find.
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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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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...