Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Moles and things
I never understand why it takes such a long time to introduce moles. The students seem to find it hard because many other alternatives are used to almost explain moles away, do why do we have to use grams per cubic litre?
Centripetal Force
Centripetal Force depends on the speed at which the object is rotated - its angular speed and the length of the string ( its radius) and its mass of course.
Monday, 23 May 2022
New Locktronics
To try and make practicals quicker and easier and more informative locktronics by @MatrixTSL seem to be the answer. I used them as a student many years ago and these things have well stood the test of time and are still great for my students.
Sunday, 22 May 2022
IR Spectrometry
Investigating what bonds are. Looking at IR spectrometry to see just what is going on, inside organic molecules. Practical work with these machines is essential A level learning.
Saturday, 21 May 2022
Using a lightbox
Sometimes old school systems work well. We had some graphs to compare but they weren't on the computer, but were on graph paper. Using the old fashioned light box one shone through the other making the comparison simple.
Friday, 20 May 2022
Comparing the properties of oil fractions
I have done this experiment many times and each time with this source of synthetic crude oil the first fraction burns and so does the second, but not the third of the fourth but the fifth and sixth do
Thursday, 19 May 2022
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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...