The mortar and Pestle

It always feels like real chemistry when you have to get out the mortar and pestle and grind up something to do the experiment

Internal Energy

 

Trying to get over the idea of heat and internal energy in molecules. The students don't seem to grasp the idea of molecules in motion - but the desk is stationary!

Physics Revision

 Working hard with the GCSE Physics revision. The students making sure they have covered all the material in detail

Pascals Vases

 

Pascals Vases. Something to get the students to think about. They nearly all got it wrong and were surprised at the results until all the equations came out.

Chiral molecules

 Students seem unconvinced about chiral molecules. Drawing them on paper they argue, but once they play with the @snatoms models they are more convinced, and once they see the rotation of D-glucose they are convinced they are mirror images of each other.

Centripetal Force - The Video

 Investigating centripetal force

A Level Maths

Is A Level Maths needed for A level physics - from years of experience the answer is yes and further maths too should be a requirement if university physics is the aim, but I still have many students who don't chose maths and struggle as a result of this.