Friday, 15 July 2022

Air Quality


It might be going to get hot, but how will this affect the Air quality? I have the @thepocketlab air quality sensor out to record the data as well as the temperature
 

Recording the Heatwave

 

Setting up the @pascoscientific wireless weather sensor to record the heatwave. The Sensor has great data logging facilities so I can track the temperature over the next few days

Getting a very thin Slice


 Using a microtome (safe) and a cut throat razor (not safe) to get thin sections of a pineapple leaf. We managed some good slides.

Thursday, 14 July 2022

The best fuel


How does the length of the carbon chain affect the heat given out by different alcohols burning. The students had to design the most efficient way of capturing all the heat, and eventually understood about the amount of energy in bonds.

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Partial Fractions


 Working from GCSE to A level and from year 1 to year 2 at A Level. Spending some "slack time" catching up with things gone by and new ideas to come.

Tuesday, 12 July 2022

Long Scale Galvanometer


 My long scale Galvanometer arrived, so now it is considerably easier to see evens rather than trying to observe a needle flickering. So now we should be able to do some more interesting experiments

Monday, 11 July 2022

Investigating ECG

Investigating the students ECG using the @Pascoscientific sensor and Capstone to gather and analyse the data. This gave a clear view of what was going on in the heart of healthy A level Biology students
 

Doppler Rocket

Demonstrating the Doppler effect with the @pascoscientific Doppler Rocket: As the rocket moves away, students can hear the pitch drop (red s...