Simple Harmonic Motion

Playing with my favourite topic simple harmonic motion today, using a
@pascoscientific force sensor at the top and a protected ultrasonic motion detector below

 

Mounting a force sensor

 We use a Manfrotto friction arm with a lighting stand adaptor to mount the @pascoscientic  force sensor as it gives a degree of movement both vertically and laterally to get the force sensor in the correct position

More capillary rise

 After a significant amount of searching I managed to find a much better capillary rise apparatus. As usual its more expensive but that is the way of all science equipment.

CBA

 CBA  I just Can't Be Asked to balance equations - Summer revision classes for year 10 students who seemed to have missed lots of year 10 chemistry.

The force from a wire

 Doing an online experiment to demonstrate the force a wire can make when travelling through a small magnetic field

Learning to use a pipette

 Learning to use science equipment is just as important as learning about science. Something I find that many students lack, as is designing experiments - not just the ones they have to design ,but doing science by enquiry.

Capillary Rise

 Syllabi change and some bits of science drop out of syllabi, but the science doesn't change and learning about some of these other things is vital to what the students need to know - like capillary tubes and how they work