Sunday, 4 September 2022
Properties of a Capacitor
A level Physics - looking at how to make a capacitor, how them work, and creating our own from aluminium foil and paper
Saturday, 3 September 2022
Computing Storage capacity technology advances
How data is stored in cameras has changed over the past few years and how the storage capacity has gone up. Keeping up with technology changes in Computing is a constant challenge
Friday, 2 September 2022
A level chemistry Experiment
A level Chemistry working out the formula mass by measuring the mass of the gas lot to fill up a 600cm3 cylinder with butane/propane gas to determine the ratio of the mixture and knowing the exact pressure and temp
Thursday, 1 September 2022
Investigating Friction on Different Surfaces
Starting the year 10 syllabus by having a look at friction on different surfaces. This is always a surprising result for the students and they have to get used to the idea of designing their own experiments. Four surfaces given and five needed, caused some thinking to be done
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Investigating Joints
How does the knee work? What muscles are used? What forces are involved? How can we measure those forces? Questions and investigations that get the students to think and design experiments, even those who fail are a great learning experience.
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Sines and cosecants
Sin, Cos and Tan are ok, but when we look at Secants and Cosecants the eyes glaze over and wonder what do they really mean. And it is up to me to explain and make it clear and tell the story of these mythical beasts.
Monday, 29 August 2022
Looking at Methane
A Level Chemistry looking at Methane, its properties, why it is such a potent green house gas and how it can be added to other molecules to sequester the carbon. The @Snatoms help the students quickly try out different ideas.
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