Systems Analysis

 A major part of A level computing is the project which takes 2 years. Most students seem to want to start with coding, but persuading them to start with analysing the system and how it works saves much more time in the long run.

Chemistry Required Practical

 Electrolysis required practical investigating the products produced. Hydrogen and oxygen where hard to test for because of the amounts produced

Maltose snatoms A level Biology

 Creating a molecule of Maltose in Snatoms to show how to create a Glyosidic Bond and create water in the process. The Snatoms give the student s a real sense of what molecules look like and how they have to bend

Physics - Efficiency

 GCSE Physics investigating efficiency. How can we make it more efficient to wind up a 100g mass one metre. Using gear ratios more turns = less effort and less turns = more effort

The sine Rule for area of a triangle

Is it better to use the windows built in calculator or the Casio app to demonstrate how to do a calculation. I find it better to use the app as it is the same as the student is using.

Garlic Roots and Mitosis

 The Garlic is growing well, and soon it will be time to see if the root cells are undergoing mitosis by creating stained slides of root squashes. The process is difficult for the students so they create at least 10 slides hoping that one will be ok

Real world programming vs what is taught in schools

 

As the new A Level computing students start learning and they start to look for projects, should we just teach them programming or use real world environments such as docker that they will meet if they do any real projects