27 September 2022

Doing Maths online


Some subjects are much easier to teach online. Maths is one of them, Using products like openboard the teacher can project the board in front of the student, but what is the best way of getting to the process back? Using openboard on the students systems works well.

26 September 2022

Charging and discharging a capacitor


 
A level Physics online We built and charging and discharging capacitor circuit from locktronics by @MatrixTSL and then looked at what was happening across the bulbs with an oscilloscope

25 September 2022

Water Turbine


 This eisco kit does a good job on energy conversions. From a header tank which the students have to fill, to drive the turbine to drive a generator to make light and spin a motor. They also pick up energy loss well too.

24 September 2022

Taking an ECG



 Looking at a @pascoscientific ecg sensors to record the students heart rate and electrical signals using sensors on their arms.

23 September 2022

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.

22 September 2022

Chemistry Required Practical


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

21 September 2022

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

Thinking Clearly About Ions, Charges, and the Periodic Table (Without the Panic)

  Thinking Clearly About Ions, Charges, and the Periodic Table (Without the Panic) If there’s one topic that quietly causes confusion in GCS...