Thursday, 8 December 2022

Terminal velocity

A @pascoscientific rotary motion sensor measuring a thin string attached to different shaped weights. The tube is 2m long and filled with water can determine the max velocity. The mass is wrapped tin the same mass of different shapes of plasticine to see the effect of streamlining

Wednesday, 7 December 2022

Radial Electric Field



 Observing a radial electric field. Excellent results are achieved using just one or two turns on the Wimshurst machine and thick gauge wire with the castor Oil and Semolina

Tuesday, 6 December 2022

Ideal Gas


 
Investigating the relationship between temp and pressure using the @pascoscientific ideal gas kit and Capstone. The students clearly saw that as the volume halved, the pressure doubled, and the temperature spiked.

Thursday, 24 November 2022

Naming Organic Chemistry


 It's glycine made from @snatoms, but its IUPAC name is much more difficult to work out

Wednesday, 23 November 2022

Centre of Mass Experiment


 An opaque plastic container on an inclined plane. Some have a high centre of mass and some have a low centre of mass. Working out which is which using an inclinometer app on a phone. Making Phones useful in the lab and devising experiments to test out

Monday, 14 November 2022

Old and New Technology


 Using old and new technology together, with a tickertape recording and the @pascoscoientific smart cart generating a realistic record of the journey down the track

Thursday, 10 November 2022

Shapes of molecules across a period



Looking at the shapes of molecules changing as we move across a period. Fun naming some of the shapes and working out the angles, then comparing Methane, Ammonia and Water and why the angles change
 

Doppler Rocket

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