Wednesday, 27 December 2023

Survived Christmas


 The proper use of a NO2 cylinder making whipped cream for a vanilla slice - part of Surviving Christmas 2023

Sunday, 24 December 2023

Analog Computing


 Time to set up and play with a few more demos of using Analog Computing @analogparadigm to demonstrate what it can do and achieve.

Saturday, 23 December 2023

Last Day of Teaching before Christmas


 Last day of Teaching until after Christmas. I can manage to squeeze in a few days off to celebrate Christmas with my family. But before then, it's Chemistry, Maths, Biology, Maths and Computer Science.

Friday, 22 December 2023

Splint flame tests


 Flame tests are always a good way of finishing a term's experiments. There are many ways to do flame tests, but one of the easiest is to use a wooden splint. It's quick, easy, and fun.

Thursday, 21 December 2023

Electric fields

A problem for the students having to explain how electricity works by visualising the electric field around a wire and seeing and measuring the magnetic field using the @pascoscientific magnetic field probe. Are the fields the same but just looked at differently?


 

Wednesday, 20 December 2023

Tree Diagrams


 By far, the best way of teaching tree diagrams is with sweets. After the first round, if you have eaten a green sweet, how many left becomes easier when it is the mouth.

Tuesday, 19 December 2023

Specific Latent Heat of Vaporisation

Ready to perform the Specific Latent Heat of Vaporisation experiment. The older style immersion heaters were shorter, but my replacement one is too long and doesn't give accurate results.
 

Doppler Rocket

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