Thursday, 11 April 2024
Using a conductivity sensor
The students used the @pascoscientific wireless conductivity sensor to help test whether the water samples were safe to drink. The meter was used in a range of tests and quickly identified seawater, brackish water, and tap water by their levels of conductivity.
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Mechanics The Canon Problem
Working out the range of a canon on a cliff, firing at an invading fleet of ships. SUVAT comes to the rescue.
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Frictionless collisions
Investigating frictionless collisions with these hover balls. Students were able to investigate hitting one hover into another at different positions to see the angle it made on the other ball.
Monday, 8 April 2024
Root Tip Squashes
Preparing Root tip squashes by breaking down the cell walls then staining the tips and then looking at them under the microscope to see if we can find any stages of mitosis.
Sunday, 7 April 2024
Spintronics
Spintronics: Demonstrating how electrics could work in another way to the students. Some find this helpful as another way of looking at the system.
Saturday, 6 April 2024
Building a computer
One of the best ways to learn about the parts and functions of a computer is to build one. Starting with a case, the motherboard is installed along with the processor and RAM then the hard disks and other peripherals are added.
Friday, 5 April 2024
Metal Sulfate Reactions
Comparing predictions with reality. Allowing the students to design their own experiments. Some worked. It took a lot of work to see the results of most reactions that should have worked because of the small amounts used.
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Doppler Rocket
Demonstrating the Doppler effect with the @pascoscientific Doppler Rocket: As the rocket moves away, students can hear the pitch drop (red s...
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Negative feedback is a difficult concept to try and get over so I tried using a balance board and the @pascoscientific smart cart strapped...
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We went to the Bett Show a few weeks ago and there we saw a model of a Liver. It had been knitted so we thought we would have a go. After ...
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#Physics Taking wind speed readings using the PASCO scientific wireless weather station. Grabbing some monthly data on the weather in t...