15 June 2024

Analog Computing


 Analog Computers can easily do things that are complex in digital terms, and it is right that students should be exposed to all types of technology so that they can make informed choices in the future.

14 June 2024

Kipps Apparatus


 The students had to figure out how the Kipps apparatus worked and what it could produce. Defeated, the use of the Internet improved things, and then a demonstration with Zinc and Acid explained everything.

13 June 2024

Protecting the Ultrasonic sensor


 Protecting the @pascoscientific Ultrasonic sensor when investigating Simple harmonic motion of a weight on a vertical spring. Safety also protects the equipment as well as the students.

12 June 2024

GCSE Maths Done


 GCSE Maths Done—Now is the time to think about how to get to A Level GCSE to A-Level Maths is a huge jump, and a conversion course is just what is needed to help. Those who didn't do it will regret it when the new term starts.

11 June 2024

The Potentiometer Circuit


 A potentiometer circuit is created to test how much better these circuits are than those with a resistor in series. Using Locktronics, the circuits could be created from the circuit diagram within moments, and observations could be taken and recorded.

10 June 2024

Plant Hormones


Investigating Plant Hormones. How does light affect cress growth? When plants are growing in a clinostat and on the windowsill, how does the clinostat affect which way the plant grows?

08 June 2024

Wireshark Network Analysis


 Using Wireshark to look at the network and attempting to analyse what is going on the network for A-Level Computing. Most students are amazed at the network traffic on the system even when not much is apparently happening.

A-Level Physics: AC Theory, RMS Voltages – and Why 230 V Isn’t 230 V at All

 A-Level Physics: AC Theory, RMS Voltages – and Why 230 V Isn’t 230 V at All When students first meet alternating current in A-Level Physics...