The @pascoscientific Code Node is great when you need a special type of sensor and the students can program this using blocky code to do exactly what they need it to do. With its array of sensors the students can use them individually or combined to measure a particular effect.
Thursday 25 July 2024
Wednesday 24 July 2024
Maths in the Holidays
Maths in the Holidays. Playing catch up during the long break to consolidate students' Maths skills so they can keep up next term before GCSEs and A Levels. Missing something during term time - it is only sometimes possible to go back over a failed concept.
Tuesday 23 July 2024
Free Body Diagrams
Physics in the Holidays - looking at free body diagrams with vectors to simplify complex systems into something that can easily be measured and using the force board with rulers, protractors, and some trig to compare theory with practice.
Monday 22 July 2024
Identification
Identification. What is an insect? What features does it have? Can you tell an insect from an arthropod - some were easy like these, and others were far more difficult.
Friday 19 July 2024
Chemical Reactions
So much Chemistry is not really Chemistry, but understanding the Physical properties of chemicals - watching chemicals change as they react and form new compounds is real chemistry, and observing what happens is a very important part of understanding chemical processes.
Thursday 18 July 2024
Pasco doppler Rocket
It's a good, fun way to learn and observe the Doppler effect using the @pascoscientific Doppler Rocket. As the rocket, with its loudspeaker, moves towards and away from the student, the sound changes.
Wednesday 17 July 2024
De Moivre and Euler
I'm looking at Further Maths to find out some of the interesting features and principles that link all Maths and Science together. Teaching is all about understanding the building blocks of all things.
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