Thursday, 15 August 2024
Smartcart with Fan
Physics in the Holidays. There is time to investigate how the angle of the fan on this @pascoscientific smartcart affects its forward direction. By placing a mast and sail on a smartcart, we can see how the wind's direction and the sail's angle allow the cart to move towards the wind.
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Biased Dice
Maths in the Holidays—Many questions in exams and elsewhere feature biased dice, but the students have no idea what these are, so getting a set of biased dice and then letting the students play with them to work out each dice's probability of throwing a particular number is fun.
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Applications of electromagnetic induction
21st Cent Physics in the Holidays. Going through some revision of transformers and the rules of induction then applying their use in the national grid.
Monday, 12 August 2024
Extracting DNA
A-level Biology in the Holidays. Extracting DNA from different fruits, such as in the picture of strawberries. Once extracted, the DNA can be used for molecular analyses, including PCR, electrophoresis, sequencing, fingerprinting and cloning.
Friday, 9 August 2024
Molecular Weight Determination
A-Level Chemistry in the Holidays. We are getting ahead of the A-Level syllabus by starting early. We are determining the Molecular Weight of a volatile liquid by placing a known volume into a heated syringe at 100C.
Thursday, 8 August 2024
Smart Cart
Following along on the @Pascoscientific Essentials of Physics online course, having a look at the online materials, simulations and practical experiments available for US schools. Much of these materials are the same for UK schools, just in a different order.
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
A-Level Computing Projects
Computing in the Holidays. I am working on A-level computer projects. One is with an LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) system, which creates and uses a database to control website bookings and payment systems.
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