01 December 2024
E-Commerce
With Black Friday here, we explore the rise of e-commerce in A-Level Business Studies. We discuss its benefits—like access to a global market—along with the downsides, including those left behind by technology and the risks of tech failures. #ALevelBusiness #Ecommerce #BlackFriday
30 November 2024
Hard Disk
We are looking at the insides of hard disks and how they work. We are also trying to understand why so much capacity is lost when a drive is formatted and what it is used for to get the disk to work.
29 November 2024
Chemistry in Context Calculating Yields
Calculating yields is not particularly exciting in Chemistry -it's just Math. However, doing quantitative experiments and working out how much we have made compared to how much we could have made makes the whole thing more interesting.
28 November 2024
Shaking beads in a box
Shaking beads in a box with a @pascoscientific wireless temperature sensor to record the temperature change to show how motion can be turned into thermal energy.
27 November 2024
Matricies
Learning what problems you can solve with matrices at GCSE and A-Level is key. Some problems become surprisingly easy when framed as a matrix! #GCSEMaths #ALevelMaths #Matrices
26 November 2024
Centre of Mass
Measuring the centre of Mass in a variety of objects a part of A-level Physics. More difficult examples create some problems when the centre of mass is not on the object, and other weird objects which change their centre of mass as they move.
25 November 2024
Blood Typing
GCSE Biology Playing detective identifying blood using simple ABO blood tests on artificial blood. Fun and educational, leading to an understanding of tissue rejection and markers on cells for identification.
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“Why the Rate-Determining Step Is Not Always Obvious” A-Level Chemistry
“Why the Rate-Determining Step Is Not Always Obvious” A student sees a three-step mechanism and immediately chooses the slowest-looking s...
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How hot is the soil vs the air? Time to take the @pascoscientific wireless temperature sensors for a summer stroll. 🌱 Taking Science Out...
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Physics GCSE: Electricity in the Home – What You Really Need to Know Electricity in the home is one of those GCSE Physics topics that feels...
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Maths GCSE: Turning Recurring Decimals into Fractions (Without Panic) Recurring decimals look scary at first glance. Lots of dots, myster...




