Monday, 10 March 2025

Investigating mint and garlic


 Microbiology at A Level: Investigating the effect of Mint and garlic extracts on bacteria cultures. Which one is the most effective and why? Are there any other plant extracts that work like this? So, in addition, we are investigating some other herbs to see if they kill bacteria too.

Friday, 7 March 2025

Hardness of the Alkali Metals

Investigating the reactivity and properties of the Alkali Metals. Cutting each of the metals in turn with a sharp scalpel. Lithium was the hardest and stayed shiny the longest, and Potassium was the easiest to cut and tarnished as it was cut.



 

Thursday, 6 March 2025

Magnetic Fields


 Using the @pascoscientific magnetic field probe along with the smartcart or a rotation sensor to get a reading of the magnetic field strength as the probe moves further into different magnetic fields





Wednesday, 5 March 2025

Globaslisation


 A level Business Studies—Globalisation The Earth is becoming smaller, and it is often cheaper to move manufacturing items around the world to be constructed than to do them in the same country. Maybe Trump will change the way the world works.

Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Youngs doble slit experiment


Exploring wave-particle duality with my A-level Physics students. Doing experiments demonstrating light behaving like a wave and also acting as particles – it’s hurts the brain how the universe plays by both rules!

 

Monday, 3 March 2025

Infection Games


 Playing an infection game to simulate the growth of an infection in a population, and then repeating the game using vaccination to see the effect this has on the rate of an infection. 

Saturday, 1 March 2025

Flowcharts


 ​Teaching flowcharting is key to writing better computer programs!  It helps the students visualize logic, simplifies problem-solving, and boosts code clarity. Perfect for beginners to understand the flow and structure before diving into code.

Cathode Ray Tube

  Taking a good look at the insides of an oscilloscope to discover how a Cathode Ray Tube works. Once commonplace, now students don't kn...