Friday, 4 April 2025
Making Butanoic Acid
Making Butanoic Acid from Butanol by refluxing with acidified Potassium Dichromate and then distilling the Acid into a conical flask for later experimentation. Getting students to learn skills by building the apparatus from scratch and discovering all about ground glass joint laboratory equipment.
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Circuit emulation
Setting up circuits in @pascoscientific Capstone, to emulate different electric circuits. Faster than building the circuits for electricity revision, the emulators can calculate the resistances, current and voltages.
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Looks like Maths
Many of us have a compartmentalised brain—Chemistry is Chemistry, and Maths is Maths. When students find an easy Maths problem in Chemistry, it is suddenly more difficult because they perceive it as the wrong subject.
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Measuring the Speed of Sound
Measuring the speed of Sound using a tuning fork and a tube, pulling out the slider until the loudest sound can be heard and measuring the distance from the tuning fork. This gives the wavelength. Repeat this several times to get a good average, and then work out how much of a wavelength the distance is calculated at the velocity of sound in air at this temperature.
Monday, 31 March 2025
Site of Respiration
The Mitochondrion is the site of respiration. Is this an ancient bacterium that invaded another in an example of symbiosis that created a new type of organism? DNA Evidence? Mitochondria self-replicate.
Sunday, 30 March 2025
Calculating Depreciation
In Business, depreciation refers to the gradual decrease in value of an asset over time due to factors like wear and tear or obsolescence, and it's a key accounting concept used to allocate the cost of an asset over its useful life.
Saturday, 29 March 2025
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Tracking Light Levels – Are Your Sunglasses Really Working?
🕶️ Tracking Light Levels – Are Your Sunglasses Really Working? We put on sunglasses and assume they’re protecting our eyes. But how do ...
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Negative feedback is a difficult concept to try and get over so I tried using a balance board and the @pascoscientific smart cart strapped...
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o You’ve Got Yourself a New Microscope – What Next? 🔬 Congratulations! You’ve just entered the fascinating world of microscopy. Whether yo...