22 May 2025

Determine the mass of an AA Battery


 Using the @pascoscientific Metre stick and the Torque Mass Hanger set to determine the mass of an AA Battery.

20 May 2025

Microwave


 My new @Lascells microwave kit has arrived. Now, we will be able to do a new range of experiments on microwave reflection, refraction, and polarisation. Although expensive, investing in a kit like this helps the students learn and remember new concepts in Physics.

19 May 2025

Serial Dilutions


 Some A-Level Biology involves practising experimental techniques, like creating serial dilutions to determine the unknown concentration. The students have to learn to be accurate, and this comes with practice.

18 May 2025

AI in Business


 Artificial Intelligence. There is a fundamental shift in how businesses will operate and compete as they embrace the new technology. Will it leave people jobless or create new, yet unimagined jobs? A Level Business - we investigate

17 May 2025

BarCodes

Barcodes, QR Codes and scanners are part of everyday life, but how to they work and what information do they hold. We write programs to read these codes to find out and create our own codes to be scanned.
 

16 May 2025

Salt from salt Ore

Separating substances. Year 9 students had not done and did not know how to separate the pure Salt from Salt Ore.. So we did the practical - some thought that tweezers would be an option - after a minute, they changed their minds.






15 May 2025

Titer Concentration Determination

In the prep room, working out the exact concentration of an unknown using the @pascoscientific drop counter with the pH probe and the thermometer with the help of the magnetic stirrer. Can the students get the same answer using a burette? Probably not!



 

The Chemistry of Explosives: Gun Cotton Explained (Safely)

 The Chemistry of Explosives: Gun Cotton Explained (Safely) Explosives often feel like something from action films or military history, but ...