01 June 2025
Free at Last
A level Sociology - Religion and Social Change Martin Luther King Jr I have a dream speech ends with Free at last! Free at Last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at Last! August 28, 1963. Racial and injustice in the USA compared to the UK
31 May 2025
Reusable Code
The Ribbon Bands in Microsoft 365 provide an indication of the amount of reusable code used across all their applications. Reusable code is a good idea since routines only have to be written once for many applications and once working can be left alone.
30 May 2025
Glass Bending
Not really Chemistry, but learning to heat glass tubing and bend it to make delivery tubes for an experiment.
29 May 2025
Interferometer
An Interferometer setup using a @pascoscientific wire sound sensor to record the data. Sound from a loudspeaker connected to a signal generator is fed into the interferometer. The sound then travels in both directions around the tube to the Pasco sound sensor. The length of one of the paths is then changed, and the signal is analysed
23 May 2025
Chromatography
Rather than chromatography of coloured pens, it is a bit more exciting to see if the green extract of plant leaves is a single substance. Collecting leaves, grinding them up, and then running the Chromatogram in Petroleum Ether introduces solvents other than water.
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.
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