Monday 28 February 2022

Using a Fuel cell

 Using a dual fuel cell to split water into hydrogen and oxygen from solar energy and then to reverse the system and power a fan from the same hydrogen and Oxygen #iteachphysics



Sunday 27 February 2022

Using a Baffle to improve a ripple tank results

 One of the problems with using a ripple tank is unwanted reflections. Simply placing a piece of paper towel stop the unwanted reflections leading to better and clearer results. #iteachphysics



Saturday 26 February 2022

Using a Demo eye

Using the @pascoscientific demo eye to practically look at how the lens in the eye works by changing shape, and looking at different lenses for long and short sightedness. I really great bit of kit. #iteachphysics






Friday 25 February 2022

Repairing Lung Machine

After a few years of use my lung demo broke, but with a new y piece, new balloons and new elastic bands and gaffer tape the lung demo has been rebuilt and is again working well, to demo to more students.

Thursday 24 February 2022

Using Mechanics to help with A level Maths



 Doing practical mechanics to help understand A level Maths. Playing with practical mechanics brings a level of realism to the Physics Maths problems, so the students can see and feel what is going on.

Wednesday 23 February 2022

Newtons Second Law

 


One of my favourites - which ball will hit the ground first. Even with the evidence some students still don't believe it. Using a strobe to get the proof.



Tuesday 22 February 2022

Using a prism

 Some brief bright sunshine through a crack in the curtains through a prism across the classroom wall The picture gave us about 15 different colours when seen as a jpeg #iteachphysics



Energy Conversions

Energy conversions: the Steam Engine. Chemical energy in the fuel is turned into thermal energy and then into kinetic energy. Passing down a...