Friday 20 September 2024
Ionic Bonding
GCSE Chemistry Tuition: Using the cardboard models to gain a better insight into the donation and receiving of electrons creates bonds. Atoms like Magnesium have two sticky-out bits representing the two electrons that can be donated, and negative ions have in bits to accept these donated electrons to give complete shells.
Thursday 19 September 2024
Moments
A-level Physics Tuition: Students investigate moments using the @pascoscientific Aluminium Metre Ruler on a pivot, moving the weights and changing the weights to get the system to balance. Learning how to balance this is essential for Physics and A-level Maths—theory and practice.
Wednesday 18 September 2024
Ratio
GCSE Foundation Maths: A more fun way to learn ratios is to use sweets. Sweets make the concept easier to see, and using more senses turns an abstract idea into one you can touch and see. This all helps the understanding. At the end of the lesson, you can eat the sweets and do ratios.
Tuesday 17 September 2024
Inclined Plane
A-Level Physics: We are working with the inclined plane, investigating the effect of angle on the force and then changing the surface to see how the frictional force affects the results.
Monday 16 September 2024
Microtome
GCSE Biology Using a Microtome. A section of a lead is inserted into a vertical slit in a chunk of carrot. A slice is made with a cut-throat razor, then the carrot is wound up a few turns on the microtome, and a new slice is taken to get very thin sections of a leaf to look at.
Friday 13 September 2024
Titratons
Thursday 12 September 2024
Ball Launcher
A-level Physics: Will the ball that is launched into the air be captured by a @pascoscientific smart cart moving at a constant velocity and go back into the launcher? All my students said no, but they were wrong. So, how about an accelerating object—I need another launcher.
Wednesday 11 September 2024
Foundation Math
GCSE Foundation Maths - _ repeating the Foundation Maths but to pass this time. I get quite a few students who managed a 2 or a 3 in Maths and need to get at least a 4 to continue their study. New motivation and lots of repetition help improve the grades.
Tuesday 10 September 2024
Crushed Can
GCSE Physics: Crushing a can by pumping out all the air gave the students an insight into the power of air pressure and how to build spaceships operating in a vacuum and a submarine operating in the depths of the oceans.
Monday 9 September 2024
Slide Preparation
GCSE Biology: The class is preparing their own slides. They found that instead of making one slide, they had to make many to make just one that was good enough to show what they were looking for. They needed the right thickness, the correct amount of stain, and a bit of luck.
Sunday 8 September 2024
The Marketing Mix
A -Level Business Studies The Marketing Mix, often referred to as the 4 Ps, is a set of key elements that a business uses to promote and sell its products or services.
- Product
- Place
- Price
- Promotion
Saturday 7 September 2024
Hard Disk
A-Level Computer Studies. The students are looking at the physical mechanism of a hard disk drive. Because of less head movement, how the heads move over the surface and writing across a cylinder can be faster than writing across tracks.
Friday 6 September 2024
Alkali Metals
GCSE Chemistry: Investigating with the students just how soft metals like Lithium, Sodium and Potassium are and, of course, how reactive the metals are. I like comparing their reaction with those of the Alkaline Earth metals and the Transition Metals.
Thursday 5 September 2024
Gravitational Anomaly
GCSE Physics: Some of my students have been investigating a gravitational anomaly around the @pascoscientific light gate and picket fence, trying to determine why there is such an anomaly here. Student error seemed to be the case with practice getting 9.8m/s/s
Wednesday 4 September 2024
UAT
For some students, it's time to look at the Test of Mathematics for University Admission. It's a shock when they realise how good their Maths needs to be and what they should be doing instead of where they are.
Tuesday 3 September 2024
Slinky drop
A-Level Physics in the Holidays: In the simple slinky drop, does the slinky fall and collapse as it hits the ground, or does it compress first and then fall? The students used slow motion on their phones to capture the facts, and then they had to explain their observations.
Monday 2 September 2024
Fossil fish under the Microscope
GCSE Biology: We are looking at a Fossil Fish under a low-power microscope to examine as many features as possible. Why have most of the features stayed the same over the past millions of years? Have they evolved so much that they are perfectly adapted to their situation?
Sunday 1 September 2024
Brain Areas
Getting a Head Start on A-Level Psychology: Dive into the brain's structure, discover what each part does, and explore how they shape our behaviours. Beyond the physical, let's ponder the wonders of imagination and what makes us truly unique. #Psychology #BrainScience #Imagination #Alevels
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Ionic Bonding
GCSE Chemistry Tuition: Using the cardboard models to gain a better insight into the donation and receiving of electrons creates bonds. At...
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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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We went to the Bett Show a few weeks ago and there we saw a model of a Liver. It had been knitted so we thought we would have a go. After ...
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Some online Maths Tuition. Drawing a diagram to show what is happening is even more important. Colour coding helps identify which part we ...