#iteachphysics old tech. A ticker tape timer and a @pascoscientific dynamics trolley producing great ticker tape graphs to stick in a students book. Although I have the new technology you can't beat this way of really getting to grips with acceleration.
Saturday, 24 April 2021
Thursday, 22 April 2021
Earthday 2021
A very easy thing to do on #EarthDay2021 plant some wild flowers. Help restore the natural flora and help the insects as well.
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Earth Day 22nd April Looking at alternative energy and finite resources
With #EarthDay2021 a couple of days away, I have been looking at renewable energy and the finite resources the Earth has left with some of my students.
The students coming to my home are still surprised to see solar panels on the roof - are they any good, do they save any money.
They all still need to have the latest phone and won't recycle the old one. They use more and more energy and although they worry about climate change it's up to someone else to do something.
Monday, 19 April 2021
Friction and Forces
#GCSE #Physics Looking at forces. A box is filled with some mass to make it heavy and then pulled across a surface. What happens if we put more elastic bands on, does it get easier or harder to pull. What happens if we spill oil or water on the table does it get easier to pull? #iteachphysics
Sunday, 18 April 2021
New Tension Protractors
Two @pascoscientific tension protractors arrived today from @SciChemEdu I was a little surprised when they came unexpectedly. Been trying them out. Hopefully this will make forces and moments easier for my students to visualise and understand. #iteachphysics
Amylase + Starch
#GCSE #science looking at the reaction of Amylase with Starch. Every 10 seconds we took a sample.
By 30 seconds most of the Starch had gone in within a minute all of it had turned to Maltose. Shows how fast enzymes are. Even better to do this in a spectrometer #biology
Friday, 16 April 2021
A fish fossil under the microscope
Looking at a fossil fish under the microscope.. A few million years old but the fish hasn't really changed much. The student used a stereo microscope to view the fossil. #FossilFriday #fossil #Science
Doppler Rocket
Demonstrating the Doppler effect with the @pascoscientific Doppler Rocket: As the rocket moves away, students can hear the pitch drop (red s...
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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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#Physics Taking wind speed readings using the PASCO scientific wireless weather station. Grabbing some monthly data on the weather in t...