Friday, 11 June 2021
Friday, 21 May 2021
Charles Law
#Physics Charles Law done properly with a Bourdon Gauge to measure the pressure going up from 1 x10^5 Pascals to 1.3x10^5 Pascals As the temps rises so does the pressure #iteachphysics
Dye spurting out from a manometer
#Physics Charles Law a 500ml Flash and a manometer and a kettle of hot water just a little bit and ... enjoy #iteachphysics
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Concentration
#chemistry Looking at concentration. Copper Sulfate works well giving a visible indication of the concentration and so does orange squash ( and the students can drink that to check the concentration). #chemtwitter #STEMeducation
Monday, 17 May 2021
Updating the Wireless Sensors
#Physics is spending some of the morning updating all the @pascoscientific wireless sensors to the latest firmware versions in Capstone and Sparkvue. Light Sound, Pressure, Temp, ultrasonic distance, conductivity and WiFi #iteachphysics
Sunday, 16 May 2021
Boyles Law
#iteachphysics Getting ready to do some of the gas laws. This is Boyles law. It relates pressure to volume. As the pressure increases the volume deceases #physics
Thursday, 13 May 2021
Lever Arm Balance
#Physics Weighing the calculator using an old fashioned but accurate Lever Arm Balance. When I was at school this was the best machine we had, nowadays the students seem to reject it but are still fascinated in how it works. #iteachphysics
Sum and Products of the roots of Polynomials
Exploring the sum and product of polynomial roots: Teaching students how coefficients reveal the relationships between roots and equations...
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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...