24 October 2021

Nylon Rope Track

 Some fun #Alevel #Chemistry carrying out the nylon rope trick. Seeing the faces on the students as the nylon is pulled from where the two surfaces touch and drawn out into a string. #Science #STEM #iteachchemistry



23 October 2021

Inclined Plane

 #ALevel #Physics Theory and Practice looking to the inclined plane. Learning about Mg sin Ɵ and mg Cos Ɵ.

Seeing the equations, working them out and then finding the real world values are the same. #iteachphysics #STEM #Science



22 October 2021

Interactive Physics

 #Physics Using Interactive Physics to demonstrate different physics concepts. Old software but works well for certain demos. Can measure using this then try it out in the real world and compare. #iteachphysics #STEM #Science



19 October 2021

 #Physics Something I have wanted for a while a Wave tank. Just arrived. Marvellous for looking at standing waves, reflection and with a laser wonderful examples of refraction. #iteachphysics #STEM #Science




18 October 2021

Diffusion

 #Science It's the simple experiments that seem to cause the most interest and fascination. One Potassium Permanganate crystal dissolving in hot and cold water #STEM #iteachphysics @ChatPhysics



17 October 2021

Lung Volume

 #Biology #GCSE A simple experiment to Measure my Lung volume. With Covid-19 around this experiment is less safe, so a video works instead! #iteachbiology

#STEM #Science




15 October 2021

Acid Spill

 Needed to top up some acid but when I went to the store the Nitric acid bottle had decomposed and split. Nearly all the acid was contained in a plastic bag but my jeans suffered a bit. Now in the washing machine #Science




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