12 December 2021
The power of air pressure
The power of a little air pressure. A few pumps was enough to lift this full 15kg Cannister of Butane by a few centimetres.
11 December 2021
Investigating Photosynthesis
Investigating Photosynthesis and the distance of the light source and the inverse square law. I find you have to get the light very close to get bubbles that you can measure.
10 December 2021
Making own resistor sets
Making up our own resistors using Locktronics by @MatrixTSL Predicting The total resistance and then measuring it to see if correct using Ohms Law. #iteachphysics #STEM
09 December 2021
Simple Distillation
Doing a distillation in organic chemistry to separate the products. Explaining why the water has to go up the condenser - seemed so strange to the students.
08 December 2021
Specific Heat Capacity
Using @pascoscientific Capstone to look at specific heat capacities Graphs showed the different uptakes of of the heat in the same time, which gave a better idea of this concept of specific heat capacity. #iteachphysics @chatphysics #STEM
07 December 2021
Practical uses of a thermistor
#Physics Investigating the properties of a thermistor using Locktronics by @MatrixTSL and then having to turn this into a make shift digital thermometer using some coding on a Raspberry Pi and some Python. #iteachphysics #Science #STEM
06 December 2021
Resistors give off heat
#Physics trying to show that resistors give off heat is fairly difficult, but with this device it is easy. The students loved it. #iteachphysics #Science #STEM
Chemiluminescence — Creating Light From a Chemical Reaction
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