Acoustic Levitator

 My Holiday Job. I am going to build an acoustic levitator. My wife bought my the kit for Christmas so now I have a little time to see if I can build one of these things to demonstrate to the students. It might not be in the syllabus but its what makes science interesting and fun.

How many students do Physics without Maths.

One of the things I struggle with is the number of students that study Physics without studying Maths. Those students seem to really struggle and when some schools choose the level 3 certificate to help them is beyond my understanding. For those students who then realise that Maths was really essential to learning and understanding Physics then I have to try to help my teaching them the right bit of Maths to help them do well in Physics.

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Back to Work

 Back to work today with more A level Physics, looking at terminal velocity in a long tube of water and using a @pascoscientific rotary motion sensor to calculate the velocity. #iteachphysics #Science #STEM

More Maths

Last lesson before Christmas and its A Level Maths. I have been teaching more Maths this year, its the demand from the students having missed so much. I thought it would be science but its not...

Barton's Pendulums

 Looking at Barton's Pendulums. An interesting problems on why they move the way they do. Amazed at how many nearly right explanations I got. #iteachphysics #Science #STEM

Determining the speed of sound

 Determining the speed of sound using a tube and tuning fork. We were impressed with the speed that we got - we repeated the experiment three times and managed similar values.

Seismograph

Seismic Waves are easy to understand but the fact that a seismograph pen stays where it is whilst the machine moves isn't. #iteachphysics #Science #STEM