Friday, 15 April 2022

Specific Heat Capacity

 Managed 4 specific Heat capacity experiments, Copper, Brass, Aluminium and Iron in 1 hour using @pascoscientific wireless thermometer and Joulemeter from @SciChemEdu  #iteachphysics






Thursday, 14 April 2022

Looking at Hydrides


Using @Snatoms to look at the hydrides comparing their properties and looking at hydrogen bonding.

Wednesday, 13 April 2022

Investigating Heating and cooling

Investigating Heating and cooling using a couple of @pascoscientific wireless thermometers and Capstone. The difference was very dramatic and was much better than using a Leslie cube and different coloured cans. #iteachphysics




Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Monday, 11 April 2022

Using an Oximeter

 One of the fun things we do, testing whether the students have a heartbeat and their Oxygen stats. Some students with painted nails appear to be dead!



Sunday, 10 April 2022

Investigating the energy in different fuels


 Looking at different alcohols to see how they compare. The equipment doesn’t work well due to the heat loss, so it is up to the students to design a better experiment.

Saturday, 9 April 2022

Equation of a Circle


 Using the equation of a circle and a point on the circle to work out the equation of a tangent.

Doppler Rocket

Demonstrating the Doppler effect with the @pascoscientific Doppler Rocket: As the rocket moves away, students can hear the pitch drop (red s...