Saturday, 16 April 2022
Woolly Human Gut
A few years ago my wife knitted the entire human gut. It is popular with the students as it is fun to hold and it is life-size so they a sense of the scales and proportion of the gut. It also fits in an abdomen sized clear bag which shows more what if looks like in the body.
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
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.
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