Sunday, 1 May 2022

Like and unlike charges


 Like charges repel and unlike charges attract

Looking at the converging lens


 These flat lenses work well with the @pasco light with its 5 ray beams. Working in a Light box the students can work in bright daylight and get excellent results.



Saturday, 30 April 2022

Carbon Nanotubes


 This is not a model in the molymod range, but one  I made to shown how graphene can be rolled up into a carbon nanotube. It gave the students much to discuss about new materials and composite materials. Making bullet resistant material was a fun topic to look at these materials.

Friday, 29 April 2022

Pasco Spectrometer

There are many favourite practicals, but seeing the spectrum of light from different glowing chemicals is certainly one of them. The @pasco.scientific spectrometer gives an insight into an unseen world around us.
 

Thursday, 28 April 2022

Templates

 ​Templates are sometimes useful for science and maths. This one helps with the 3D drawings, especially of prisms, although not so good for life like diagrams. Others help get better drawing of science equipment.



Wednesday, 27 April 2022

Acceleration due to gravity

We had a go at determining the acceleration due to gravity. First time got this answer  Perfect results using @Pasco Light gate and Picket fence


 

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Look into my eyes


 Using a close up camera to see how the iris works and using the @pasco human demo eye to see how it works in practice by putting in an iris in the eye. It is also useful to use a camera lens to show the camera T-stops in action.



Doppler Rocket

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