Thursday, 2 June 2022

Physics Revision


 Working hard with the GCSE Physics revision. The students making sure they have covered all the material in detail

Wednesday, 1 June 2022

Pascals Vases

 

Pascals Vases. Something to get the students to think about. They nearly all got it wrong and were surprised at the results until all the equations came out.

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Chiral molecules


 Students seem unconvinced about chiral molecules. Drawing them on paper they argue, but once they play with the @snatoms models they are more convinced, and once they see the rotation of D-glucose they are convinced they are mirror images of each other.

Monday, 30 May 2022

Centripetal Force - The Video


 Investigating centripetal force



A Level Maths


Is A Level Maths needed for A level physics - from years of experience the answer is yes and further maths too should be a requirement if university physics is the aim, but I still have many students who don't chose maths and struggle as a result of this.

Sunday, 29 May 2022

How hot is that

 

The infrared thermometer is possibly one of the most popular tools in the lab. The Students use it not just for the experiment s in hand but also at looking at the varying temperatures of everything in the lab.

Saturday, 28 May 2022

Lego Gravity

 Measuring the acceleration due to gravity using a @lego brick. Pretty accurate and repeatable results. I like give students various alternate ways of doing the same experiment and it shows how things can be measured and achieved in different ways



Doppler Rocket

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