Monday, 18 July 2022

Dangerous experiment


Its a big or dangerous or tricky experiment - one of those "to demo". But is is better to have one student very closely supervised to do the demo in front of the class. The next time a demo comes along have another student demo the experiment after they have practiced it

 

Saturday, 16 July 2022

Magnetic Film

Demo of see through magnetic film for looking at magnetic fields Marvellous stuff through Amazon
 

Programming Hardware



 Programming circuits to do something gives great feedback whether the light goes on or the lift rises. But getting the students to design those circuits is another problem altogether.

Friday, 15 July 2022

Air Quality


It might be going to get hot, but how will this affect the Air quality? I have the @thepocketlab air quality sensor out to record the data as well as the temperature
 

Recording the Heatwave

 

Setting up the @pascoscientific wireless weather sensor to record the heatwave. The Sensor has great data logging facilities so I can track the temperature over the next few days

Getting a very thin Slice


 Using a microtome (safe) and a cut throat razor (not safe) to get thin sections of a pineapple leaf. We managed some good slides.

Doppler Rocket

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