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
Monday, 18 July 2022
Sunday, 17 July 2022
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.
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