Monday, 12 September 2022

Calcium Oxide reacting with water


Adding water to the Calcium Oxide to make slaked lime and a lot of heat. The lump in the middle is the bit that didn't react that upset the figures.

Limestone experiments

Heating Limestone intensely to make Calcium Oxide, thermal decomposition. Weighing before and after showed a slight decrease in mass. Not as much as the students predicted until they did the next experiment
 

Sunday, 11 September 2022

Fuel cells


Setting up and running a fuel cell to make hydrogen and oxygen and then reversing the fuel cell to make electricity. We made the electricity either by wind or solar power to split the water

Saturday, 10 September 2022

A level Maths


 Amid the Prime Minister changing and a beloved Monarch dying and a new King Proclaimed, A level Maths continues unchanged

Friday, 9 September 2022

Installing and using VNC


 A challenge for the students. To obtain a screen capture from a Linux Machine on a Mac or PC. They decided on VNC but had to download and install all the software to get to to successfully work on the end.

Thursday, 8 September 2022

Reducing Copper oxide


 @ChemixLab diagrams make it quick and easy to create chemistry diagrams to illustrate how to set up equipment for students, then they can piece together the things necessary to do the experiment

Wednesday, 7 September 2022

Determination of the amount of energy in food


 Determination of the amount of energy in food. Using this type of calorimeter the student gets to see an approximation of the amount of energy in food typically crisps because they burn so well. Lots of discussions on better healthier eating.

Doppler Rocket

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