Thursday, 27 October 2022

Pasco and Lego


 Two of my favourites, Lego and @Pascoscientific and working together. Creating different types of carts for use with a motion sensor. Trying different wheels and wheel arrangements for different surfaces. Which is the most effective for different terrains

Wednesday, 26 October 2022

Probability


 Maths is having fun with the dice tower and 120 dice trying to see if more dice gives the 1/6 ratios, or whether 1200 dice was better. Conclusion we needed to go much bigger - very much bigger

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Locktronics is an electricity winner


 So easy from diagram on the board to a completed and working circuit using Locktronics from @MatrixTSL The students can seem to get through twice as many experiments in the time and more importantly with greater understanding

Monday, 24 October 2022

Ready to do a titration


 I have started using automatic dispensing pipettes with the students when setting up titrations. Why use the pipettes with a bulb when the students aren't good with them and use these which are more accurate and faster.

Sunday, 23 October 2022

yeast bubbling


 Anaerobic respiration demonstrated by yeast making carbon dioxide in some orange juice and in bread

Friday, 21 October 2022

Proving the theorems


 Sometimes knowing the theorem is not enough. You have to be able to prove it and justify the facts to be true.

Thursday, 20 October 2022

Rotaflow or not


Carrying out a titration, I gave the students the choice of different types of burettes. I showed them how they worked and then they all chose the straight ones rather than the Rotaflow design.

Doppler Rocket

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