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
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.
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