Learning Analog Comuting

Analog computers can do some things much easier than their digital counterparts! It was amazing to see students discover the possibilities. #analogcomputers #digitalcomputers #STEMeducation
 

The 5p and a feather experiment

 This does work much of the time, but I find that the feather can build up some charge as it moves down the tube and then electrostatic attraction causes the feather to not just slow down but stop altogether.

Testing an unknown chemical

 Identifying unknown white powders through physical tests like flame tests and chemical tests using NaOH, Halide, Sulfate and Carbonate tests. Even a negative test result can be helpful for students familiar with the process. #Chemistry #ScienceEducation

Air Pressure in a Balloon

Just measured air pressure inside a balloon with a @pascoscientific sensor - turns out it's the same as outside! If betting was allowed, I could have made a fortune on this! Even after repeated experiments, my students still thought it was a trick. #scienceexperiment

 

Teaching Parametric Integration

Parametric Integration is not one of the easiest things to teach, but when the @Casio GC50 emulator calculator does different things to the real thing, then this makes life a bit more difficult

 

Thermopower

Discovering the power of electricity and volts! We wanted to know where those volts went? The answer is as heat, as demonstrated by @Lascells' Thermopower unit. #electricity #volts #heat #Thermopower

 

Chromatography of Chlorophyll

Which solvent works best to display various pigments in a green leaf? Experimenting with water, acetone, alcohol, and mixtures of acetone and alcohol, amongst other solvents to see which resolved the pigments the best. No real good answer in what we tried. #science #biology #experiment