Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Convex lens to explain ripples
Explaining to students why the ripples in a ripple tank look the way they do by using a convex lens to show the thicker parts of the wave are lighter because it is concentrating the light and the thinner parts are less white because they are more spread out.
Monday, 22 May 2023
Quadrat
Using the camera quadrat to survey a transect across an area of grass, close to and far away from a tree, looking at the different plants growing at different distances. All use the same data to analyse. Excellent use for AI to count and identify.
Sunday, 21 May 2023
Inside a computer
It doesn't have to be a computer because it contains a motherboard and processor and RAM in it. This motherboard is in an electronic organ. It is a computer but it is not quite what a student expects to see.
Saturday, 20 May 2023
Required Practical
No matter how many students I have and from many different schools, the number of students who have not done the required practicals or seen a demo of them. Many have just seen a video online and forgotten it almost as fast as they saw it.
Friday, 19 May 2023
LIgands
Diving into ligand structures with #Snatoms models! Crafting and examining their vibrant colours. The one to stand out? Copper Chloride - goes yellow when surrounded by Cl. A fun surprise for the students! 🧪💛#ChemistryInAction
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Rapid SHM
I had 10 minutes of the lesson left, and the student and I were online talking about Simple Harmonic Motion. He hadn't done or seen the experiments. I got out the equipment and @pascoscientific Capstone and sensors and in 10 mins we were done
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Doppler Rocket
Demonstrating the Doppler effect with the @pascoscientific Doppler Rocket: As the rocket moves away, students can hear the pitch drop (red s...
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Negative feedback is a difficult concept to try and get over so I tried using a balance board and the @pascoscientific smart cart strapped...
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We went to the Bett Show a few weeks ago and there we saw a model of a Liver. It had been knitted so we thought we would have a go. After ...
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#Physics Taking wind speed readings using the PASCO scientific wireless weather station. Grabbing some monthly data on the weather in t...