Making a zip line

Using a @pascoscientific Tension Protrator to measure the force and angle on a zip line

 

A different kind of Maths

 Why do we learn Maths? - so we can do Physics, of course.

Rubens Tube

 Always a class pleaser when I demonstrate the Rubens tube. Even more fun when we link it up to a student's phone, and they play their favourite soundtrack. Explaining how it works demonstrates how sound travels through the air much better than other ways of teaching.

Aphids

Aphids in A-Level quiz stirring debate! Some students stumbled over their life cycle and feeding mechanisms under phloem pressure. Not familiar with these intriguing insects? Brush up on your biology! 📚🔬 #BiologyExam #Aphids #AlevelBiology

 

Bourne End 2023 Sailing

 Bourne End - Upper Thames Sailing club regatta @upperthamessc

Took some 3000 photos and about 8 hours of video. Now to process this lot.

Typical week

Variety is what a typical week looks like. For some, there are loads of revision and test papers, while others are investigating Rubens tube, or doing a required practical, making up solutions, or carrying out electrolysis, either online or in person.

 

Thermal expansion making up solutions.

 When making up solutions - why is the temperature so important. Students made up a solution of NaOH to the correct molarity, then after cooling, they saw that their perfect solutions weren't so perfect after all. Lesson Learnt.