Sunday, 9 July 2023

New project book


 My entire of stock of these books is now out with the students so I had to buy another one for me

Saturday, 8 July 2023

Online demonstration terminal velocity


 One of the challenges of teaching online is doing good demonstrations. With plenty of cameras, we can get in on the action and using @pascoscientific sensors like the rotary motion sensor, we can record the activity in real-time and deliver it to the students.

Friday, 7 July 2023

Chromatography required practical

Investigating the chromatography of the pigments in green plants. It's a better chromatography experiment since we have to use different solvents other than water, which brings in the idea that there are actually other solvents.




 

Thursday, 6 July 2023

Ultrasonic sensor

The most useful sensor I have is the @pascoscientific ultrasonic sensor. It gets used in most experiments since measuring some sort of distance is involved. It's great at distance measurements over about 15cm. At distances less than 15cm, you have to get creative.
 

Wednesday, 5 July 2023

Real world Maths

 

#Maths is more than equations. It's about solving real-world problems. From integration to logs & indices, where do you see these concepts come to life in your everyday routine? #RealWorldMaths

Tuesday, 4 July 2023

What is temperature?

Online A-level Physics What is temperature? Heat moves from a hotter body to a colder body, and in doing so, we can see this energy movement powering the fan.


 

Monday, 3 July 2023

Dihybrid cross

Learning about dihybrid crosses resulted from doing lots of crosses with Drosophila over many weeks. Now the students seem to occasionally see this, only in a textbook and wonder what it is all about. Students don't see a Punnett square as explaining reality.



 

Levers and Weighting machines

  How much does this weigh? Exploring different tools for measurement: a lever arm balance, a Newton meter, and a set of scales with their w...