Saturday, 30 December 2023

Alkali Metals

Watching how fast Sodium oxidises in the air before comparing its reactivity to Lithium and Potassium in water. A really great, fun experiment.


 

Friday, 29 December 2023

Chemistry - Fuel Cells


 This is still the future - fuel cells. Charged by Solar to split water. The hydrogen and oxygen combine at a later time to create water again and electricity. This cell will do both the splitting and the recombining.

Thursday, 28 December 2023

Hookes Law Series and Parallel


 Back to work looking at Hookes Law with series and Parallel springs and predicting what happens and then trying out experiments to see if the experiments prove the predictions.

Wednesday, 27 December 2023

Survived Christmas


 The proper use of a NO2 cylinder making whipped cream for a vanilla slice - part of Surviving Christmas 2023

Sunday, 24 December 2023

Analog Computing


 Time to set up and play with a few more demos of using Analog Computing @analogparadigm to demonstrate what it can do and achieve.

Saturday, 23 December 2023

Last Day of Teaching before Christmas


 Last day of Teaching until after Christmas. I can manage to squeeze in a few days off to celebrate Christmas with my family. But before then, it's Chemistry, Maths, Biology, Maths and Computer Science.

Friday, 22 December 2023

Splint flame tests


 Flame tests are always a good way of finishing a term's experiments. There are many ways to do flame tests, but one of the easiest is to use a wooden splint. It's quick, easy, and fun.

Doppler Rocket

Demonstrating the Doppler effect with the @pascoscientific Doppler Rocket: As the rocket moves away, students can hear the pitch drop (red s...