Thursday, 18 January 2024

Determining G by Freefall


 A Picket Fence and a @pascoscientific Lightgate and a simple drop and pretty accurate values every time. Some students believe they have discovered a gravitational anomaly in part of the classroom, or this could be a student error.

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Maths in Science


 Sometimes, the Maths required in Science, especially Physics, exceeds the Maths learnt and required in Maths. So what is there to do but teach Maths in the Science lessons so the students can learn the Math required.

Tuesday, 16 January 2024

G by Freefall


 Using the Lego as a G by freefall machine to estimate the drop of a ball bearing 0.5m. For10 tries, we managed an average of 9.7ms-2

Monday, 15 January 2024

Air Quality

Measuring the air quality, CO2, particles, and ozone levels. Investigating the damage caused by particulates and looking at the air quality index in Hemel Hempstead, which exceeds three WHO limits, and London, where pollution is way too high.
 

Sunday, 14 January 2024

Finishing the project


 Just putting the final touches to the computing projects. Making sure that all the criteria are met and that all the checkboxes are ticked.

Saturday, 13 January 2024

Centre of Mass

Determining the Centre of Mass of a triangle using a Plumb line and then testing by balancing the shape on the point of a pencil. Accuracy counts here.


 

Friday, 12 January 2024

Test for CO2

Testing for Carbon Dioxide using Limewater turning cloudy with Year  8. Some household chemicals are used to show they are the same as laboratory chemicals.


 

Doppler Rocket

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