Monday, 15 April 2024

Capillary Rise


 Investigating how the bore of a capillary tube affects the height that the water will rise.. As the bore becomes thinner, the water rises more. With very fine capillary tubes, the water rises to almost the top of the equipment. - and Xylem cells are much smaller.

Sunday, 14 April 2024

Now where is that stored on an Apple


 A friend bought his old Apple Laptop around, which is running out of space. Our biggest problem was trying to find where things were stored so they could be archived without being restored from the iCloud.

Saturday, 13 April 2024

Carbon Structures

Look at the allotropes of Carbon with Molymod structures. From Diamond to Graphite to Graphene to Nanotubes and Fullerenestpo, get an idea of their structure, strengths, and weaknesses.




 

Thursday, 11 April 2024

Using a conductivity sensor


 The students used the @pascoscientific wireless conductivity sensor to help test whether the water samples were safe to drink. The meter was used in a range of tests and quickly identified seawater, brackish water, and tap water by their levels of conductivity.

Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Mechanics The Canon Problem


 Working out the range of a canon on a cliff, firing at an invading fleet of ships. SUVAT comes to the rescue.

Tuesday, 9 April 2024

Frictionless collisions


 Investigating frictionless collisions with these hover balls. Students were able to investigate hitting one hover into another at different positions to see the angle it made on the other ball.

Monday, 8 April 2024

Root Tip Squashes

Preparing Root tip squashes by breaking down the cell walls then staining the tips and then looking at them under the microscope to see if we can find any stages of mitosis.




 

Doppler Rocket

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