Monday, 6 May 2024

Elodea photosynthesis


 Finding out the best aquatic plant to demonstrate the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis using a few different plants. I have been getting the best results from Ceratophyllum demersum 


Sunday, 5 May 2024

Online Maths Tuition


 Online Maths Tuition goes through some tricky bits that students find difficult - reading the question and asking themselves - what is this question about, and where do I start?

Saturday, 4 May 2024

Vela


 Found my Vela when searching through the loft. 40 years ago, it was a great tool in the science lab, grabbing data from some experiments and squirting it into a BBC microcomputer. 

Friday, 3 May 2024

Orbitals

GCSE Chemistry: Trying to work out how those electrons are arranged in the orbitals and if any pattern can be seen. Working from a periodic table, it takes a while for a pattern to be seen, and the word spreads around.

Thursday, 2 May 2024

online determination of acceleration due to gravity


 This is an online lesson that shows acceleration due to gravity using the @pascoscientific light gate and a picket fence. It works very accurately and is easy to demonstrate so that the students can see and understand what is happening.

Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Exam Practice


 Running out of exam questions. Some students have been improving their skills by doing loads of exam questions, but what happens when you run out as many do. Look at other exam boards - the format isn't the same but Science and Maths doesn't change.

Tuesday, 30 April 2024

Diffraction grating prism


 Using a Diffraction grating as a prism and measuring the angles to show how we can look and measure starlight

Doppler Rocket

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