Mutations

Biology in the Holidays. The same plants growing near to one another. The pink one is the mutation as the normal varieties are white. One base change in a gene affects the colour of the plant. We investigate how this can happen.

 

Pasco Code Node

 

The @pascoscientific Code Node is great when you need a special type of sensor and the students can program this using blocky code to do exactly what they need it to do. With its array of sensors the students can use them individually or combined to measure a particular effect.

Maths in the Holidays

 

Maths in the Holidays. Playing catch up during the long break to consolidate students' Maths skills so they can keep up next term before GCSEs and A Levels. Missing something during term time - it is only sometimes possible to go back over a failed concept.

Free Body Diagrams

Physics in the Holidays - looking at free body diagrams with vectors to simplify complex systems into something that can easily be measured and using the force board with rulers, protractors, and some trig to compare theory with practice.
 

Identification

Identification. What is an insect? What features does it have? Can you tell an insect from an arthropod - some were easy like these, and others were far more difficult. 

 

Chemical Reactions

 So much Chemistry is not really Chemistry, but understanding the Physical properties of chemicals - watching chemicals change as they react and form new compounds is real chemistry, and observing what happens is a very important part of understanding chemical processes.

Pasco doppler Rocket

 It's a good, fun way to learn and observe the Doppler effect using the @pascoscientific Doppler Rocket. As the rocket, with its loudspeaker, moves towards and away from the student, the sound changes.