Brain Areas

 Getting a Head Start on A-Level Psychology: Dive into the brain's structure, discover what each part does, and explore how they shape our behaviours. Beyond the physical, let's ponder the wonders of imagination and what makes us truly unique.  #Psychology #BrainScience #Imagination #Alevels

WiFi

A-Level Computer Science in the Holidays. Learning to set up a WiFi system to obtain the best and clearest signal. Investigating the security of the signals and what can be done to make WiFi more secure.

Vanadium

GCSE Chemistry in the Holidays: Investigating the different ionic states and colours of Vanadium, from the yellow of Vanadium V to the Blue of Vanadium IV, the Green of Vanadium III to the violet of Vanadium II and then taking the vanadium back using Potassium Permanganate

 

Smartcart

21st Century Physics During the Holidays. We used a @pascoscientific smartcard and a weight falling 1 metre to determine the acceleration due to gravity. The ramp was set up to compensate for friction, and then different masses were tried to measure the acceleration in Capstone.

 

Differentiation from First Pronciples

Maths in the holidays: Going back over Differentiation from first principles, trying to understand what differentiation is and then working slowly and logically through the process by inspecting different points of a graph and calculating the gradient of the curve at that point

The book uses h but I prefer delta x meaning a little bit of x and suddenly the students were happy and could see what was going on. Similarly with the fractions - the students said they could do fractions until we tried them.

 

Drop two masses

 Physics in the holidays: The old question is, if I drop two different masses simultaneously, which will hit the ground first? Even many A-level physics students still say the larger mass will hit the ground first, and they always try to prove me wrong.

The Nucleus

A-Level Biology in the Holidays: Investigating the cell in more detail with electron microscope images and 3-D diagrams to get a clear picture of the structure and mechanisms inside a cell.