Monday, 30 September 2024

Repeating Molecules


 A-Level Biology Tuition: Repeating molecules are the backbone of all cells. Simple sugars become carbohydrates, amino acids become proteins, Lipids for double membranes - soap experiment - and nucleotide bases with sugar and phosphate make up DNA and RNA.

Saturday, 28 September 2024

Different SSD's


 GCSE Computer Studies Tuition: The students are studying the different types of SSD technology found in their computers and how Hard disk technology has completely changed over the past few years.

Friday, 27 September 2024

Atomic Shapes


 A-Level Chemistry Tuition: Looking at the shapes of the Atomic orbitals to try and make some sense of the features we see in the periodic table - the evidence for s and p orbitals and how the shapes fit inside each other - where this model falls down.

Thursday, 26 September 2024

Creating a calibration Curve



A-level Biology Tuition: My students create a series of serial dilutions of Glucose to work out the concentration of an unknown. They use the @pascoscientific colourimeter to create a calibration curve and Benedict's solution to make a quantitative assay.
 

Wednesday, 25 September 2024

GCSE Higher Maths


 GCSE Math Tutoring: I work with GCSE Students to increase their chances of getting higher grades. Each week, they come to me not being able to do something, and they go away being able to do this. Soon, they run out of things they can't do.

Tuesday, 24 September 2024

Force and Distance


 GCSE Physics Tuition: Students investigate how the force changes with the distance from the fulcrum as we investigate moments, gears, pullies, and levers.

Monday, 23 September 2024

Spiders


GCSE Biology Tuition. It's spider season with lots of cobwebs and many Orb Web spiders like this one, but it's not the only type, and there are many different ways to get their food. We stop to look at their various ways to fill the ecosystem.

Doppler Rocket

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