Blood Typing

GCSE Biology Playing detective identifying blood using simple ABO blood tests on artificial blood. Fun and educational, leading to an understanding of tissue rejection and markers on cells for identification.

claustrophobia

 She sits in the corner of a small lift that has broken down. She feels the walls pressing in on her. She has a phobia of confined spaces. Is this anxiety normal, and is it natural to feel this way -  We explore in A Level Psychology.

Flame Tests

 One of the students' favourite experiments are flame tests and then identifying an unknown material.

Measuring Radioactivity

 You can't see it, taste it, or smell it, but with the @pascoscientific Wireless Geiger counter, you can hear the radiation and see the results plotted on a graph. The students were really surprised about the amount of background radiation.

Argand Diagrams

 Investigating the modulus and the argument for displaying complex numbers. Getting a good foundation in numbers helps much later in Further Maths.

House Heat Loss

 

Today is a good day to examine the heat loss from the house using a Thermal Camera. These pictures are handy for all the Physics lessons when investigating insulation.

Ultrasound to look for veins

 Studying circulation becomes a bit more interesting when an ultrasound machine is used to scan for a vein so a cannula can be inserted into an arm. We also learned why needles are put into veins rather than arteries.