Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Matricies
Learning all about Matrices—they seem complete at first, but it takes a bit of practice on the calculators to get them to work correctly. By hand, the Matrices take a long time, but the calculators do them in a flash.
Tuesday, 3 December 2024
Making sense of Circuits
The teacher draws a circuit diagram with strange symbols and straight lines, and then the students are given the components without symbols and wires that go all over the place. That is why we start off the easy way with Locktronics.
Monday, 2 December 2024
Histology
Learning to use a microscope is just the beginning. We regularly use microscopes in our lessons with prepared slides, helping students relate structure to function and keep their skills fresh.
Sunday, 1 December 2024
E-Commerce
With Black Friday here, we explore the rise of e-commerce in A-Level Business Studies. We discuss its benefits—like access to a global market—along with the downsides, including those left behind by technology and the risks of tech failures. #ALevelBusiness #Ecommerce #BlackFriday
Saturday, 30 November 2024
Hard Disk
We are looking at the insides of hard disks and how they work. We are also trying to understand why so much capacity is lost when a drive is formatted and what it is used for to get the disk to work.
Friday, 29 November 2024
Chemistry in Context Calculating Yields
Calculating yields is not particularly exciting in Chemistry -it's just Math. However, doing quantitative experiments and working out how much we have made compared to how much we could have made makes the whole thing more interesting.
Thursday, 28 November 2024
Shaking beads in a box
Shaking beads in a box with a @pascoscientific wireless temperature sensor to record the temperature change to show how motion can be turned into thermal energy.
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Doppler Rocket
Demonstrating the Doppler effect with the @pascoscientific Doppler Rocket: As the rocket moves away, students can hear the pitch drop (red s...
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Negative feedback is a difficult concept to try and get over so I tried using a balance board and the @pascoscientific smart cart strapped...
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We went to the Bett Show a few weeks ago and there we saw a model of a Liver. It had been knitted so we thought we would have a go. After ...
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#Physics Taking wind speed readings using the PASCO scientific wireless weather station. Grabbing some monthly data on the weather in t...