18 February 2025
Total Internal reflection
Seeing what we can do with total internal reflection - communicating down fibres, lighting Christmas trees and using endoscopes.
17 February 2025
16 February 2025
Poverty is complex
A-level Sociology Poverty is complex—no single measure tells the full story. Stats are just snapshots in time. The amount of income is only a vague yardstick. By using different measures & perspectives, we get a clearer picture. #Sociology
Model 100
Taking my 1980’s Tandy Trs-80 out for a spin. The students wondered what I could do with a computer with no internet. We looked at the text editor and the spreadsheet and watched the daisy wheel printer work.
14 February 2025
13 February 2025
Physics in Action
One of my students filmed their high-board dive, and we processed the footage using @pascoscientific Capstone to analyze the motion in detail—calculating speed, acceleration, and more! #PhysicsInAction #MotionAnalysis
12 February 2025
Visualising Physics in Mechanics
Creating an Atwood machine to simulate a lift to help non-physicists visualise and then solve Mechanics problems.
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