Thursday, 20 February 2025

Momentum


 Investigating Momentum with elastic and inelastic collisions using the @pascoscientific smartcarts. Using either the velcro or the magnets, simple collisions can be measured, and using multiple stacked carts, we can simulate changing the mass visually.

Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Two Protractors


 Two protractors, the one on the left makes it easy for the students to do bearings, and the one on the right is the one that students have in their pencil case, which makes doing bearings much more difficult.

Tuesday, 18 February 2025

Total Internal reflection


 Seeing what we can do with total internal reflection - communicating down fibres, lighting Christmas trees and using endoscopes.

Sunday, 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.

Titer Concentration Determination

In the prep room, working out the exact concentration of an unknown using the @pascoscientific drop counter with the pH probe and the thermo...