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.
Monday, 17 February 2025
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.
Friday, 14 February 2025
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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...
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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...