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.
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.
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
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