Sunday, 13 April 2025

Did I forget something?


 A level psychology Someone walks upstairs and having got there can’t remember why they walked up the stairs does forgetting get worse with old age or is it due to the way we learn?

Saturday, 12 April 2025

Computer Projects


 It is that time of year when the year 12 students need to start thinking about A-level Computing Projects. The first step is to think of a project that can fulfil the exam criteria to gain the maximum potential marks.

Friday, 11 April 2025

pH Curve


 Chemistry GCSE: I needed a pH curve for revision to show the students. With the @pascoscientific drop counter, a pH probe, and a temperature probe - 2 experiments in one, with some Potassium Hydroxide in a beaker and some HCl delivered by the drop counter, we had the pH Curve and all the data to go with it.

Thursday, 10 April 2025

Damped oscillations


 Investigating Damping using a @Pascoscientific smartcart as a pendulum. Having the smartcart on a track at a steep angle with a spring. Changing the spring constant by changing the spring and adding air resistance created light, heavy and critical damping

Wednesday, 9 April 2025

Primary Socialisation


 A level Sociology Education is the key to learning how to behave in society. Some sociologists argue that cultural factors are the main explanation for differences in educational achievement. Differences in primary socialisation may mean that some groups find it easier to engage with the culture of the school.

Tuesday, 8 April 2025

Eclipse


 In Physics, we explore why eclipses don’t happen every month — despite regular new and full moons. We also look at how the Moon’s changing distance from Earth creates different types of eclipses and how this is all controlled by gravity and angular momentum..

Monday, 7 April 2025

Capillary Rise


 How does transpiration work, and how does capillary rise help the plants? We investigated the bores of different-sized capillary tubes to find out the effects of having smaller bores.  The smaller the bore, the higher the rise. Next, to measure the size of the xylem cells. 

Distillation

Students learning how to separate two liquids of different boiling points using the distillation apparatus. The students had to choose all t...