06 October 2021

Twists in a string

 Looking at how twisting a string increases its strength #ALevel #Physics Compared straight and twisted fibres. Amazing difference. #iteachphysics #STEM #Science



05 October 2021

Home Made Cyclotron

#ALevel #Physics My homemade cyclotron. Not quite as fast as the real thing, made from a clear mixing bowl, some copper conductivity tape Alt +positive and -negative and a Van der Graaff generator, with a graphite covered ping pong ball #STEM #Science #itechphysics



 






04 October 2021

Crookes Radiometer

 Crookes Radiometer getting an airing as the sun pops out from behind the clouds.





02 October 2021

Snatoms and Covalent Bonds

 #GCSE #Chemistry Covalent bonding made much easier using the @snatoms. So much faster than other makes and 1000% better than the drawings. The students grasped the idea in seconds. #Science #STEM #iteachchemistry



01 October 2021

Making Copper Sulfate Crystals

 #GCSE #Chemistry Time to make Copper Sulfate Crystals - one of my favourite practicals - Students love the colour change then the crystallisation then looking at the crystals, under the microscope. #Science #STEM #iteachchemistry



30 September 2021

Sonometer

 #ALevel #Physics My new Sonometer from @SciChemEdu arrived. Typical science equipment no manual at all. Now need to devise the best experiments to use the machine rather than being given best examples. #iteachphysics #Science #STEM



Measuring Reaction Rates with an Ohaus Balance and PASCO Capstone

  Measuring Reaction Rates with an Ohaus Balance and PASCO Capstone One of the most reliable ways to determine the rate of a chemical react...