Using a dual fuel cell to split water into hydrogen and oxygen from solar energy and then to reverse the system and power a fan from the same hydrogen and Oxygen #iteachphysics
Monday, 28 February 2022
Sunday, 27 February 2022
Using a Baffle to improve a ripple tank results
One of the problems with using a ripple tank is unwanted reflections. Simply placing a piece of paper towel stop the unwanted reflections leading to better and clearer results. #iteachphysics
Saturday, 26 February 2022
Using a Demo eye
Using the @pascoscientific demo eye to practically look at how the lens in the eye works by changing shape, and looking at different lenses for long and short sightedness. I really great bit of kit. #iteachphysics
Friday, 25 February 2022
Repairing Lung Machine
After a few years of use my lung demo broke, but with a new y piece, new balloons and new elastic bands and gaffer tape the lung demo has been rebuilt and is again working well, to demo to more students.
Thursday, 24 February 2022
Using Mechanics to help with A level Maths
Doing practical mechanics to help understand A level Maths. Playing with practical mechanics brings a level of realism to the Physics Maths problems, so the students can see and feel what is going on.
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Newtons Second Law
One of my favourites - which ball will hit the ground first. Even with the evidence some students still don't believe it. Using a strobe to get the proof.
Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Using a prism
Some brief bright sunshine through a crack in the curtains through a prism across the classroom wall The picture gave us about 15 different colours when seen as a jpeg #iteachphysics
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