Monday 30 August 2021

I didn't have the correct lead

 Needed 3.5mm Jack to Banana plug to plug in a speaker to a signal generator. So I had to 3.5mm Jack -> phono -> bnc female -> BNC double male -> bnc-> banana Phew!! And it worked!!



Saturday 28 August 2021

Burning a crisp

 Burning a crisp to work out its energy #STEM @ChatBiology We got 200kJ for 100g for crisps instead of the packet saying 2000kJ Gave the students a headache working out why, when they did the experiment so carefully using @pascoscientific capstone. #iteachbiology #Science


Thursday 26 August 2021

Uranium

#Alevel #Physics Using a @pascoscientific GM counter to look at the radiation count of a flake of Uranium Paint. About as dangerous as I like to go. #iteachphysics #STEM #Science



 

Saturday 21 August 2021

Capstone Day 5

 Playing with Blockly in @pascoscientific  capstone. Trying to try out the experiments in the online course. The next course is on Sparkvue on 30th Aug. Sparkvue is free on Phones with makes it ideal for students. #Physics #iteachphysics #STEM #Science



Tuesday 17 August 2021

Pasco Capstone Course Day 1

 Recreating the exercises from

capstone course yesterday. Amazing how many little bits I leant. Looking forward to the next session. All about #Physics #iteachphysics #STEM


Monday 16 August 2021

Optics

 A level #Physics Needing to do a little revision of #GCSE #science before going onto more advanced stuff. The candle seems to be so more effective than other light sources for understanding. #iteachphysics #STEM




Sunday 15 August 2021

Plastic Strip Tester

 #GCSE #Physics Using a plastic strip Tester on different plastic and paper bags experiment to find the breaking points of the different bags by different manufacturers. Students are surprised at the results. #STEM #iteatchphysics #Science





Water Turbine

  The water turbine shows a set of energy conversions that the students are quite familiar with. Gravitational potential energy is converted...