Friday 3 September 2021
Decarbonising the world
Mechanical disadvantage
#ALevel #Physics looking at Mechanical disadvantage in a knee/elbow joint, from a Lamb Joint to @pascoscientific tension protractor to measure the forces at different lengths from the pivot. #iteachphysics #Science #STEM This lesson works well in Biology as well so the studemts doing both subjects benefitted.
Thursday 2 September 2021
phone quadrat
Working on the latest version of the phone quadrat. The phone placed on top of the quadrat takes photos, so it is so much easier to analyse the transects in the classroom #Biology #STEM #iteachbiology @chatbiology
Wednesday 1 September 2021
Emission Spectra
Using a paper spectrometer and a @pascoscientific spectrometer to look at the emission spectra of neon and Helium and other gases. #Physics #iteachphysics #STEM #Science
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
Chemistry visualising problems
Stereochemistry is very difficult to visualise, even sometimes when playing with models. Even looking at this, some students couldn't...
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Negative feedback is a difficult concept to try and get over so I tried using a balance board and the @pascoscientific smart cart strapped...
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Getting a classic set of results for the titration of NaOH and HCl is not that difficult but it is nice when we can get students to this ...
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Mechanics: the grand meeting of Maths & Physics! Using strobe light & a ball drop for gravity-acceleration calculations and SUVAT fo...