Saturday 30 April 2022
Carbon Nanotubes
This is not a model in the molymod range, but one I made to shown how graphene can be rolled up into a carbon nanotube. It gave the students much to discuss about new materials and composite materials. Making bullet resistant material was a fun topic to look at these materials.
Friday 29 April 2022
Pasco Spectrometer
There are many favourite practicals, but seeing the spectrum of light from different glowing chemicals is certainly one of them. The @pasco.scientific spectrometer gives an insight into an unseen world around us.
Thursday 28 April 2022
Templates
Templates are sometimes useful for science and maths. This one helps with the 3D drawings, especially of prisms, although not so good for life like diagrams. Others help get better drawing of science equipment.
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Acceleration due to gravity
We had a go at determining the acceleration due to gravity. First time got this answer Perfect results using @Pasco Light gate and Picket fence
Tuesday 26 April 2022
Look into my eyes
Using a close up camera to see how the iris works and using the @pasco human demo eye to see how it works in practice by putting in an iris in the eye. It is also useful to use a camera lens to show the camera T-stops in action.
Monday 25 April 2022
3 Liquids
Three different liquids. All looked like water but they were not what the students expected. I was surprised how many students naturally assumed a clear liquid would be water.
Sunday 24 April 2022
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Vela
Found my Vela when searching through the loft. 40 years ago, it was a great tool in the science lab, grabbing data from some experiments an...
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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...