Wednesday 6 July 2022
Ready for Microbiology
Getting ready to do some microbiology experiments. Agar plates prepared and bacteria happily growing in the broth. Now to find ways to kill them with plants from the garden.
Tuesday 5 July 2022
Specific Heat Capacity with and without a Joulemeter
Specific Heat capacity can be determined using a Joulemeter or an Ammeter, Voltmeter and timer, but which is best for helping the students learn especially when some questions use volts amps and time.
Monday 4 July 2022
Pocket lab G-force has Arrived
The Pocketlab G-force car has arrived from across the Pond, so now we can start to make some videos using it. I was quite excited when I saw this on Kickstarter and order straight away. Now to charge it and use it.
Sunday 3 July 2022
Making a glass spreader
A job for a quiet Sunday. Making glass spreaders for bacterial colonies, ready to do some experiments about natural antiseptics found in common plants on the growth of bacteria. We will also look at the effectiveness of kitchen surface cleaners.
Saturday 2 July 2022
Electromagnetic Braking
Lenz's Law application - making an electromagnetic brake using a strong magnet and non-magnetic Aluminium
Friday 1 July 2022
Analog Computing
How do analog computers compare to digital ones? Can students easily program them and get anything useful out? These computers are on the rise and need to be with with our array of Macs, Windows, and Unix machines and the data gathering Physics sensors and phones.
Thursday 30 June 2022
More Maths
With exams done for the year and internal exams over now is the time to create a stock more maths questions in similar styles and levels of difficulty as the exam questions for the students to practice on once they have done all the book questions
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