Friday 30 June 2023

Optically Active

A simple but amazing property of some substances like Glucose to rotate polarised light. This is Dextrose  and Laevose rotates the same amount but in the opposite direction



 

Thursday 29 June 2023

Rates of Concentration


A-level Chemistry working with rates of reactions, using the @Pascoscientific colourimeter to capture the responses of different concentrations of sodium thiosulfate and hydrochloric acid reacting so they can draw accurate rate graphs in Capstone

Wednesday 28 June 2023

Excel to solve Mechanics

Diving into #Excel to tackle basic mechanics problems. As students progress, they encounter more complex #Maths. Yet, post-education, they often utilize Excel over advanced Maths in their businesses. Let's get ahead of the curve by integrating real-world #Physics education early. #STEM
 

Tuesday 27 June 2023

Seismograph

Comparing a seismograph model demonstrating the principle with a vibrometer app in the phone to record simple seismic events.

 

Monday 26 June 2023

A-Level Heart Revision


 A-Level Biology Revision The circulatory system. I have a great model of the 4-chambered heart, but I can't find a similar type or really any models of a fish heart system or a frog's heart system. It's ok telling, but demonstrating is so much more effective.

Sunday 25 June 2023

Spintrionics

One of the biggest problems in teaching Physics is getting over the concept of things, sometimes using analogies like Spintronics to explain how electricity works.
 

Saturday 24 June 2023

AI computer Programming


 A-level Computing projects - who writes the best programs ChatGPT or a student and can I tell which is which? Looking at the comments and asking ChatGPT seems to work.



A level Math

  Students working out just what formulae are and are not in the exam sheet. Then, the panic can begin to memorise the formulae that are not...