Friday 7 July 2023

Chromatography required practical

Investigating the chromatography of the pigments in green plants. It's a better chromatography experiment since we have to use different solvents other than water, which brings in the idea that there are actually other solvents.




 

Thursday 6 July 2023

Ultrasonic sensor

The most useful sensor I have is the @pascoscientific ultrasonic sensor. It gets used in most experiments since measuring some sort of distance is involved. It's great at distance measurements over about 15cm. At distances less than 15cm, you have to get creative.
 

Wednesday 5 July 2023

Real world Maths

 

#Maths is more than equations. It's about solving real-world problems. From integration to logs & indices, where do you see these concepts come to life in your everyday routine? #RealWorldMaths

Tuesday 4 July 2023

What is temperature?

Online A-level Physics What is temperature? Heat moves from a hotter body to a colder body, and in doing so, we can see this energy movement powering the fan.


 

Monday 3 July 2023

Dihybrid cross

Learning about dihybrid crosses resulted from doing lots of crosses with Drosophila over many weeks. Now the students seem to occasionally see this, only in a textbook and wonder what it is all about. Students don't see a Punnett square as explaining reality.



 

Sunday 2 July 2023

Networking

Learning about how networks work. This then involves building a server and a couple of workstations and getting them to connect to one another. Raspberry Pi's work well for this. We build wired and wireless networks.



 

Saturday 1 July 2023

Boxes of Equipment


 All ready for the day ahead. Boxes of equipment are prepared to enable all the practical work.

Energy Conversions

Energy conversions: the Steam Engine. Chemical energy in the fuel is turned into thermal energy and then into kinetic energy. Passing down a...