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Emma's experiment(s)
As a workshop leader, I'm often asked for exemplar programmes of experimental work - a prefilled list of all the investigations my class engages with throughout the course. Well, we're up and running,...
Watt turbine?
Hi. It’s a long time since I (Chris) wrote a blog post, but this Instagram video (no sound) inspired me. In the video, the presenter demonstrates how amazing this turbine is by giving it a small push,...
Taking off
In the northern hemisphere, schools are beginning to reopen, and I (Danny) am looking forward to getting back into my classroom… but not yet! My schedule is a bit different this year, and so the first...
Navigating anew
The switchover has happened, and we've been busy over the past two weeks getting the site organized. We will be writing some specific instructions soon, but the basic idea is that there are now two sites:...
Tools time
The website splitting should be happening any day now. There are just a few details to sort out first. Once that happens, we will be writing new guides for teachers and students. I (Danny) am looking...
Results and Gases
The May 2026 results are out now, and I (Danny) hope that all of your students received the grades to which they aspired. The exam papers seemed relatively straightforward, and it seems like the markbands...
Tubes for good
I (Danny) am wrapping up the school year here in Canada, and my non-IB physics class is doing a project about radon gas. Our city is built on top of some very old bedrock, so radon collecting in the basements...
A birdhouse in your soul
Tomorrow is Collaborative Science Project (CSP) day at my (Danny's) school. Formerly known as the Group 4 Project, the CSP is something special for us IBDP science teachers. It's designed to address Aim...
Left hand, right hand
Imagine you take a wire and suspend it in a magnetic field. If you pass current through that wire, which way will it deflect? The magnetic field points downward, and the current is coming out of the screen....
Artemis II
In September of 1962, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, said, “We choose to go to the Moon in this decade, and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they...