Pulses and waves
Vihaan is writing his EE on the way pulses behave in strings. How is it that a triangular pulse results in a sinusoidal standing wave. He is using several methods to ascertain wht happens to a sting when...
The spark that lights the fire
We have been having our ussual pre-term teachers meeting which has involved a fair amount of professional development. Yesterday we were looking at pedagogical approaches and it made me think about the...
How to get a 7 and an A
Laura hadn't done a great deal of physics before but she had done enough to ignite her interest in the subject and was keen to learn more. That is much more important than being trained in the art of...
Knowing you don't know
The results came out this week, I had a couple of pleasant surprises but on the whole they were as expected with a couple of 7's and lots of 6's. As usual the students who perform the best are those who...
TOK theme week: Truth
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EE update: 2nd reflection
My 10 supervisees all have a plan and mst have some experimental data so are ready to write their second reflections. Vega has sensibly combined his passion for surfing with his interest in physics to...
Harmonic skipping
Another sunny day outdoor physics activity. I wonder if the 3rd harmonic has ever been skipped....
Solar power
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Rainbows
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Slo-mo camera
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