Gp4 project live
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Money
A couple of days ago I posted about this year's Group 4 project at UWCRCN. Students are going to measure electrical energy usage over a 24 hour period. The group that gets closest to the actual values...
Gp4 hands off / hands on
That's my school in the photo. Plenty of snow but it's melting fast. Pity because it would be great to do a gp4 project in the snow. Some years ago we did actually plan such a project, bought lots of...
Wolf blood moon
A couple of nights ago (mornings actually) there was a lunar eclipse that resulted in a red moon. My students were alerted to the fact so got up early to have a look. One of them, Alberto, took this great...
New lab :-)
I like my lab it just doesn't fit in with the way I have adapted my teaching, great for the Lord of the board not so good for the mentor at the centre. The way it is now is traditional physics lab arrangement...
Happy New Year!
The dates have aligned this holiday to give me 3 weeks away from the classroom. I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to sit back and think carefully about my EdD research, to attend a Coaching course with valued...
Google classroom idea
For some time now, I've been using Google classroom to streamline the process of monitoring and marking the IA. One small problem is that you can't upload the marking grid to individual students but I've...
Making connections
The end of the first term, yes, it's the end here, we break up on next Wednesday,. Anyway, the end of the first term is a good time to do a Mini investigation. Students are ready in terms of skills but...
Cross and dot
Yesterday Rayan asked an interesting question. " Mathematically speaking, why is work a scalar?" In other words, why does multiplying two vectors by the cosine of the angle between them give a scalar....
The wow factor
I remember watching a BBC documentary on particle physics with my mum, when I was about 15. My mum always used to watch science documentaries with me, she probably has extensive knowledge of particle...