Sometimes I wonder
Amalie and I have often wondered how you get circularly polarized light. Actually I have often wondered Amalie is proably a first time wonderer. Wondering about polarisation that is, she probably wonders...
New tests
It's quite some time since I wrote the tests I use for daily assessment. I always give the marked tests back to the students so it's just possible that they pass them on to their first years. This could...
Tracking students
Have you ever wondered what the student access button is all about? It's where you invite students to join your class and define the pages that they have access to but now there is more. You can set students...
Physics makes it into wedding speech
My daughter got married yesterday to a former student of mine, Gustav. Josie was also in my physics class, but not the same one as Gustav. They first met in the climbing room rather than the classroom....
Air con?
Saw this interesting idea on facebook, electricity free air conditioning. The idea is that putting plastic bottles into a window will cause the air to cool down. Sounds reasonable, air expanding out...
Resonating radiator
I was sitting at my desk and suddenly the radiator sprang into life. Took me some time to locate the source of the buzz but definitely the radiator. Strange since we don't use the radiators anymore. Not...
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Alberte
Alberte. Alberte Thude. I never did ask her how she pronounces her second name, maybe you don't pronounce the e in which case it would be Thud. Alberte .... Thud. Like she's just fallen over. Or maybe...
Hold on
Saw this man jumping on a video that a friend posted on facebook. He was watching the procession at the front of the Tour de France. Notice how the guy is holding onto to a pole. Is it necessary?...
Curriculum review (three cheers)
Just had a bit of fun spotting people I know in the IB science symposium video. Some interesting comments too. "IB science students need to know how to ask the right question." "My favourite part is when...
Talking about collisions
In this video Yael, Hraffi and Amalie talk about collisions....