1000 points in 10s
This looks fancy but it's one line of code in GeoGebra, see if you can make it. Once done you can easily draw the potential wells and hills for any number of point charges. Here is a hint...
Pam Ayca and Isaac
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Stranger than friction
Oliver and Harald demonstrating an understanding of physics and humour....
Going around in circles (or not)
It's Faisal's fault. He started me off on this wild goose chase. "I don't know how but I probably can." Foolish statement but the essence of what we are trying to instill in our students. The confidence...
Is it rock or TOK
Group 4 project today and it's about geology or to put it simply rocks. Some interesting research questions but is it good science? To test the hypothesis that the cracking of rocks is related to their...
Train of thought
Its a toy train with a sound sensor. I don't want to give the game away but the question had two completely different solutions that give the same result, isn't it just great when that happens? The question...
Where I work
Cool eh?...
How to teach physics
Is it all about passing exams? I don't think so but at the same time I want my students to do well in them. There is a famous saying about fishing. "There's more to fishing than catching fish" and there...
Tidy but is it creative?
IA's are now over and I've tidied up the room. It was an interesting experiment and some of the best investigations I have ever seen. I'm not sure how much was due to the mess but it did seemed to encourage...
As happy as a student in a messy room
It's mess upon mess in the physics lab today, can't wait to clear it all up at the weekend. I'm not the tidiest person in the world but there are limits. I wonder if there is a limit to untidiness? Probably...