Asymmetric stepladder
In front of our house there is a steep hillside that leads down to the fjord. Just after we built the house we planted fruit trees, the steepest orchard in the world. The steepness makes picking the fruit...
New student resources
It´s not quite ready yet but I thought I´d write about what I have been constructing for the past 6 months, it´s a new student site designed to aid revision and hone problem solving skills. Eventually...
Capstone love
I used to think Capstone was a bit fussy but now I´m beginning to love it. It´s the datalogging software from PASCO which, combined with their range of wireless sensors, seals their position at the top...
Turn on the wireless
In two weeks I am running a workshop on ICT and physics in Barcelona. part of the workshop is about using dataloggers but I´ve only got old stuff so PASCO have lent me a whole pile of their new wireless...
Brad´s Fiance explains temperature
We sometimes get students with misconceptions and although this is probably a fake it is an interesting example of how the use of a word for two different things can cause misunderstanding. In this video...
I hopped 500 miles (to wash my clothes)
For some unknown reason I watched this video on facebook about a washing machine that you power by pumping a pedal. It´s a well made video and a neat looking product but some incorrect use of terminology....
Shadows and reflections
Although my students like to appear on my blog I don't think they would appreciate me writing about their results. However subscribers can read some short summary reflections here Reflections on active...
My sphere of interest
A couple of months ago Paul Tonkinson mentioned how you can't simulate the field inside a sphere in the 2D PhET simuation. Geogebra is 3D so I thought I'd give it a go. It took some time to work out how...
I've been plotting
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Another student video
These student videos have been keeping me in blog posts for weeks, thanks, students. This one is by Nikita, Redi and Edson and is about angular momentum....