Wild knowledge
Went to Bergen today with three students who were hoping to pick up a prize in a science competition. The prize didn't materialise but we did get to visit vilvite which I thought meant wild knowledge...
Snakes can jump
A friend of mine sent me an interesting question, “why is the Fosbury flop a more efficient way to jump over a bar”. The friends name is Per which would be quite a good name for a Physicist, meters Per...
Return of an old classic
It was a wet weekend so I went down to the lab to play with the apparatus. Years ago I broke the lamp that is used in the Stefan Boltzmann experiment, never got around to replacing it but discovered that...
Rave glasses
I distinctly remember saying to the class, "look at the light not the camera". They ignored me of course and although I got a nice photo of my class it didn't really illustrate the point I was trying...
Holi and the ivy
As in a lot of international schools we celebrate many different cultural days and last weekend was Holi. I'm not sure what Holi is all about except that the celebration of it involves throwing paint...
Ears are for hearing
It's revision time again. Well at least it is with my SL class, won't have any time for class revision with my HL. Just got time for the second option before the end, must admit we're pushing it a bit...
Electromagic
Ever since last July, when I bought this magic wand, I've been dying to use it, now at last I'm doing electric fields with my first year classes. I almost forgot that I had it so they almost missed a...
Overground heating
Although we haven't had as much snow as London the due to some very cold, dry weather the snow we have had has stayed for a long time. The cold is good for preserving snow but no good for car batteries,...
Hot wheels
I've been been looking for one of these sets for years, so I was really excited when I walked through the local toy shop to find this for only 99 kroner (about £12). I used to have one when I was a boy...
frEEzing water
It's still winter here in Norway, no daffodils or snowdrops yet, only thing to look at on the way home is snow and ice. With the continual thawing in the day and freezing at night there are lot of icicles...