Away from school
This term I am running 3 workshops in Turkey, Geneva and Berlin. This means I am away from school for quite a few days. It wouldn’t be so many if it didn’t take so long to travel. No matter where I go...
Map of my mind
It's great to get back in the classroom, no I mean it. Holidays are great but they do go on a bit. For the past month or so I've been heavily involved in redesigning the schools administrative database,...
Dog does EE
At UWCRCN we are trying a new earlier deadline for the completion of the extended essay, it's today! As any IB diploma teacher will tell you the EE can become a bit of a nightmare for students and supervisors...
Feel my pulse
The OCC forum is a place where IB teachers can post questions and have discussions about IB subjects and procedures. Over the past couple of days there has been an interesting discussion about wave propagation....
Temper temper
Here's a cheap and cheerful way of doing datalogging for very little money. I got this USB temperature sensory from ebay for £1.99 (plus £4.99 postage to Norway from China). It comes with a CD of the...
Close but not that close
Some of the swimming events have very close finishes, for example in the 200m butterfly Chad le Clos beat Michael Phelps by 0.05s. This is pretty close but not the closest. In the 1972 Olympics in Munich...
Jessica Ennis
For the past week I have been watching the Olympics and being a Brit I've been particularly looking forward to Jessica Ennis performing. Jessica is a heptathlete which means she has to participate in...
Leg lift
Ever since I went on that treadmill in Kazakhstan I've been thinking about the mechanics of running up a hill when you're not running up one. The reason it's more difficult to run on an inclined treadmill...
Slaboratory
A slab is a piece of rock that is less than vertical. I don't normally climb slabs preferring pieces of rock that are more than vertical, these suit the way I climb, without feet. Just by the road leading...
Interactive physhing
When it's raining the only thing to do is go fishing. I prefer to fish with a fly but sometimes use a spinning rod as shown in the photo. This technique involves casting out a shiny metal lure then reeling...