Bigger and Better
As you can see in the photo my new SMART Board has arrived. It's not that my old one had broken (which is amazing seeing how much I use it) but I wanted one with the new features. Double touch is one....
Hypnotic reflections
On Saturday I was at an end of term party at our principals house and noticed this interesting mobile so filmed it with my phone. At first sight it looks like some sort of Moire fringe interference effect...
Skipping class
Even at UWC's students sometimes skip class but that's not what this post is about. I've been doing various different forms of standing waves demos and practicals for many years, like the one in the photo...
My supervisEEs
This morning we had an EE morning which meant that all students had the chance to meet with their supervisor or work on their EE. I have 5 supervisees this year with a wide range of interesting topics....
Shocking stuff
According to the electrometer the potential of the ball is around 100V but looking at Mette's expression it must be much more, the effect that it is having on Pishun's hair would seem to support this...
Undertoe
Most evenings throughout the summer I go rock climbing or bouldering. Tonight it was bouldering, this means climbing boulders and there’s plenty of them where I live.The boulder problem I am trying in...
Pop crash ring
Today I had a 2 hour lesson with one of my first year classes. It's a special arrangement for the end of term so that we can run trips and do things that would normally not be possible. 2 hours is still...
She sells sea shells
This weekend we did our group 4 project. This took the form of a field trip to Svanøy an island about 1 hour by boat from the college. Svanøy is best known for its deer research centre but our focus was...
When the sun shines
I've blogged a lot of comments about rainy weather in the past so thought it time to redress the balance with a nice sunny photo. In preparation for the group 4 project my class set about drawing the...
Barnacle Bll
Tomorrow we are going to do aout group 4 project. Our first year students remain for 3 weeks after the IB exams to do things like this and a TOK outdoor experience. The Group 4 project is going to take...