Swing low sweet magniot
This week my students were doing a design lab on electromagnetism. I put some coils, metal formers, wire and magnets on the front table and told then to get on with it. It's about the 4th design lab we've...
Pumpkin rasta
Now I've got onto atomic and nuclear physics with my first years class. I have combined SL and HL in the first year so try to get through as much of the core as possible. I was explaining why the mini...
Cork and meccano
Many years ago I bought 4 field mapper sets from Pasco. These include of 50 sheets of conductive paper and a silver pen. The silver pen is used to draw electrodes on the paper so that different fields...
Last Laugh
Today I had the last class with my HL group. We thought we'd have a class photo but I couldn't get in it because it was me with the camera. The class is actually a bit bigger but some decided not to turn...
What goes up must get down
When taking beginners climbing it's difficult to get them to the top but even more difficult to get them down. People on the ground are always good at giving advice like "just stand up", "walk backwards",...
Nukemap
Whilst watching Glesga physics presentation on nuclear physics I came across this nasty but interesting little application, nukemap. You choose a location, select a nuclear bomb and blow it up. Gives...
Mysterious hairy hand
If a fridge magnet sticks to fridges then does a bar magnet stick to bars? Here is a video clip of the hair on the back of my hand moving in a mysterious way. Actually I have a Neodymium magnet concealed...
Glesga Physics
I was looking for some simple youtube video to show how a photodiode works, so I could show it to my HL class giving me the chance for a 5 minute nap, when I came across Glesga physics. These have been...
Norwegian rope trick
We are always trying to relate what we teach in class to practical examples but its not always easy. Cars don't have uniform acceleration and rubber tyres don't obey the equation F= μN. Today I showed...
Really fast big bang
I use so many applets, video clips and simulations that I sometimes lose track of which one to use when. This website makes things easier as I have taken the time to make a lesson plan for each lesson...