Many hours later
After a long day trying this and playing with that I have succeeded in making a projectile simulation. Would have been much quicker in interactive physics or Algodoo but using GeoGebra means you have...
Geogebra
I've been having a look at the Teach Maths site and was intrigued by the GeoGebra animations they have made. I've been trying to work out how to make them but in the mean time here is an example of one...
Flat tyres will get you nowhere
There was an unusual event in the staff room today, everyone was talking about a physics problem. This was sparked of by an EE topic suggested by one of my students, Boyan. He is an enthusiastic biker...
Fringe benefits
A few weeks ago I bought 36 mini slinkies so that I could make a wave machine. Unfortunately it didn't work but today I had a new idea. I gave my students two mini slinkies and a wooden beam as a design...
Cure for boredom
This week I have been doing astro with my HL class and today we covered binaries. When I first heard that something like 2 out of 3 stars are binaries I was surprised but thinking about it it's not so...
Fly like a bird
My students often send me interesting links to have a look at and this morning one of them, Halfdan sent me this one about flying like a bird. At first I thought it was human powered flight which is supposed...
Bubble wrap
When I first got my new phone I daren't take it anywhere in case I damaged it. That sort of defeated the whole point of having it so I bought a plastic case and screen guard. I was in such a hurry to...
Thora
Thought I'd try something new with my class today, I handed out a copy of an article about Thorium reactors that was in the weekly Guardian a few weeks ago. The idea was that using their knowledge of...
The shout test
I know its not on the syllabus but correction of long and short sight by lenses is something that a lot of students can relate to. I always like to illustrate my explanation with a couple of drawings...
Waste of money?
Yesterday I was talking to one of my colleagues, Jelena the biology teacher, about marking. She was saying what a pain it was with all the paper she was having to get from students, mark and hand back....