Helpmyphysics Podcast 12

Posted by dmallon on June 17, 2009
 
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holidaysun

Summer holidays are coming and lets hope the sun shines every day. In this podcast Mr. Mallon takes a look at the structure of our nearest star called the Sun.
Granny physics reviews another science book from her new shed. Danny Boyle`s science fiction dvd Sunshine is discussed and Mr Mallon remembers the 40th anniversary of the moonlandings of 1969.

Links in the podcast

  1. Sun science
  2. The Radioactive Boy Scout
  3. Apollo 10
  4. Sunshine
  5. Sunshine Guaranteed by Marina V
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17Jun
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Holiday Physics

Posted by dmallon on June 16, 2009

spookyphysics

Have some fun from the Institute of Physics website`s spooky physics.
Perhaps you can get your physics teacher to do some of the experiments during the last week of the session.
Click on the picture above to enter the spooky house.

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16Jun
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10 Scientific Objects that changed the world!

Posted by dmallon on June 11, 2009

The Science museum in London is celebrating 100 years. The curator has chosen the top ten scientific objects that changed the world.
Among them are the Apollo 10 command module that was used for the moon landing dress rehearsal, the penicillin culture that Alexander Graham Fleming used and the first X-ray machine.
Flick through the above slides to see the rest.

Science Museum

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11Jun
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