Here is my S3`s first Google Docs collaborative presentation on the topic of X-Rays.
21st Century pupils can now carry out research at home while sharing their findings with other fellow students.
This is a powerful way to study and learn.
Well done S3 physicists!
Hi physics lovers!
The gravitational field strength tells us how much force a planet exerts on each kilogram of mass.
Read the cartoon and see if you can find a link between the mass of an object, its weight and gravitational field strength of the planet.
Hi Physics lovers. Here is your Nasty Nine Homework task for the February break.
Write the answers down and then submit them in the Google form where you will find the link in Edmodo.
Can you remember some famous chemical symbols from the element`s name.
On you go give it a try.
Hi physics lovers here is your second Nasty Nine Higher physics quick test.
Answers will be published next week.
Following our bin bag capacitor experiment fun yesterday here is a video on the little characters themselves:
Here is a sketch of our bin bag capacitor we made yesterday.
Essentially a capacitor consists of two metal plates separated by an insulator, in this case a plastic bin bag.
Hi physics lovers! Try out this Wheatstone Bridge investigation.
Click here to get PhET virtual circuit builder.
Click RUN NOW or if it is your own computer click DOWNLOAD
Download this worksheet to build and investigate the Wheatstone Bridge:
Wheat Stone Bridge Activity
After the stormy weather of the Christmas period it was great to see the Sun shining brightly yesterday.
Actually, even though it is just past midwinter, the Sun was at its closet to the planet yesterday.
Astronomically we say the Earth was at perihelion
The fact that we are in winter is to do with the tilt of our planet which is tilted away from the Sun at the moment and nothing to do with distance from the Sun.
Anyway I wanted to capture the image of the Sun yesterday using a small compact mirror and piece of cardboard.
It is quite simple. Just make a hole in the cardboard with a pencil, just about the width of the pencil.
Sellotape the mirror onto the card over the hole.
Now carefully point the cardboard with the mirror towards the sun aiming the reflected image onto a wall a few metres away and there you have it! An image of the Sun`s disk.
WARNING! NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN
It is possible to see sunspots on the image if you project it into a dark box a few metres away.
The diagram below shows how to set up your pin hole arrangement.
The mirror is placed over the hole and by moving the cardboard the image of the Sun can be moved onto a wall a few metres away.
Click the diagram below to see it larger.
I projected the image of the Sun onto my shed wall.
The mirror has the effect of increasing the distance from the pinhole ( actually the hole in the cardboard ) to the wall thus making the image larger.
Try this solar project out and see if you can capture the image of the Sun.
But I do have to emphasize: DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN
