I set my young scientists a Christmas Poster competition, all they had to do was dream up the best present that a scientist could find in his/her stocking on Christmas morning.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Last June I placed some photographic film into a tin cannister with a small hole punched into its side. The tin cannister was then attached to a clothes pole in my backgarden and left.
This afternoon I fetched the cannister and took the photographic film out. My son John scanned the photographic film and with the aid of some image software made the image negative.
The result is the picture above.
The picture clearly shows the path of the sun through the sky over the last six months.
I believe you can see we didn`t have a great summer by the broken lines at the top. More sun shone in the month of October.
This has been a fascinating simple project that was carried out very easily.
If you want to try out the project then follow the link below.
In a few weeks time it will be the winter solstice when the sun will be in its lowest arc across the sky. Try it out over the next six months and make a record of the sun`s path yourself.
This is a video made of the pictures of the light experiments which my first year science class took during the lessons.
They used their mobile phones in an appropriate manner and bluetoothed the pictures to my phone.
This is an excellent example of using mobile phone technology in the lab.
Well done first year.
To make your own videos try this online video maker called Stupeflix.
Try making your own.
Fancy yourself as a theme park creator? Then try out this wonderful simulation.
Watch out for the changes in energy. Check out how gravitational potential energy can be changed into kinetic energy.
Go on! Have some fun with physics.
Click on the link below to take you to an interactive periodic table.
Try and answer these questions:
Here are three videos recorded by my science classes about cells. They recorded their videos using FLIP video cameras.
They put a lot of work into their productions. We hope you enjoy the videos and it helps you learn about cells.
Hi physics lovers! Here is a wee movie we filmed using our physics monkey to show us how seatbelts prevent drivers and their passengers from being injured when their cars stop suddenly.
Hi first year! Here is a video showing liquid turning into solid. This is a bit of a puzzle. Have a look below.
Quick question: What is meant by a change in state?
Have some fun with this latest Mr Mallon`s Nasty Nine.
Good luck.
