Helpmyphysics

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.

Solar Path Experiment

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.

Theme park physics

Click on the link below to take you to an interactive periodic table.

Interactive periodic table

Try and answer these questions:

1. How many elements are gases at 25 C?
2. How many elements are liquids at 25 C?
3. Write down the elements that are called Noble gases
4. Make a list of the elements which are called Halogens
5. Write down one element that is an alkaline earth.
6. Where was copper originally mined?

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.

1. Think
2. History of seatbelts
   

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.

All these pictures of the onion skin`s cells were taken by 2-7 Science. They took the pictures using their mobile phone cameras and bluetoothing them to my mobile phone.
The mobile phone cameras were placed over the eyepiece of the microscope.
The pictures are superb.
Well done 2-7