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In our science class at St. Andrew`s we made a special convection current detector. To be honest it was really just a pencil with a bit of tissue paper on the end of it but it did show hot air rising above the hot flame of the bunsen burner.
Convection is a process where heat energy is carried to other areas of a room. Convection can only occur where there is a difference in temperature and only occurs in either liquids or gases.

Hi physics lovers, hope you are doing well with your questions.
Click the link below to download a copy of your worked answers.

Question a day worked out answers

Relax and enjoy your holidays
Mr. Mallon

Hi higher physics lovers here is your question a day to keep your physics ticking over till you get back.
Have a happy October break and keep safe.

Higher Question a Day

Hi second year. Just as promised click on the link below to download a cracking looking periodic table.
Periodic Table

Hi physics lovers here is a chance to get ahead and try out the latest physics assessment 003.
There is a classic projectile problem about a a kangaroo.
Remember it is so important to use your projectile template.
You can download the assessment below as well as the projectile template.

Higher Physics Assessment 003
Projectile template

Hi physics lovers here is the second home assessment and its solution.
This assessment starts off with a problem on displacement and scale drawing. There is a tricky part involving finding the displacement vector to make the average velocity zero. Hint! Think back bearings.

There is also a question on the famous bouncing car!
Anyway enjoy the assessment:

Higher Physics Assesment 002
Solution page 1
Solution page 2

Hi physics lovers, here are the links to our first home assessment and solutions.
You can print off the assessment and answers.

Assessment 001
Solutions

Last evening I caught sight of the International Space Station passing over my house. Fortunately the skies were clear. As I looked at this light passing overhead, I noticed that it didn`t have the flashing lights, which are seen on passenger jets. It had to be the ISS.
The ISS has large solar panels which reflect the sunlight and that is what makes it so bright.
I went indoors and checked the Heavens Above website which confirmed that it was the ISS and what is more the website told me that it was due to pass again an hour later, which it duly did!
If you are looking for something to do these summer holidays then try and capture the ISS passsing over with a digital camera.
To do so you`ll have to log onto the Heaven`s Above site and enter your longitude and latitude. This can easily be done by looking up Google Maps or Wikepedia.
There is a table showing you the times the ISS passes over.
The last thing you need is clear skies.
Best of luck in capturing the ISS.

The summer holidays of 2008 are now under way. If you are a bit bored with your psp or laptop and the rain is getting you down, well here is a fantastic site to get you active in science experimentation.
This professor has been a find! He is so enthusiastic about his science that he makes videos about science. These videos can be found at his website and are brilliant.
They show everyday materials being used to show dazzling science experiments. I can guarantee that you will enjoy these videos and learn at the same time. Cool!
Enjoy your summer holidays!

Robert Krampf`s website

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In this Podcast Mr Mallon takes a look at heat and temperature: Is there a difference?
Did you know that the world nearly missed the first moon landing in 1969? Mr Mallon revues the movie that tells the story of the near miss in the movie called The Dish.
Granny Physics tells us what science book she will be reading this summer and Daniel McDade and Kallum Shields of St Andrew`s High School Coatbridge share some science facts with us.
Finally there is an update on Phoenix, the Mars digger!

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