I sincerely wish all of you physics students all the best of luck for your exams. If you have studied well then you will be rewarded. If you feel that things have not gone as well then click on the link below and you’ll see that this good old world still keeps turning as normal and vow to study better next time.
All the best.
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Cells & batteries. Why they don’t always give the voltage written on the battery.
Ultrasound: Images using echoes.
Constellations. Images with the stars.
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Charge by Seven Thousand miles
Stars by Bree Noble
Happy new year all you physics lovers. I hope that 2007 will be a successful year for your physics.
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You can listen to it on your computer or laptop.
A really great piece of software is a program called Winpodder.
This program is free to download. It enables you to catch any podcasts that are of interest to you. Download the free program and follow the instructions.
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Why do elements and filaments heat and light up when the flex doesn’t.
Projectiles: Lets shoot the monkey!
Space Zone: What is an equinox?
Music in the show:
Only Smile by The JellyBricks
Space Monkey by Jim Hodgson
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Well the day has dawned when all that hard work is rewarded or not!
I hope your results are what you’ve deserved.
If you have passed your Highers then congratulations. If you haven’t then there is always this session to work extra hard.
If you’ve done well in your Standard Grades, especially physics then I hope you will continue with the fascinating physics story onto higher level.
For more information on your results then click the link to the SQA website below:
Friday June 23rd saw the end of two great schools in Coatbridge: Columba High and Saint Patrick’s.
I have had the great fortune to be in both these schools. I was a pupil at St Patrick’s from August 1973 to June 1979. From August 1984 till yesterday I was a teacher in Columba High School.
The reason why I love physics so much is down to the fantastic teachers I had in St Patrick’s in the late seventies. Through their lessons and enthusiasm I developed a passion for science and physics.
My thanks go to Mr. Bill Kennedy (my S3,S4 and S5 teacher) and Dr Daly who taught me the then CSYS physics.
I must also say thanks to my physics and science colleagues in Columba over the past years who have been an utmost joy to work with:
Mr. Joseph McGrath (my first principle teacher of physics at Columba), Mr John McMullen, Mr. Paul McKendrick, Mr Stephen Hendry, Mr Kevin McFadden and Mr James Graham. All of these teachers were fantastic people to work with.
Let me not forget my other science colleagues who, more than colleagues were good friends:
Susan Shields, Jan Cruikshanks, Tommy Reilly, Charlie Donnelly, Karen Gray, Magda McAleenan, Sarah Boyle, Theresa Fairweather and Harry Hughes.
A special mention has to be made of probably the two best science technicians in Scotland: Helen Timmons and Eddie McKenna.
Also the science department’s adopted son : Mr Stephen McCrossan Columba’s fantastic PT of computing.
So it is farewell St Columba & St Patrick’s: both good ships to sail in.
And let me not forget the wonderful pupils of Columba High who will now move on to the new Saint Andrew’s High. God Bless you all.
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Specific Heat Capacity.
Granny Physics has put on weight.
What are those mysterious lines in the spectrum?
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“The Sun Years†by Scotland Barr and The Slow Drags
“Get your molecules moving†by J.P. Taylor.
“Stars†by Jeremy Kushnier
