Archive for November 2008
Colours from black and white? Say it ain’t so!
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: November 27, 2008
- In: Education | motors | Physics | youtube
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We had half a class the other day so we just played around with some equipment left lying about. One such piece was a cardboard disc with black circles and shapes on a white background. If you spin it quickly you get to see coloured circles! It’s mad I tell you. Only thing is, because it’s got [...]
Trainee teachers get a raw deal
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: November 27, 2008
- In: practical work | Science | youtube
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Does a medical student get to work on a patient/diagnose a patient for the first time unsupervised? Does a trainee mechanic get to work on the brakes of a car for the first time unsupervised? So why is a trainee teacher who is on teacher practice in a classroom, usually unsupervised? Because the main [...]
Free Telescopes for Schools – what a wonderful idea!
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: November 22, 2008
- In: Astronomy | Education | Physics
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A colleague reminded me recently that when you think about it, there are really only two concepts that fascinate young kids; Space and Dinosaurs. Okay, so this is a gross generalisation, but with work with me here. Somebody in England has cottoned on to the first part of this. The Society for Popular Astronomy (SPA), [...]
More fun – this time with the spud cannon
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: November 20, 2008
- In: Education | Physics | projectiles | youtube
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I must get around to talking about the Physics of what’s happening here at some stage. I just figured nobody would be too interested on the day.
Teaching Junior Cert Science: Electricity
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: November 16, 2008
- In: Education | electricity | Physics | Science | youtube
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I needed to start puting together resources for Junior Cert Physics, so I started with some simple ideas for teaching Electricity. I lost it just a little at the beginning but decided to include it in case people got to thinking that all my classes are perfect - far from it.
It’s been a pretty cool few days
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: November 9, 2008
- In: competition | photography | Physics | Science | scifest | young scientist | youtube
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After a number of months of trying (off and on, mind), I finally managed to get the url for the blog changed to thinkforyourself.ie Thanks to my colleagues at St. Columba’s College English department for the idea. After putting in quite a bit of work into Young Scientist Projects for the first time this year, we [...]
Play the survival game: a cool resource for teaching Evolution
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: November 5, 2008
- In: Education | evolution
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The Science Channel have produced a wonderful learning resource on evolution here. I tried it with my Transition Year class and they found it addictive, as did my Leaving Cert Physics class when they walked in and saw it on the screen. For what is arguably the greatest idea mankind has ever come up with, [...]
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