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Archive for November 2008

Colours from black and white? Say it ain’t so!

Posted by: ozymandias1 on: November 27, 2008

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

  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

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

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.

A current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field experiences a force

Posted by: ozymandias1 on: November 17, 2008

Two applications; one practical, one not so practical.

Teaching Junior Cert Science: Electricity

Posted by: ozymandias1 on: November 16, 2008

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

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

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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