Archive for the ‘Physics’ Category
Mr Devitt teaches us about Light
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: October 12, 2008
Jerome Devitt (History Teacher) runs a transition-year module on Light and Sound for theatres, and kindly agreed to allow us in to watch him teach one of his lessons. Not all of it comes out great on video, but it should still prove very usefull for Senior Phyics classes. If you would like to play [...]
The Atom Song
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: October 9, 2008
This is never going to go viral like the LHC rap, but I thought it was pretty cool. Both the history and the science are spot on, it’s just a pity that there’s a 40 second intro. Who has this amount of time to spare?
A little knowledge . . .
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: October 5, 2008
Words fail me. Reminds me of the old Dihydrogen Monoxide hoax.
The old bed of nails
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: October 3, 2008
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We have Open Day coming up and I was considering using the bed of nails. It’s certainly impressive, but I think we may not have enough room or time on the day. It’s pretty cool though. And the nice thing about it is that the more nails you have on it per unit area, the [...]
Centripetal and Centrifugal motion
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: October 2, 2008
- In: cartoon | Education | Physics
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I have been having a bit of trouble (fun?) trying to get across some concepts associated with centripetal motion. This is at least partly because I don’t understand it myself. It appears I’m not alone. xkcd is a wonderful site for cartoons like this.
More teaching ideas from teachers tv
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: October 1, 2008
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My friend Dee Maguire reminded me recently of some very useful videos on teachers tv of physics teacher David Robinson in action. Some of these are also on youtube: The magnetic gun is also referred to as a ‘Gaussian gun’. We had a bit of fun puting a basic one together at the end of class the [...]
So who was the first man in space?
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: September 24, 2008
- In: Education | Physics | space | Uncategorized | youtube
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New clips on youtube
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: September 10, 2008
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I posted very few videos on youtube last year, and am determined to rectify that this year, and in particular to put up some clips of Junior Cert classes. Here are a couple on spherical mirrors: The mirrors in this next one were purchased from educationalinnovations for about €20. They have a larger, 22 inch [...]
Questioning Science Education
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: September 6, 2008
- In: Education | misconceptions | mosconceptions | Physics | Science | youtube
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Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can’t answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge — and specifically, what we don’t know about science that we might think we do. So goes the blurb for the one of the latest talks on TED. Drori asks [...]
Monthy Python does density
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: September 3, 2008
2:28 in: Sir Pedivere: What also floats in water? Peasant 1: Very small rocks? King Arthur: A duck. Sir Pedivere: Exactly, so logically, if . . .? Peasant 2: she weighs the same as a duck, she’s . . . make of wood. Sir Pedivere: And therefore? All: a witch! It somehow seems all too [...]
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