One of the most interesting demos in the IOP workshop “What Happens Next?” is the falling slinky and I think it might also be in the Marvin and Milo cards. Anyway, with modern technology more readily available in the pockets…
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Slow Motion Slinky in Free Fall
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#ASEchat summary – 23/11/15 What games work well to teach science?
Tonight we were moderating a great and engaging session at #ASEchat and, as usual, we have added our summary in the form of a Twitter Collection below. As always, please forgive us if your contributions are missing, but we had…
A-level practical endorsement using ICT – Free Fall experiments
Many schools will have started planning their practical endorsements for their A-level students. Although there is not much new from what we have always been used to do, all exam boards have stressed the importance of practical work, particularly because…
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Pluto and Charon – endless opportunities for numeracy and literacy
With more and more data and amazing images arriving from New Horizons every day, there has never been a better time to look at the two body system Pluto-Charon and embed engaging literacy and numeracy opportunities in your science lessons…
Goodbye Science on Stage 2015
So this is an account of the last day of Science on Stage 2015, London. Last Saturday was the last day of the festival and the only day when we actually had some time to go around and look at…
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Science on Stage 2015 – Open Day
Today it was Open Day at Science on Stage 2015, which meant a hoard of science teachers external to the festival joins us to see the ideas and projects brought by European educators. It was a really nice day, but very…
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Science on Stage 2015 – Day 2
The second day at Science on Stage Europe 2015 was even more enjoyable and valuable than the first day. We didn’t have as much time as we would have liked to go around different stands, because the day was packed…
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iPhone 6 Vs SLOPRO
I recently purchased an iPhone 6 and I couldn’t wait to check out the new slow motion camera they fitted in the phone. This is a proper high frame per second camera and the images are not rendered digitally. To…
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Never memorise something that you can look up
The image and quote alone are genius, just like the man who pronounced those words and this post could be terminated here, but I will add something more to put in context what inspired this blog post from the image and quote. Albert…
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CollaboratEd landed in Italy
Science on Stage 2011 The story of how CollaboratEd ended up training Italian physics teachers has its origins in Copenhagen during the 2011 Science on Stage Europe (before CollaboratEd was born) where I had the good fortune of representing Britain. In Copenhagen,…
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