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Taking a Trip to CERN
Robin and Thomas talk to David Cotton and Aris Dacanalis about taking a trip to CERN. Timestamps Aris @ 01:40 Chatting with David @ 08:20 David’s Practical in Memoriam @ 30:30 Summary David’s CERN page on TalkPhysics.org Salad Bowl Accelerator Our original tweet and the replies Join in! Please share ideas or successes – or…
Uses for a Vacuum Cannon and Deconstruction of Energy
Happy New Year! Thomas and Robin reflect on some questions from the Dulwich IoP Physics Conference and are joined by Patrick Kaplo to talk about uses for the Vacuum Cannon and whether teaching just two energy stores is the way forward. Timestamps New Year Resolutions @ 00:35 We’re going on tour! @ 03:51 Uses for…
Specific Heat Capacity (GCSE Required Practical)
Happy Christmas! In the last full podcast of 2019, Thomas and Robin chat about one of the core GCSE Practicals: Measuring Specific Heat Capacity. Also, stealth physics in “fun” Christmas lessons. Timestamps Bikes follow up @ 00:54 Stealth Physics “fun” lessons @ 02:10 Chatting about measuring Specific Heat Capacity @ 15:50 Summary Thomas doesn’t like…
Bikes – An Accessible and Versatile Context
James de Winter and Alan Denton join us to tell us the many ways in which a simple bicycle can be used to provide an accessible context for Physics. Moment, pressure, forces, sound, power and more can all be looked at through the lens of a bike. Timestamps A Fifth Fundamental Force? @ 00:47 Bikes…
Underrepresentation (the elephant in the room)
Moses Rifkin came to the attention of Fox news for his short course on underrepresentation in Physics and Science and this led to the The Underrepresentation Curriculum Project. He tells us his story. Timestamps The Underrepresentation Curriculum with Moses Rifkin @ 00:53 Moses’ Practical in Memoriam – eggs from the sky! @ 31:50 Summary Moses…
Birdsong – Connecting Physics with the Real World
Friend (now Hero, surely?) of the Podcast James de Winter talks birdsong and uses it as an example of how to connect physics with the real world in more imaginative ways. We all know how it goes, you teach newton 3, you talk about a rocket, you teach momentum you talk about trucks and cars…
CLEAPSS, The Physics Teacher’s Best Friend (and a few Loose Ends)
We have a final missive from Charlie, the response to WTT Ionising Radiation and an Interview with Samir from CLEAPSS. S02E10 Timestamps Thank you for the jam, Stuart Farmer @ 00:49 Update from Charlie @ 01:15 We love Chemistry and we have imposter Syndrome @ 5:03 Follow up to Ways to teach… Ionising Radiation @…
Force or False (Forces @ Primary School)
Ex -colleague and ex-colleague Andy Harrison is writing a scheme of work for Primary Science and asks Thomas and Robin to help him with his understanding of forces. S02E09 Timestamps What’s a force? @ 02:40 Gravity @ 04:20 Electrostatics @ 08:20 Reaction/Support force @ 17:30 Energy @ 21:12 Summary Ex-colleague Andy Harrison reached out to…
Ways to teach… Ionising radiation
Listeners have been more than generous with some tips for ionising radiation and how to teach it. Thomas, Robin and Patrick introduce some great ideas and discuss how to put IR in context. Wisdom and wit Patrick, Thomas and Robin get together to tackle ways to teach Ionising Radiation with context proving to be the…
CPD at SPEED
Our first foray in to the wild as we took our shiny new audio recorder (aka Albert Einstein) to the SPEED Physics teaching conference in Cambridge. SPEED is organised by the legend who is Ally Davies and is a well-established and popular CPD event for teachers in East Anglia. If you would like to pop…