Tag: practical

  • Ramps and Trolleys

    Ramps and Trolleys

    Welcome back for another year of Physics Teaching ramblings. It has been a momentous Summer with Thomas cycling off into the mountains for his sabbatical, Robin becoming ever more important in his new school and the arrival on board of the new co-host Rosie McTavish. Robin and Thomas visited Rosie at McTavish Towers to deliver…

  • CanSat

    CanSat

    Thomas talks to Rosie McTavish about CanSat: a competition that puts the ‘super’ in super-curricular. What a way to get students engaged.

  • From Darkest Peru

    From Darkest Peru

    Way back at the beginning of series one we were thrilled to hear from an international school teacher named Matt who had just landed in Lima. Fast forward two years and we have finally managed to organise a chat with the fabulous Matt Bowman.

  • Finding Physics Teaching at Fifty-Three

    Finding Physics Teaching at Fifty-Three

    Thomas, Robin and Patrick Kaplo hear from Jonathan Shaw, a late career change to Physics teaching who is in his NQT year at 53 years old. Jonathan also challenges the team to select the most important equipment for a new physics department. Timestamps Vacuum cannon update @ 00:39 Ways to teach… Waves reminder @ 01:04…

  • Squeezing it all in + pondering momentum ?

    This week’s episode was a bumper edition, and we had to work hard to keep it down to just under 27 minutes. I really wanted to put in the Practicals In Memoriam (PIM) section and this led to cutting down the interview. Robin and I have talked a few times about the ideal length for…