Alessio Bernardelli
In a previous post I wrote about the Fish Tank Cloud Chamber workshop funded by IoP and organized by Cerian Angharad in Cardiff and I promised I would run one in Gloucester. Well, this evening I did and all delegates had great fun taking part in the filming of the iMovie trailer you can see [...]
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The Hidden Particles of Fishy Tank
Posted: May 17, 2012 in Institute of Physics, new technologies, Thoughts and ideas, WorkshopsTags: Cloud Chamber, fish, iMovie, Institute of Physics, IoP, Learners, Physics, radioactivity, Rdiation, Tailers, tank
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#addcym chat summary from the 24th April 2012
Posted: April 24, 2012 in Thoughts and ideas, UncategorizedTags: #addcym, cymru, Digital Transformation, GROW Model, Les Foltos, Peer Coaching, TES, Wales
It was great to moderate the Twitter #addcym chat tonight as the topic that was picked was one I am really passionate about, i.e. Peer Coaching! We also had the privilege to have Les Foltos (@lfoltos), a World leader in Peer Coaching, joining the chat for a while and Stuart Ball (@innovativeteach) who gave some [...]
iPads Relay Quiz
Posted: April 19, 2012 in new technologies, Thoughts and ideasTags: Android, Apple, Classroom, Fun, Games, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Learners, learning, Olympic, Quiz, Smartphones, Tablets, TestMaker
Who said you need a class set of iPads to have a bit of fun in the classroom? In fact, with just two iPads, iPhones, or iPod Touches, or any Android tables, or smartphones by that matter, you could run a simple and fun game with an Olympic feel. Yesterday I used two iPads and [...]
Fish Tank Cloud Chamber
Posted: March 24, 2012 in Institute of Physics, WorkshopsTags: alpha, background, chambers, cloud, Coordinators, cosmic. rays, fish tank, Institute of Physics, IoP, Network, Physics, Radiation, radioactive, radioactivity, rod
I attended the IoP make and take workshop to build my own fish tank cloud chamber last Thursday and it was a great experience! The workshop was organised and led by Cerian Angharad and held at St Teilo’s CW School. The tank is really easy to build and quite cheap too. All you need is [...]
AnswerGarden: What Science Skills should be promoted and developed on TES?
Posted: January 23, 2012 in Uncategorizedvia AnswerGarden: What Science Skills should be promoted and developed on TES?.
The ASE Conference 2012
Posted: January 9, 2012 in Institute of Physics, TES Resources, Thoughts and ideas, WorkshopsTags: #asechat, ASE, Circuits, Conference, Institute of Physics, IoP, Laser, Modulated, resources, TES, Times Educational Supplement, Workshop
I was privileged to be at the ASE Conference last week and meet so many great Science Educators in the flesh! In particular it was lovely to meet so many who regularly tweet at the #ASEChat. It was also great to run, for the third consecutive year, my Modulated Laser Pen workshop which is always [...]
2011 in review
Posted: January 1, 2012 in Free Resources, Institute of Physics, Mind Mapping, new technologies, NGfL Cymru, Thoughts and ideasTags: annual report, blog posts, blogging, Wordpress
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 21,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 8 sold-out performances for that many [...]
The Virtual Sky – Android apps for the Physics teacher!
Posted: December 30, 2011 in new technologies, TES ResourcesTags: Android, Apps, ASUS, BETT, BETT 2012, BETT Show, Classroom, Earth, eee pad, Google Sky Map, Gravity, My Solar System, Orbit, Physics, Planets, Science, Solar Sizer, Solar System, space, Stars, TES, Transformer
It’s been a while since my last post on Android apps for the classroom and I thought the upcoming BETT show 2012 would be a good excuse to write something about a few really interesting apps I have used to create resources about the Solar System. Another reason for blogging about this is to inform [...]
TeachMeet IoP Gloucestershire
Posted: December 15, 2011 in Institute of Physics, Thoughts and ideas, WorkshopsTags: @TESScience, Apple, Apps, Dancing, Earth, Gloucestershire, Gravity, imindmap, Innovative, Institute of Physics, IoP, iPad, iPhone, Lead, Moon, Nelson Thornes, Network, Physics, Science, TeachMeet, TES, ThinkBuzan, Times Educational Supplement, Vernier, Video, waves
Last night we had our first TeachMeet entirely dedicated to the teaching of Physics in Gloucestershire and despite the inclement weather and illnesses a few teachers from the region managed to come and give some great presentations! A particular thank you goes to Helen Rogerson (@hrogerson) who took the time to record two videos for [...]
