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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Institute of Physics’
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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Seeing is believing!
Posted: May 7, 2011 in Institute of Physics, Thoughts and ideasTags: ASE, Beads, Clare Thomson, Cold, Convection, currents, Education, Energy, Food colouring, Heat, Hot, Institute of Physics, IoP, Kinetic, Movement, particles, PhysEd, Science, Water
I first saw the demonstration in the video below done by Clare Thomson at the “Best of PhysEd” lecture at the ASE Conference in 2010. Ever since I tried to make various versions of it, from using two very tall gas columns, filming it with high frame rate cameras, etc. But today I think I [...]
Blowing head!
Posted: February 2, 2011 in Institute of Physics, Thoughts and ideasTags: air, Coffee Saver, David Featonby, Demo, Han Solo, Institute of Physics, IoP, Marshmallows, Millenium Falcon, Physics, pressure, space, star wars, Tea Cake, the empire strikes back, Vacuum
This blog post is about a great demonstration I got from David Featonby from the Institute of Physics and a little adaptation I thought about after seeing his version. He tipped us all up on a really cool vacuum container to store coffee which you can find here. Then, he put a teddy bear shaped [...]
Mind Mapping with Prezi!
Posted: November 23, 2010 in Institute of Physics, new technologies, NGfL Cymru, Thoughts and ideasTags: brain, conduction, Convection, Creative, Education, Educators, Gas, heat transfers, ideas, Innovative, Institute of Physics, IoP, Kinetic, Learners, learning, mind, mind map, NGfL Cymru, particles, Physics, PowerPoint, Prezi, revision, skills, teaching, Theory, thinking, tool, Wales
At last I have found some time to check Prezi out, and it’s even better when you can use this time to fit it in with your job. As a Field Officer at NGfL Cymru, I am trying to develop resources that give opportunities to learners and educators to explore the latest technology and its [...]
iPhone Seismography
Posted: November 2, 2010 in Institute of Physics, new technologies, NGfL CymruTags: axes, Collaborative, Creative, earthquake, grid, Institute of Physics, IoP, iPhone, iSeismo, Learners, learning, national, NGfL Cymru, notes, P waves, P3, Physics, Physics 3, primary waves, Pupils, S waves, secondary waves, seismic waves, seismographer, seismographs, seismography, Separate Science, sticky notes, Students, wallwisher, waves, WJEC, x, y, youtube, z
I found the iSeismo App for iPhone a few months ago thanks to an email on the PTNC (the Institute of Physics mailing list). It is a free App and also a brilliant one. I am developing resources for the WJEC Separate Science Specification (Physics 3) here at NGfL Cymru (National Grid for Learning Wales) [...]
Convection Crazy!
Posted: February 16, 2010 in Institute of Physics, Thoughts and ideas, WorkshopsTags: ASE, Classroom, Cold, Conference, Convection, Coordinators, Creativity, current, Demonstration, Density, Education, Energy, Gas, Heat, Hot, Institute of Physics, IoP, Liquid, Network, Nottingham University, PhysEd, Physics, Physics Education, Water, Workshops
Here is a lovely classroom demonstration that I saw at the ASE Conference 2010 in Nottingham. The demo was part of the Physics Education Lecture, which displayed the best of the PhysEd magazine. I really learned a lot and was well impressed by the quality and creativity of the demonstrations, activities and workshops proposed by [...]
Physics and Drama? you must be jocking! Rolls-Royce Science Prize 2008-2009
Posted: September 19, 2009 in Rolls-Royce Science PrizeTags: cardiff university, Drama, Education, Institute of Physics, James Bond, Laser, Modulated Laser, Newport University, Optical Fibres, Photoelectric Effect, Physics, Rolls-Royce Science Prize, Science, science made simple, Secret Agents, Techniquest
On the night of the 6th October 2009 myself and Matt Smith (John Ivins cannot attend) will represent the Physics Department (Croesyceiliog School, Cwmbran, Wales) at the Rolls-Royce Science Prize Award Dinner in the London Science Museum. We are one of nine finalists across U.K. and we are hoping to receive 1st Prize, obviously! But [...]
