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Category Archives: Practicals
A Practical Challenge
I’ve never made any secret of the fact that I’m more comfortable doing maths than practical work. I really value practical skills, they just take me ever so slightly out of my comfort zone. My comfort zone is being sat … Continue reading
Posted in A level, Activity, General, KS3, Ks4, planning, Practicals
Tagged challenge, comfort zone, experiment, millikans oil drop, Physics, Practical work, science, science teaching, teaching
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An ode to ticker timers
I begin with hope, for practical achievement They’re brilliant they all said, and then you fail with your hidden parts and your ‘new’ label, I vent. ‘They never work!’ The whole experiment I think to bail but teacher pride leads … Continue reading
Posted in General, Practicals
Tagged bad poetry, hate, love, ode, Physics, science, science teaching, Ticker tape, ticker timers
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