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Mr Devitt teaches us about Light
Jerome Devitt (History Teacher) runs a transition-year module on Light and Sound for theatres, and kindly agreed to allow us in to watch him teach one of his lessons. Not all of it comes out great on...
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Another Physics teacher shares resources on Youtube
Tom Healy teaches Physics in Cabinteely Community School and for quite a while now has been uploading revision videos on Leaving Cert Physics to youtube. He has almost 50 up there by now and has...
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Unusual resource for explaining Joule’s Law
An offshoot of Joules’ Law is that when transmitting electrical power, the current is kept as low as possible in order to reduce energy losses associated with heat of the electrical cables. Because...
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It’s been a pretty cool few days
After a number of months of trying (off and on, mind), I finally managed to get the url for the blog changed to thinkforyourself.ie Thanks to my colleagues at St. Columba’s College English department...
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Teaching Junior Cert Science: Electricity
I needed to start puting together resources for Junior Cert Physics, so I started with some simple ideas for teaching Electricity. I lost it just a little at the beginning but decided to include it in...
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A current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field experiences a force
Two applications; one practical, one not so practical.
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More fun – this time with the spud cannon
I must get around to talking about the Physics of what’s happening here at some stage. I just figured nobody would be too interested on the day.
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Trainee teachers get a raw deal
Does a medical student get to work on a patient/diagnose a patient for the first time unsupervised? Does a trainee mechanic get to work on the brakes of a car for the first time unsupervised? So why...
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Colours from black and white? Say it ain’t so!
We had half a class the other day so we just played around with some equipment left lying about. One such piece was a cardboard disc with black circles and shapes on a white background. If you spin it...
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Some nice Quantum Physics resources
I may have mentioned previously that one simple way of seeing which science concepts appeal to the general population is to look at popular science programs and note what they are concentrating on;...
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