Car Mechanic tricks a Scientist

Hear about an expensive service and how a scientist reacts

Ethanol Rocket

Hear how to make a fun Rocket for the classroom.

Book Highlights: Discovery of Time

A casual review of scientifically interesting points in
"The Discovery of Time"

Chinese 'Special' Clock

This 1088  AD 9 m high water powered clock was used to coordinate different ranks of concubines into the Imperial bed chamber. Reflections on how innovations are fostered is discussed.

Basic Teaching Skills

Basic equipment and demonstration skills (with traffic noise)

New Direction in Science Teaching - Launch Page

Hello listeners,

I am an actual scientist who is trying his hand at science teaching. I have caught a number of science problems and worked on them day and night until amazingly solutions start appearing.

The problem here is that what I was given to teach in science wasn't up to date, and in some instances actually disturbingly wrong. So bit by bit I have crafted a solution. I've got a plan. Way back I spent some 15 years in Training Command, a bit of a story, but it means I have a sense of leading the team to strategically high ground.

I will make this blog home base and add podcasts to it as I home in on the plan.

• New direction in Science Teaching Talk 1.MP3
• Next talk coming soon.

Yes, I am working on the journal publication, I am just experimenting with other modes. 

For those who understand the language I understand the idea of a mechanized unit, and this little bug is a vehicle that the class climbs aboard.

This is a doco on my advanced robotics and it will get you in the mood.

more on salt

In this podcast I cover using a microwave to make a pane of salt glass, and the climbing ability of  lite salt or (KCl, NaCl mixture.

Sex

Sex: a close look at Meiosis

Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Thoughts on how Elon fits into science teaching

Metals and Non metals

Just an off the top of my head discussion of the Quantum Physics of nuclei and metals and non metals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woods%E2%80%93Saxon_potential

Snowflakes

Snowflakes are built on pollen grains and super cooled water travelling to the crystal points

four leaf clover in a salt xtal

Podcast

1. Dissolve lots of salt 

2. let salt climb wall of beaker

3. wash salt wall back into solution

4 collect giant crystals