Fifth Form have been building rockets out of snips and snails and puppy dog tails. They fly quite well though… Other rocket related shenanigans can be viewed at… http://sfscience.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/weve-been-building-rockets/ http://sfscience.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/hydrocarbon-explosions/ http://sfscience.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/science-is-fantastic/
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Retired Schoolmaster living in Wiltshire and Vendee France
Lime & Soda…
Squeeze the juice from a quarter of a lime into a glass. Top up with Sprite (or any lemon and lime flavoured fizzy drink). Add a scoop of lime sorbet to float on the top. Thanks to Real Mom Kitchen for the recipe and picture! (In the US sherbet means sorbet – apparently!)
Wiff-Waff…
My colleagues and I work very hard in Blackhole. Even when the table tennis serving machine malfunctioned everyone remained thoroughly professional. With very many thanks to RRJL who was quick with his iPhone…
Diabolo…
One of the lovely things about the teaching profession is being amazed by the talents of your pupils. Whilst on duty one Sunday last term I happened upon some boys playing with their Diabolos. I only had my Blackberry to hand so the video quality is not great but my reaction was genuine. It is …
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Hold Your Breath…
One of the boys told me about someone on the BBC who could hold their breath for 9 minutes. I was sceptical, thinking that he had misheard. Yesterday YouTube recommended the following clip to me from BBC One. It is remarkable.
World Homeopathy Awareness Week…
It is World Homeopathy Awareness Week (WHAW) – running from April 10th until April 16th 2011. It coincides with the birthday of the late Samuel Hahnemann (10th April 1755 – 2nd July 1843), the creator of homeopathy. Homeopathy is an alternative medicine based upon three key principles. Like Cures Like The principle is that a …
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Buffalo etc…
The following sentence makes sense. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo. It depends upon three distinct meanings of the word buffalo. It is (a) an adjectival proper noun referring to the place Buffalo in the United States; (b) a noun referring to a large bison-like herd animal; (c) a verb meaning to bully. Thus …
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Bits And Pieces…
I hope you have all had an excellent Christmas with plenty of self-indulgence and regular enquiries as to whether there is anything you can do to help. I am sure that that will have been the case. Some of you may have been lucky enough to receive an iPod or other podcast playing device. The excitement …
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You Just Need Things…
If you have a video camera, even a very simple one, and some things, then you can make something like the video below. This is why I love YouTube! When I was at Prep School I used an 8mm cine camera to produce similar animations with coloured pens. It took ages and had to be …
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Sparkly Things…
The video shows some footage of our fireworks display, bravely deployed by DCP and CS. The different colours are produced by different metal elements mixed in with the gunpowder. You can identify different metals from the flame colours they produce. This post here explains a little more about it. Many thanks to Caspar for filming …
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