Festive Demos and Practicals

Ah, the end of term beckons! Mince pies, tubs of choccy selection and of course “Sir/Miss, can’t we watch a video?”. Thomas and Robin are both wary of 45 minutes of Shrek as a Christmas treat – Thomas tells the story of his daughter coming home and asking to see “the rest of Ratatouille” having seen the first 50 minutes 8 times!

And so we present a series of fun physics experiments that will give your students a taste of physics fun at Christmas.

Given that it’s been a tough old term and we are close to the end, we have also decided that this will be the last episode of 2020. Holiday fun is a good point to call it a day for what’s been a punishing year.

So it only remains to say an enormous thank you to you for listening, contributing, but most of all for teaching physics. Enjoy your break and here’s to a more… normal 2021.

Links

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— Christina Astin FCCT FInstP (@ChristinaAstin) December 5, 2020

We tend to be finishing up space about now so work with the chemists to do a bit on bottle rockets.

Methane bubbles, proper ratios and making things go bang – always a winner! pic.twitter.com/1HFBVwkqnQ

— Kaetror (@Kaetror) December 5, 2020

You can add these #Bernoulli demos to the list! Very accessible in virtual land – supplies are a strip of paper, a spoon, an empty aluminum beverage cans, and two coffee mugs #iteachphysics https://t.co/oYKtvrmusG

— DaNel Hogan (@STEMAZingST) December 5, 2020

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• The Guardian reports that copper tape does not work with slugs!
• Christmas Circuits. Enhance your Christmas pics with some coloured LEDs. You’ll also need batteries and copper tape.

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• Season 7: Physics Is Our Business by Miracles of Modern Science.
• Seasons 5 and 6: Crescents by Ketsa.
• Seasons 3 and 4: Disco Sheik by Podington Bear.
• Seasons 1 and 2: One legged equilibrist polka by Circus Homunculus.
• Occasionally we also use Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith.

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