Modelling Particle Accelerators

Notes to make a safe LINAC and CYCLOTRON particle acelerators from salad bowl or guttering. Including some H&S notes

This appears to be all the rage and you can find many youtube videos on making a salad bowl particle accelerator. Here are some of the materials that I’ve done to help.

Teaching Resources

Hi folks, with that panic that has arisen with the imminent demise of talk physics (I can’t say I was a fan) I’ve tried to add some of the essential resources here.

Give me time to upload them.

They are password protected, and not for use by people who tutor and make money out of other people’s work. These are for teachers who are busting a gut trying to keep up with the constant changes in students and education.

Moderating Resources

Hot off the press, I’ve just worked out the cutoff scores for each grade at each level. Here it is.

Cut off scores

A summary of the cut off scores for 5 years at AH, H and N5 physics
AH
yeartotal
scaled
AA%BB%CC%DD%
20191309069775964495744
20181308767735660465341
20171308465705457445038
20161308465725561475542
2015 RAH1258669735861495544
2015 Trad1258568725860545443
Higher
yeartotal
scaled
AA%BB%CC%DD%
201915010067845669465335
20181207966675655454941
20171208268695857485143
20161208470715959495344
20151207764655454454840
N5
yeartotal
scaled
AA%BB%CC%DD%
20191258669725858464435
20181258669725858464435
20171006868565645453939
20161006969585848484343
20151006868585848484343
20141006868575747544242

As part of the moderation process we’ve got some fake student scripts.

I have not done a definitive marking instructions but I believe the person who sat this paper, a Drew Escutcheon, has made some sneaky errors to look for.

A Vital Piece of Info for all Markers

Answer Grid

Thanks to Mr C Rossi so making a marking grid for you to add your answers. When we’ve got a finalised MI I’ll publish a commentary with a password so you can’t cheat!

AH PHYSICS

Higher PHYSICS

NATIONAL 5 PHYSICS

Extracurricular Activities in STEM

This is a video of an IoP Coaching Session that I took part in on 27th October 2020 trying to inspire teachers to grasp the opportunities that are available for them and their students.

https://vimeo.com/user125413570/review/474204607/6615f13275
https://vimeo.com/user125413570/review/474204607/6615f13275
Part 1 of the STEM OPPORTUNITIES IoP Coaching Talk 27th October 2020.

https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/

https://www.crestawards.org/

https://www.britishscienceweek.org/about-us/grants/

https://www.stem.org.uk/enrichment/competitions-challenges

http://www.flamsteed.org/fasjbrown.htm

https://www.britishscienceweek.org/find-a-presenter/

https://www.mrsphysics.co.uk/bge/category/heat/

https://www.mrsphysics.co.uk/bge/category/s1electricitytopic/

https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/partnership-grants/application-process/

https://www.science-on-stage.eu/page/display/4/111/0/festival-2022

Faulkes https://observe.lco.global/

https://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/scottishspaceschool/

https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/83016.html

AH Uncertainties

This is a presentation I gave on AH Uncertainties for the IoP. It was the end of term and that’s why I am nearly falling asleep. I had to update it as I had indeed taken the absolute and not fractional uncertainty in T to double for the uncertainty in T2.

First few video uploads

3 States of Matter

3 States of matter in one tube from Mrs Physics on Vimeo.

Thanks to Adam P for holding the camera as I did this demo. It shows so much Science in one large boiling tube! Convection, lack of conduction, state of matter, floating and sinking, density! Hope you like it.

The gauze is there only because the ice floats on the water and the ice needs to be at the bottom for the experiment to work.

The Photoelectric Effect

Colour

Materials from the colour workshops. Do try some of this at home (but not the flame tests.

Thanks to the wonderful technician who shared these troll ideas on TES. I’ll credit you when I track you down.

Check your sight for colourblindness.

I’ll improve this post when I have a few moments!

Signature
November 2019

GRAPH PAPER

Hi, I know I’ve uploaded graph paper several places but I can’t easily access it, so hereĀ are links to some great free graph paper websites. Make sure that you set the size to A4 or it could play havoc with your printer. You’ll probably find it easier if you use metric sizes so you can use a rule to help you count.

and I’ll make some different sizes.

Websites

This is the website with the most flexible arrangement for making your graph paper.

https://incompetech.com/graphpaper/multicolor/

https://www.printablepaper.net/category/a4

Printable Graph Paper. 1.25 mm per square

Mathsphere free graph paper

Ready made ones

Graph Paper

big squares

graph-paper-2mm-graph-blue

graph-paper-5mm-squares-blue

graph-paper-blue

 

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