Episodes
Using flow charts to visualize energy transfer and where waste occurs. This leads to the idea of efficiency.
Published 05/23/12
Potential to kinetic energy transfers, derivation of the kinetic energy equation and power.
Published 05/10/12
A brief look at his final law of motion and how it affects the objects concerned.
Published 04/01/12
How the concepts of work and energy are related with a brief introduction to gravitational potential energy.
Published 04/01/12
Four equations of uniformly accelerated motion are derived from the velocity vs. time graph in a clear, concise way...I think!
Published 03/30/12
We can represent the motion of an object with 3 different graphs. This podcast looks at each graph in turn and what can be determined from them.
Published 03/30/12
What factors affect the maximum speed an object can fall of move through the air? This podcast answers this question.
Published 03/30/12
Looks at the law and its practical application.
Published 03/30/12
How we use vectors to represent forces and how this concept is applied to Newton's First Law of motion.
Published 02/13/12
A closer look at friction and the coefficient of friction.
Published 01/26/12
The first physics podcast of the series introduces one of the fundamental aspects of the subject: forces.
Published 01/18/12
Looks at the reactivity series and how it helps us with displacement reactions and metal extraction.
Published 01/11/12
A selection of common indicators for acids and bases is discussed along with a basic introduction to the pH scale.
Published 11/16/11
Looks at the basic chemistry of acids and bases and what happens when the two are mixed.
Published 11/10/11
How the mole is used with balanced chemical equations to determine the quantity of reactants need in a chemical reaction.
Published 11/02/11
This podcast looks at why, on an atomic level, elements are different from one another. It also looks at how they are organized in the Periodic Table.
Published 11/02/11
A look at chemical equations representing reactions. Focusing on how to balance these equations so that conservation of mass is obeyed.
Published 10/19/11
..and this one looks at covalent bonding basics.
Published 10/05/11
This video covers the basics of ionic boding between atoms.
Published 10/05/11
..the continuing saga of..
Published 09/28/11
Following on from the 'forensics lab' we take a look at one compound in more detail to see what is in it.
Published 09/28/11
This podcast looks at changes of state and focuses of wax cooling from a liquid to a solid. The corresponding cooling curve is discussed and compared to water over the same temperature range.
Published 09/21/11
Density of solids, liquids and gases is reviewed and how this information can lead us to estimate the relative particle spacing in these states of matter.
Published 09/14/11
Having produced data tables and graphs using Excel, we transfer them to a Word document for inclusion in a lab report.
Published 09/14/11
Processed data can be plotted with a trend lines to aid interpretation.
Published 09/13/11