6th Yr Physics Science Challenge

Chilean Miners' Rescue Presented Massive Engineering, Drilling Hurdle

Three separate drilling plans were created to save the 33 Chilean miners trapped in the San Jose mine. Margaret Warner talks to one Americans who helped orchestrate the rescue.

6th Year Physics Blogs: Blog Assignment

Unfortunately only 4 blogs out of a possible 6 were created.

I would like to commend those students who participated in this assignment...Lee Wolohan, Chris Doyle, Niall Canavan and Ryan Hennessy. I hope you learned something new and enjoyed the assignment which was aimed at integrating your I.T. skills with the Leaving cert physics curriculum.

The following are links to the 4 blogs-blogs created by 6th year physics students. They may be helpful to you and your classmates in your study of physics.

I would like to encourage you to keep these blogs updated and also become a follower of this blog, which will then update you every time I post something new on it.

http://accphysicsheat.blogspot.com/
http://accphysicsnuclear.blogspot.com/
http://accphysicswaves.blogspot.com/
http://accphysicselectricity.blogspot.com/

Brainiac Video; Electric Fence

bed of nails(DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME)

Great Heat Videos...Well worth watching!

Specific Laten Heat of Fusion of Water


Specific Latent Heat of Vaporisation of Water


Specific Heat Capacity of Water


Calibrating A Thermometer (We used an ungraduated thermometer and graduated: not resitance thermometer like this)





Thermocouples

X- Rays

OPTICAL ILLUSSIONS

Worlds Largest Physics Lesson: Steve Spangler(USA)

Newtons Laws

Welcome to Ms Corbetts Physics Blog!

This blog has been created as a means of communicating to my budding young physics students in Arklow Community College.

Any of the videos I show in class will be uploaded to this blog. I will also give links to interesting websites that will hopefully be of interest to you and may in some way support you in your understanding of Physics....!

How Nuclear Power is Produced?

Did you know?....

1. If given the same mass, our body would actually be hotter than the sun.
2. A solar panel 100 miles by 100 miles (161x161km) in the Mojave Desert (USA) could replace all the coal now burned to generate electricity in the entire U.S.
3. The world's densest wood, the Black Ironwood (Olea laurifolia), does not float on water and therefore sinks.
4. The lightning bolt is 3 times hotter than the sun.
5. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced just enough sound energy to heat up one cup of coffee.