TISA Hot Air Ballooneys: Race to Enter & Fuel Analysis
Deciding on the Ballooney Baku "race" to enter their tissue-paper hot air balloon in, identifying the kind of fuel necessary to win the race, and analyzing the fuels.
TISA Hot Air Ballooneys Go For Ballooney Baku
This is how a series of lessons, using tissue-paper hot-air balloons as a stimulus for a study of Fuels and Energy in MYP year four Science, began at The International School of Azerbaijan in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Preparing for a Cracker of a Lesson
Video of my buddy Andy and I playing with fire crackers, testing out a demonstration before performing in front of students.
Speed: Nothing You Can’t Take
When I used to teach, I would begin a topic with a multi-media PowerPoint presentation to introduce the topic and for a few other reasons, one of which was to get some laughter from the students!
Guess what topic this was an introduction to? Follow the link to find out!
The Burning Issue of a Candle
A simple experiment involving inversion of a conical flask over burning a candle in a dissection tray with some water can be a stimulus for open-ended, really really fun, very very challenging -- to both students and teachers alike -- problem, covering some fundamental high school chemistry.
Sugar Daddy…with Flare
Who says sugar is bad for children?! It's especially not bad in a chemistry classroom where it can be used to create flares and to bring chemistry alive! This is the 6th Beauties vs. Brawns challenge.
The Name’s Bond…Chemical Bond
When I used to teach, I would begin a topic with a multi-media PowerPoint presentation to introduce the topic and for a few other reasons, one of which was to get some laughter from the students!
This is the introductory presentation I used to introduce my chemistry students to the topic of Chemical Bond.
Modelling…Without the Catwalk
When people think of modelling, they think of catwalks and skinny models, mostly. We do a lot of that in Science too...modelling that is, not the catwalks and skinny models!
