RPS Physics
@RPSPhysics
For students at Roundwood Park School, what's going on in the Physics Department and interesting physics stuff in general.
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This is a pair of legs, clear. But are the legs shiny? You certainly see them shiny, at first, but looking better you'll find this is just a brilliant optical illusion using white paint ow.ly/oQrm30o30ZD
GravityLight is an LED light powered by a bag filled with rocks, attached to a cord, which slowly descends and powers the light for up to 20 minutes. Intended as a replacement for kerosene lamps in the developing world it has no operating costs buff.ly/2sRSBbs
@RPSPhysics @UKSpaceAcademy @UKSEDS A day in Leicester at the National Space Academy with Year 12 Physicists finding out about Space careers. Far more than being an astronaut!!
The air moving up a chimney works under the same set of physical principles as water flowing in a pipe. But air pressure is negative and chimneys are negative pressure systems: the hotter the fire, the biggest the draft buff.ly/2ojR1zT [gif: buff.ly/2pRJ59w]
Particle physics being used to read scrolls from an ancient library destroyed by Vesuvius
A center of mass analysis of gymnasts performing heroic recoveries on a balance beam. The gymnast center of mass must be right above the supporting beam if she wants to stay balanced [source and credits: buff.ly/2pnabkO]
Definitely the way to do it...
Calling all Yr 12's interested in degree #apprenticeships in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying or Building Services Engineering. A fantastic course running at @LCB_Building & supported by BAM, 8-10 July. Only £10, limited places available, apply now: ow.ly/MOTQ30oGrtV
GCSE P5 and A level example!
@Roundwood_Park @RPSPhysics Monday’s Journey into the Microscopic...what are these things?
Projection mapping is a projection technology used to turn objects, often irregularly shaped, into a display surface for video projection. This is the projection mapping on the Galata Tower to advertise the Istanbul Genclik Festivali ow.ly/DKBk50muWUO
CERN trip: RPS student channelling his inner Tchaikovsky in Geneva airport. Music and Physics, 2 sides of the same coin?
CERN trip: a lovely treasure hunt in beautiful morning sunshine. The ‘jet d’eau’, and the Mont Blanc range in the background
CERN trip: live cloud chamber! (Detector of particles) look out for the electron burst!
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