The Physics Teaching Podcast

We chat with Jed Marshall and Simon Poliakoff about being and Ogden Senior Teaching Fellow which leads on to fun things to do with classes at Christmas which are solidly physicsy.

Thomas is a bit of a curmudgeon but grudgingly comes out with one he uses around fireworks night, but Jed and Rosie have some great ideas.

• Teabag Rockets



• Holograms using a phone



• Sparking Giant Capacitor



• Balloon vs Fluorescent Tube



• Science related Snow Flake decorations



• Making dry Ice from old carbon dioxide fire extinguishers



• Previous podcast episode on Christmas practicals

Links

• Ogden Senior Teacher Fellows placed at PhET



• Laser Blox Educational Laser Pointers



• Tea Bag rocket demo – YouTube



• Refraction with Jelly Lenses YouTube



• Science Snow Flake Templates



• Make a Hologram-Like Projector



• Light a bulb with a balloon



• Making dry ice with an old carbon dioxide fire extinguisher

Example Hologram film

Join in!

Please share ideas or successes – or indeed questions by messaging us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/physicstp.bsky.social .  You can also message us via our website contact form on every page of the web site at  the.physicsteachingpodcast.com, or email using the address given in the podcast (if we remember). We are moving away from X but can be found there as @physicstp.

Music

• Season 7: Physics Is Our Business by Miracles of Modern Science.


• Seasons 5 and 6: Crescents by Ketsa.


• Seasons 3 and 4: Disco Sheik by Podington Bear.
• Seasons 1 and 2: One legged equilibrist polka by Circus Homunculus.
• Occasionally we also use Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith.

The music is used under the Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License