What amazing achievement it was! All possible through physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, etc. The article has a nice video as well. In case the article becomes unavailable, you can download the text here as a pdf file (1,6MB).
Saturday, 30 July 2016
World's fastest jet crew reunites with SR-71 spy plane
What amazing achievement it was! All possible through physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, etc. The article has a nice video as well. In case the article becomes unavailable, you can download the text here as a pdf file (1,6MB).
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
GEC Expo Physical Science Quiz - 2016
Physical science teachers are invited to enter a team of two grade 12 learners to participate in this year’s GEC EXPO Physical Science Quiz at CUT on the 27th August.
The quiz starts at 09:00 sharp and will end approximately at 12:00.
The quiz consists of different rounds namely:
- A written quiz of 20 multiple choice questions;
- oral quizzes;
- a practical activity; and
- brain teasers.
The content of these rounds will mainly be based on the physical science school syllabus with some mathematics questions and riddles.
Entries close on Monday 22nd of August. Please complete the entry form (download here) and fax to Adele Smit at 057 352 9606. No late entries will be accepted.
Saturday, 23 July 2016
Presentation on beams
The presentation used in the videos is available here and the questions (plus one extra) are available here. Feedback is welcome; either as comments below this post or send me an email. Look at the left side of the home page, near the top, for the email address.
Thursday, 21 July 2016
Free State Physical Science Olympiad
The Free State physical science olympiad will DV be written on Monday, 25 July 2016. More than a thousand grade 11 and 12 learners will take part in the olympiad and a hundred can qualify to attend the Free State Science Convention.
The convention is scheduled for 22 and 23 August 2016.
Best wishes to every learner!!
Monday, 18 July 2016
Welcome back!
Welcome back in term three! Enjoy the opportunity to make a difference and best wishes!
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
We as teachers should make children believe in themselves
I stumbled across this story about Thomas Edison on a blog called All things beautiful. The moral of the story is to make children believe in themselves; that is what we as teachers should do! Here is the story.
One day, Thomas Edison came home and gave a paper to his mother. He told her, "My teacher gave this paper to me and told me to only give it to my mother."
His mother’s eyes were tearful as she read the letter out loud to her child: "Your son is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesn't have enough good teachers for training him. Please teach him yourself."
After many, many years, Edison's mother died, and he had become one of the greatest inventors of the century. One day he began looking through old family things. Suddenly he saw a folded paper in the corner of a drawer in a desk. He took it and opened it up. On the paper was written: "Your son is addled [mentally ill]. We won't let him come to school any more."
Edison cried for hours and then he wrote in his diary: "Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child that, by a hero mother, became the genius of the century."
One day, Thomas Edison came home and gave a paper to his mother. He told her, "My teacher gave this paper to me and told me to only give it to my mother."
His mother’s eyes were tearful as she read the letter out loud to her child: "Your son is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesn't have enough good teachers for training him. Please teach him yourself."
After many, many years, Edison's mother died, and he had become one of the greatest inventors of the century. One day he began looking through old family things. Suddenly he saw a folded paper in the corner of a drawer in a desk. He took it and opened it up. On the paper was written: "Your son is addled [mentally ill]. We won't let him come to school any more."
Edison cried for hours and then he wrote in his diary: "Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child that, by a hero mother, became the genius of the century."
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Changing these bad perceptions is crucial!
The bad perceptions about the state of our science education: We have to change it! Here are four articles dealing with the perceptions:
- South Africa finishes last in WEF’s 2016 mathematics and science education ranking (7 July 2016)
- South African mathematics, science education ranked worst in the world (15 April 2015)
- South Africa stone last in Mathematics, Science education ranking (3 September 2014)
- Truth about SA’s mathematics, science education quality (5 June 2014)
Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Submission of mark sheets and error analyses for June
Thank you to the large number of teachers who have already submitted their spreadsheets with marks (grades 12 to 10) and the quantitative error analyses (grade 12).
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Monday, 4 July 2016
Nice tips for your exam preparation
Read this article in today's Netwerk24 news service. If you cannot read Afrikaans, just copy and paste into a translation service. Useful hints are given by Mr Cronjé Oosthuizen, HOD of Alexander Road High School in Port Elizabeth. You will also find very useful addresses of further websites in the above-mentioned article. Thanks for all of this to Mr Oosthuizen.
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