#ASEchat Archive

The Association for Science Education (ASE) promotes excellence in science teaching and learning. Follow #ASEchat Mondays at 3pm ET.
Monday July 2, 2018
3:00 PM EDT
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:02 PM EDT
    Quite a time for sport with the World Cup Wimbledon and shortly to be joined by TdF #ASEChat
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:04 PM EDT
    Are we doing how to teach science through sport? #asechat
    • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:02 PM EDT
      Quite a time for sport with the World Cup Wimbledon and shortly to be joined by TdF #ASEChat
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:05 PM EDT
    Sport provides some great contexts for teaching, especially about technology and physiology #ASEChat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:06 PM EDT
    Just noticed this one from @benking01 who is going to use the clip for the Bernoulli effect #benditlikebeckham #asechat
  • stormeducation Jul 2 @ 3:07 PM EDT
    To promote the #free Seeds to Plants app https://t.co/LsL6WC4I4x we are going to be growing our own sunflower seeds Our plants are wilting in the #heatwave. Likewise in the #app, children can learn that plants need water to survive #ngss #asechat #scied #scichat #ngsschat
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:07 PM EDT
    Anyone counted the teeth on the bike sprockets and chain rings to explain use of gears for getting up hills? #asechat
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:08 PM EDT
    Don't we need a proper physicist to explain how ball trajectories can be 'bent'?#ASEChat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56, @benking01
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:09 PM EDT
    Maybe everyone is watching the football? or making carbon outside? #asechat
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:09 PM EDT
    That's all I ever talk about on Sunday mornings.(Will a 34/28 get me up Holme Moss?) #ASEChat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:10 PM EDT
    National shortage of CO2 just now. How to explain that to children bombarded with news about the rise in CO2 levels over the last century #ASEChat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56
  • mummy_to_arthur Jul 2 @ 3:11 PM EDT
    Now changed to GCSE Chemistry - the rest still applies. Any suggestions gratefully received! #asechat
    • mummy_to_arthur Apr 27 @ 2:40 PM EDT
      Looks like I’ll be teaching GCSE Physics next year (AQA). First time, sad Biology is my specialism and I’m Psychology HoD! Any recommended CPD/resources/websites? #asechat
  • gregtheseal Jul 2 @ 3:13 PM EDT
    Hi, just in the background I am just trying to do 4 things at once #asechat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:14 PM EDT
    Drug testing in sport resource https://t.co/mittaMrroG on the back of Froome being cleared to ride #TDF2018 #asechat
  • Teach_MissMoore Jul 2 @ 3:15 PM EDT
    AQA Bio GCSE teachers: tips for making the pH vs. enzyme activity required practical work well? Amylase always works too fast to get results - done in <10 seconds today (maybe that was the heatwave working) #asechat #scichat
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:16 PM EDT
    Frome's reprise by WADA and UCI due to acceptance that test was not able to distinguish excessive dosing. How many of our science experimants use invalid tests? #asechat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:17 PM EDT
    Some great links & resources in this collection for sports engineering https://t.co/MQzI3Ys363 @STEMLearningUK #asechat
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:17 PM EDT
    Use a different enzyme substrate combo - not protein that is denatured by pH extremes. #ASEChat
    In reply to @Teach_MissMoore
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:18 PM EDT
    My best results are using powdered milk (2%) and protease - cloudy solution clears #ASEChat
    In reply to @Teach_MissMoore
  • Ange_K1 Jul 2 @ 3:22 PM EDT
    Sorry, we were booking baseball tickets! #mentallyonholiday #asechat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:22 PM EDT
    Football in science teaching resources https://t.co/1VsksN4qlx #asechat Need something for those not footy mad
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:23 PM EDT
    will you be there Bryony? should be a good do! #ASEChat
    In reply to @priscigeeks, @sarahpurplee, @theASE
  • Ange_K1 Jul 2 @ 3:24 PM EDT
    Which reminds me, @Pirates recently opened a kids’ STEM play area at their ballpark #asechat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56, @Pirates
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:25 PM EDT
    Do you mean 'how does rubbing dust on a cricket ball confer advantage to the bowler?' #ASEChat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:26 PM EDT
    I remember trying to justify 'high level' ozone as good, and low level ozone as 'bad' to a group of 14 year olds. Not convinced I succeeded #ASEChat
    In reply to @purplechemist, @NeedhamL56
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:27 PM EDT
    Y6 Animals including humans curriculum links for things like circulation https://t.co/Sttq0QV84d #asechat
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:28 PM EDT
    Brilliant - learn something new every day #ASEChat #themagnuseffect
    In reply to @mrbakerphysics, @NeedhamL56, @benking01
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:28 PM EDT
    no I meant the girls! ;) #asechat
    In reply to @ViciaScience
  • purplechemist Jul 2 @ 3:29 PM EDT
    We have a three story building. I think I started from what if all the chairs were on the top floor and went from there! Luckily the 6th form usually get the idea without analogy #asechat
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @NeedhamL56
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:29 PM EDT
    I thought England womens team were more successful than the mens cricket team? #ASEChat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56
  • optotoxical Jul 2 @ 3:29 PM EDT
    Anyone done a modelling activity of energy flow in an ecosystem? I’m thinking of something involving chucking ball pit balls at students sat in rows like a pyramid. The balls represent energy. #asechat
  • mrbakerphysics Jul 2 @ 3:31 PM EDT
    This video is incredible: https://t.co/5i9feChBpt A curved free kick is basically this but sideways. You get the football to spin by hitting it off centre. Players don't know how it works, they just know that it does! #asechat
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @NeedhamL56, @benking01
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:31 PM EDT
    Try it and let us know how it goes - sounds fun! Tried modelling a Sankey diagram with Lego? #ASEChat
    In reply to @optotoxical
  • oboelizzy Jul 2 @ 3:32 PM EDT
    Oops - sorry Linda - sitting outside in garden just finished eating and I forgot what time it was! And no we weren't making carbon! We don't do that!!! #asechat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:33 PM EDT
    Lot of ball design history in World Cup #ASEChat
    In reply to @mrbakerphysics, @NeedhamL56, @benking01
  • mrbakerphysics Jul 2 @ 3:35 PM EDT
    Yes, different balls 'grip' the air by different amounts, so curve differently. Also depends on the construction on the ball, some are 'squishier' than others so grip the foot more, so easier to get spinning. #asechat
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @NeedhamL56, @benking01
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:36 PM EDT
    A reminder for next week’s #asechat will be all things new GCSE science related 9th July (Is there any football on?) 8-9pm
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:36 PM EDT
    I think it is important that they understand the energy changes at each TL otherwise it gives rise to notions of 'being used up' #ASEChat
    In reply to @optotoxical
  • mrbakerphysics Jul 2 @ 3:38 PM EDT
    The knuckleball is interesting too. If you hit the ball at the right speed without any spin, then the air around it stays turbulent rather than laminar, so it's movement is much less predictable. #asechat
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @NeedhamL56, @benking01
  • MrsEEllis Jul 2 @ 3:39 PM EDT
    No football 9th July 😀 #ASEChat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:39 PM EDT
    Wow, your a real ball expert Chris ! #asechat
    In reply to @mrbakerphysics, @ViciaScience, @benking01
  • oboelizzy Jul 2 @ 3:40 PM EDT
    Never mind world cup and Wimbledon- TdF just the only sporting event worth watching imo!! #asechat
    In reply to @ViciaScience
  • mrbakerphysics Jul 2 @ 3:40 PM EDT
    I took a year in industry working in football, then carried on working there whilst finishing my physics degree, seemed logical to do some football physics for my final year project! #asechat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56, @ViciaScience, @benking01
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:41 PM EDT
    And lots of 'science opportunities' such as how does tyre pressure and diameter influence rolling resistance? #ASEChat
    In reply to @oboelizzy
  • Glazgow Jul 2 @ 3:41 PM EDT
    I wrote about this in Primary Science...we do lots of science through sport at school. #asechat
    In reply to @NeedhamL56
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:42 PM EDT
    Athletics seems a rich source of science teaching contexts #ASEChat
    In reply to @Glazgow, @NeedhamL56
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:43 PM EDT
    Register interest to take part in an @Ofqual evaluation of new GCSEs https://t.co/agF3TXzA9N would be great to have som @theASE teachers there #asechat
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:44 PM EDT
    At one time there was too much chemistry in the peloton. Lets hope the future of chemistry in cycling is restricted to diet, hydration, clothing and componentry #ASEChat
    In reply to @oboelizzy, @NeedhamL56
  • TheScienceBreak Jul 2 @ 3:44 PM EDT
    Wasn’t Buckminster Fuller inspired by a soccer ball when working out the structure of the nanoparticle C60? #ASEChat
  • MrsEEllis Jul 2 @ 3:45 PM EDT
    Endless contexts for respiration, muscle fibres and oxygen debt! #asechat
    In reply to @ViciaScience, @Glazgow, @NeedhamL56
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:46 PM EDT
    Which year was it published? #asechat
    In reply to @Glazgow
  • purplechemist Jul 2 @ 3:46 PM EDT
    That's certainly what I tell my students! #asechat
    In reply to @TheScienceBreak
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:47 PM EDT
    Do you mean Harry Kroto? #asechat
    In reply to @TheScienceBreak
  • oboelizzy Jul 2 @ 3:47 PM EDT
    Chemistry Richard please!! - like comparing metallic and non- metallic structures - steel, alloy frames of old, carbon fibre frames now #asechat
    In reply to @ViciaScience
  • agittner Jul 2 @ 3:47 PM EDT
    @ViciaScience This is a great resource on the science of cycling #ASEchat https://t.co/ibRxYU8df1
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:47 PM EDT
    And also joints, levers, circular motion, response times, recovery rates, VO2 max, breathing rates, tidal volume, #ASEChat
    In reply to @MrsEEllis, @Glazgow, @NeedhamL56
  • NeedhamL56 - Moderator Jul 2 @ 3:49 PM EDT
    Do you think I’ll get better if I read this? #trialanderror #asechat #Bikeriding
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:50 PM EDT
    Nice! Does it explain in terms I understand why a bike turns when it is leaned in? #ASEChat
    In reply to @agittner
  • agittner Jul 2 @ 3:54 PM EDT
    Always wanted to put a dynamo on a bike and get a kid on the turbo and show them what they can generate #ASEchat
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:56 PM EDT
    Ha! Daughters uni ball was powered by a fleet of bikes on turbos with dynamos and a dance floor that generated electricity #ASEChat
    In reply to @agittner
  • agittner Jul 2 @ 3:56 PM EDT
    I'll check later (but I suspect its tied up in the issue of why bikes stay up at all) #ASEchat
    In reply to @ViciaScience
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:57 PM EDT
    Centre of gravity out of alignment with fulcrum comes to mind #ASEChat
    In reply to @agittner
  • agittner Jul 2 @ 3:57 PM EDT
    I wanted to get it linked to a scalextric set and get them racing each other but the voltage needs to be higher from the dynamo #ASEchat
    In reply to @ViciaScience
  • ViciaScience Jul 2 @ 3:57 PM EDT
    Somewhat geeky! #ASEChat LEDs a better prospect
    In reply to @agittner
  • TheScienceBreak Jul 2 @ 3:58 PM EDT
    Have a look at this if you get a few mins. Very interesting. Did you know a diamond has hydrogen atoms? This also tells the story of bucky balls really well. #asechat https://t.co/vCslBEAzMC
    In reply to @NeedhamL56