Two outstanding computing events are coming to Newcastle in the next few weeks: Picademy The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s flagship teacher training experience, Picademy is a two-day extravaganza of all things “Pi in the classroom”. There doesn’t seem to be a course outline for what’s covered, but the events are very well-regarded by previous attendees. The course is free, and […]
At Maker Faire UK last year Think Physics had two stands; a wall of light boxes, and a magnificent harmonic pendulum display which, slightly embarrassingly, I still haven’t written up. Hoping to avoid a similar mistake this time around, I should introduce you to this year’s new installation: the Technology Wishing Well. Er… yeah, that’s a bit of a mess. What you’re […]
Another month, another four schools, another 30 students; we seem to be making a habit of trucking people up to the Kielder Observatory. No snow this time, so our intrepid driver Steve bounced us up the track, and we managed to get some good observing in before the high cloud closed over. Luke from the Observatory […]
As a project with ‘Physics’ in our title, it hardly seems possible not to be talking about gravitational waves in the office this morning. We read the reports avidly, we got all excited, and we also realised that we’re hardly the experts on this. So here’s our brief run-down of the really useful stuff we’ve found from […]
On Friday we took a group of about 30 students from four different schools up to Kielder Observatory. Yes, there was snow. Yes, it was cold. But, oh my, was it glorious. Here’s a photo story of the evening, with captions and everything. Enjoy – and I very much look forward to my next trip up. Huge thanks […]
When the clock reaches zero, an enormous great rocket should blast off from Kazakhstan, launching the UK’s first male astronaut into orbit. Tim Peake’s Principia mission aboard the International Space Station is a big deal, as you might have noticed from the vast media coverage. Watch the launch live on BBC1 with Dara O’Brien and Brian […]
Christmas gift ideas from the Think Physics team.
The first 2016 round of public engagement grants from the Institute of Physics has recently been advertised. Up to £2,000 is available to fund physics-based events. Take a look at last year’s grant-winners for inspiration, and read the various supporting and assistance documents at the application page. This small grants scheme isn’t the sort of thing that will pay for […]
If you have the misfortune of following my Twitter feed, you may have noticed a flurry of posts this past week with pictures like the insanity in the heading, or this tumble of wires. All is now revealed: I was prepping for a new workshop, delivered for the first time this morning to the poor unsuspecting […]
I may be a little obsessed with DIY robots. We’re gradually building up a robot menagerie in the Think Physics office, and I’m planning a comparative review of some of the available kits and plans. But that’s not ready yet, and in the meantime you may like to know about this: I met Matt and Dan at BETT at the […]
