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Teaching is not just about teaching students about Maths but how to go about solving problems and sometimes by their very nature a new problem has to be explored to work out how to solve them. Learning strategies to solving problems is much more important.

Looking at crude oil and extracting the different fractions. The first fractions burnt well but subsequent fractions were impossible to light which surprised the students.

Using the @Pasco smartcart with the Vector display is a good introduction to what is going on. Immediately the vector quantity can be seen on a qualitative experiment before burrowing down into the actual numbers and working out the equations.

Taking a close look at DNA. The backbone and the way it is shaped related to how it functions. Then looking and modelling some histones to block the gene sites.

"I can't change into scientific notation", say the students then they meet the ENG function on the calculator that they have never noticed before.

Using the molymod models to figure out how protein synthesis works. Gave the Students all the bits and got them to work out how it works. Took a while but the achievement was great and the understanding was there. Figured out I need a much bigger model.

Whilst I had the @pascoscientific light out and some lenses, one of its features is it has a three colour beam and putting this into a lens made white light. A good comparison when using the prism to split up light.

Investigating sin x and sin 2x and the difference it makes when you manipulate graphs. Learning patterns and why things happen before the exams.

Monitoring the air pollution in the classroom, using the @ThePocketLab air. PM2.5 at 42 which is not good