Michael Thornton
@forresphysics
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Teacher of Physics in Scotland. I'm sure my views aren't going to be exciting or controversial...but they are all my own. #iteachphysics
Forres, Scotland
Joined August 2016
Northern lights interfered with my attempt to photograph the plough ( part of Ursa Major).
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Final day of space camp today. Today was the presentation of ideas for space exploration based on learning over the week. Orbital period calculations included. Lots of learning and new friends made (Hello Dingwall academy!)
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AURORA ALERT! Northern Lights are over the whole of the UK now! Currently only visible in photos, but may increase in intensity and become naked eye soon.
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Penultimate day of space camp. Today, we were looking at how to survive in space. We got to use a real pressure suit from 1968 Russia and a scuba session to simulate weightlessness.
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Day 3 of Space camp from @UKSpaceAcademy. Today we were estimating the number of stars in the universe from the Hubble deep field, thinking about waves in space and making telescopes before excellent talks and a planetarium show from the guys at @ourdynamicearth .
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Some photos from day 2 of @UKSpaceAcademy Space Camp. Today was the design and build of rockets. Expert instruction from the team helped make it a safe and fun day.
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First morning of Space Camp. Looking at orbits and satellites. So far, we have researched earth monitoring satellites and the different orbits used. @ForresAcademyHT @UKSpaceAcademy
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A little CPD with a colleague studying magnetic fields and spectra.....
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Grant Napier in S4 using his vocal talents to demonstrate sound wave characteristics. Beautiful Sine wave at the end....
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3D Physics again. This time making measurements of wave speed using the infamous jelly baby wave machine...#iteachphysics
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I haven't shared anything in ages, so enjoy some astrophotography by my S3 Physics D class. #iteachphysics #chatphysics
https://t.co/0M8tUSXLwN via @faphysics
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3D Physics have been busy using the Liverpool telescope(access kindly provided by the National Schools Observatory)
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Prepared a lesson on polarization for my AH Physics class. Couldn't help myself....#chatphysics #iteachphysics
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S3 having a go at making a jelly baby wave machine. We were able to measure the speed of the wave before the jelly babies "disappeared" #iteachphysics
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Just arrived in the post today. Thank you to @MagdaKersting ( and of course @stuartphysics !). Looking forward to getting stuck in.
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S3 were making telescopes today. This was a picture taken of some branches of a tree outside. #chatphysics #iteachphysics
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Orion and the winter triangle above Dallas Dhu Distillery.
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