Physics teacher and tutor based in Kinver, Staffordshire
14/12/2022
This week in physics.
Breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology.
If you need any help to improve your understanding of nuclear fusion and nuclear fission for GCSE Physics, contact Craig at Kinver Physics Tuition
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Breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy announced US researchers have overcome a major barrier to achieving low-carbon nuclear fusion.
06/12/2022
Students will be given the equations for this year's Physics exams.
GCSE pupils to have extra help with exams next year In mathematics, physics and combined science, students will be provided with supporting material.
05/11/2022
This week in physics.
Marie Curie was born 7th November, 1867.
She won the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1903 for her research on radioactivity, discovering the elements radium and polonium.
In 1903, she became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. This was folowed in 1911 with a second Nobel Prize in chemistry for her work on radioactivity.
If you need any help to improve your understanding of radioactivity and atomic structure for GCSE Physics, contact Craig at Kinver Physics Tuition
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28/10/2022
Physics in the news - NASA probes witnessing impact craters on Mars.
Nasa space probes document big impacts on Mars When big rocks slammed into the Red Planet, US space agency missions were able to record the events.
Stressed about your Physics exams? Let me help. Contact Craig. @ [email protected] or call 07517 880426
21/10/2022
Are you looking for something Physicsy to watch over the weekend?
The Right Stuff on Disney+ is well worth a look.
This is the story of the birth of NASA and getting their first American astronauts into space. An excellent, 8 episode drama made by National Geographic.
Let me know if you enjoy it.
Watch The Right Stuff | Full episodes | Disney+ The incredible story of the Mercury Seven astronauts and their extraordinary achievements.
20/10/2022
Amazing pictures from the James Webb telescope 🔭
James Webb telescope spies 'Pillars of Creation' One of the most famous scenes in the cosmos is viewed by the new, Nasa-led super space observatory.
19/10/2022
This week in Physics
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was born 19th Oct 1910; died 21st Aug 1995. An astrophysicist won the Nobel Prize for Physics for formulating the theory for the later stages of the life-cycle of massive stars.
His name is given to upper limit to the mass of a white dwarf star, know as the Chandrasekhar limit. A white dwarf is the last stage in the evolution of stars such as our Sun, which collapses when the nuclear energy source in the core runs out.
If you need any help to improve your understanding of Stellar Evolution (life cycle of stars) for GCSE Physics, contact Craig using the details above.
GCSE Physics Question time
A foundation level question from GCSE Combined Science and GCSE Physics. How many did you get?
15/10/2022
On this day in 1878, Thomas Edison established the Edison Electric Light Company in New York City.
He proposed to connect his lights in a parallel circuit, so that, unlike arc lights, which were connected in a series circuit, the failure of one light bulb would not cause a whole circuit to fail. He patented his electricity distribution system in 1880.
If you have any questions about series and parallel circuits, post them in the comments or contact me using the details above.
14/10/2022
If you want something Physicsy to watch over the weekend you could try 'The Secrets of Quantum Physics'. It links to AS level Physics but I think it could be accessible for GCSE students who want to stretch their understanding of a very different area of physics.
If you give it a go, let me know what you think.
Have a great weekend.
Craig
Check it out now on Prime Video!
The Secrets of Quantum Physics Professor of physics Jim Al-Khalili investigates the most accurate and yet perplexing scientific theory ever - quantum physics.