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You are welcome to listen in as I "explain things scientific". I have had great fun with lasers, robots and absorbing Quantum Physics. Now as a classroom teacher, laid low by heart surgery its time t... more
FAQs about Peter Hill Explains:How many episodes does Peter Hill Explains have?The podcast currently has 1,881 episodes available.
May 28, 2018A capacitor that you can change to see how it worksLaying down a layer of aluminum foil, then paper, then foil... you make a stacked film capacitor that you can listen to as it regulates a simple oscillator circuit. Hard not to learn from this activity. Podcast...more31minPlay
May 28, 2018What are they measuring with all those wires when you sleep.Starting with the story of the unstable but inquisitive cavalry man we find out what the four traces are on your sleep chart recording. Podcast...more22minPlay
May 27, 2018A symphony concert to remember: A reviewI was expecting a just the music concert. Join me on my drive down from the Blue Mountains to the Penrith concert hall where harvested more than I expected: Full Wikipedia lectures on the 1812 with cannons recorded from 1958, youth playing a piece about Auschwitz, and Piano "Homage to Liszt" Podcast...more37minPlay
May 27, 2018CapacitorsIntroduction Podcast: What do they look like? What do they do? Podcast...more24minPlay
May 27, 2018Build to learn about capacitorsUsing two rolls of Al foil and two of lunch wrap we build a useful capacitor and understand how they are made. Podcast...more19minPlay
May 26, 2018What happens when you have put two pendula on a string.Here we suspend two Pendulum on a string (Coupled pendula) , pull one back, release and it will slowly stop while as if by magic it's partner will begin to move. Podcast...more10minPlay
May 26, 2018Full confessions about PendulaHaving let slip there are "Compound" pendula which are useless for keeping time, I confess to the categories of pendula: Simple, Coupled and Compound. It is beautiful but pretty deep in that we are so close to CHAOS and somehow life itself through pendula. Who would have thought. Podcast...more24minPlay
May 26, 2018In depth explanation of coupled pendula (Fail)Here I FAIL by calling coupled pendula "Compound" which is incorrect. A less sexy set up allows you to follow mathematics of two separate "modes" and understand the seemingly less complex two pendula on a string. Podcast...more16minPlay
May 25, 2018Transistors made easyListen and learn about transistors ..... the name of the terminals, how to wire them up and what they do. Podcast...more35minPlay
May 25, 2018Smart use of a mouse to measure pendulum swingAttach a card to a pendulum and use a computer mouse to track the movement on a computer. This is a key science activity in education. Labview can really demonstrate acceleration and velocity. Podcast...more28minPlay
FAQs about Peter Hill Explains:How many episodes does Peter Hill Explains have?The podcast currently has 1,881 episodes available.