No idea why there was such a long gap between the previous page and this one, but having
not done any experiments for a whole term, suddenly Science is back with a vengeance. Two
experiments in two consecutive weeks! Then nothing ever again. Bizarre.
This one’s straightforward enough: three candles with three jars placed on top of them of
different sizes. Which one takes longest to go out? The one with the most air in of course.
Thus demonstrating that fire needs air in order to keep burning. Once again though, I
haven’t written it up in the most effective way, garbling the conclusion to the extent that I
wonder whether I actually understood what had happened.
I think, on balance, I probably did understand it. I just didn’t have the writing skill to be able
to explain it well. That’s probably because the biggest jar had more time to let the air out and
that’s why the burn kept flaming, which needs oxygen more time than the fattest jar and the
(thickest) thinnest one.
I got a tick anyway, and that’s what counts.
Air
- ENGLISH
- ENGLISH 1
- English 1: Overview
- Clarke Hall
- Old Houses
- Fairburn v Burton Salmon
- The Forgotten World
- String Orchestra
- Sheet Lightning
- Grezelda the Witch
- Bonfire Night
- Metropolitan Police
- Christmas 1979
- Great Space Battles
- Luddenden
- The Hat's Adventure
- Sleeping Beauty
- What I Do On Monday
- Waen Shepherd 2
- Waen Shepherd in: Green Squids
- Ward's 7: Move of the Galaxy
- Ward's 7: Alpha Centauri
- Ward's 7: Escape to Mother Ship
- Ward's 7: Death Planet
- Blake's 7
- Ward's 7: The Hunt
- The Flame in the Desert
- The Fugitive
- British Skiing Events
- Ward's 7: Rescue
- Fiends of the Eastern Front
- Black Hawk Profile
- Apeth
- Tedosaurus
- A Walk in Our Village
- The Mountain Called Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Florence Nightingale
- War of the Worlds
- The Micronauts: Supersilver
- ENGLISH 2
- TOPIC
- TOPIC 1
- TOPIC 2
- Topic 2: Overview
- Dinosaurs 1
- Space Travel
- Ships
- Sport
- Dinosaurs 2
- Judge Dredd: The Blood of Satanus
- Captain Carnivore
- A-Maze-ing!
- Star Poster: Super Jesus
- The Micronauts: Giant Karza
- The Origin of Electro
- Optical Illusion Time
- Frantic Thingies
- Men in Space
- Topic Book Word Find
- Puzzleman
- Evel Knievel: Fury Falls
- More Puzzlers
- Star Poster: The Hulk (1)
- Grobschnitt's Page
- Captain Starlight
- Star Poster: The Hulk (2)
- The Yellyog Gang
- The Adventures of Puzzlemaster
- Jupe
- Woman Line
- Pin-Up: Doctor Doom
- Lazer Lash
- The Human Maze
- Three Squares
- Raven Mad
- Marvel Sketches
- Robschnitt's Age: 1
- Snotty Notty
- AND THE REST: An overview
- ODDS & ENDS
- HISTORY 1
- History 1: Overview
- People in the Old Stone Age 1
- Guy Fawkes
- People in the Old Stone Age 2
- People in the Old Stone Age 3
- The New Stone Age
- People of the Bronze Age
- The Story of Nelson 1
- The Story of Nelson 2
- The Story of Nelson 3
- Florence Nightingale
- The Story of Nelson 4
- The Story of Nelson 5
- The Story of Nelson 6
- The Story of Nelson 7
- SCIENCE 1
- GEOGRAPHY 1
- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Air
No idea why there was such a long gap between the
previous page and this one, but having not done
any experiments for a whole term, suddenly
Science is back with a vengeance. Two experiments
in two consecutive weeks! Then nothing ever again.
Bizarre.
This one’s straightforward enough: three candles
with three jars placed on top of them of different
sizes. Which one takes longest to go out? The one
with the most air in of course. Thus demonstrating
that fire needs air in order to keep burning. Once
again though, I haven’t written it up in the most
effective way, garbling the conclusion to the extent
that I wonder whether I actually understood what
had happened.
I think, on balance, I probably did understand it. I
just didn’t have the writing skill to be able to explain
it well. That’s probably because the biggest jar had
more time to let the air out and that’s why the burn
kept flaming, which needs oxygen more time than
the fattest jar and the (thickest) thinnest one.
I got a tick anyway, and that’s what counts.
- ENGLISH
- ENGLISH 1
- English 1: Overview
- Clarke Hall
- Old Houses
- Fairburn v Burton Salmon
- The Forgotten World
- String Orchestra
- Sheet Lightning
- Grezelda the Witch
- Bonfire Night
- Metropolitan Police
- Christmas 1979
- Great Space Battles
- Luddenden
- The Hat's Adventure
- Sleeping Beauty
- What I Do On Monday
- Waen Shepherd 2
- Waen Shepherd in: Green Squids
- Ward's 7: Move of the Galaxy
- Ward's 7: Alpha Centauri
- Ward's 7: Escape to Mother Ship
- Ward's 7: Death Planet
- Blake's 7
- Ward's 7: The Hunt
- The Flame in the Desert
- The Fugitive
- British Skiing Events
- Ward's 7: Rescue
- Fiends of the Eastern Front
- Black Hawk Profile
- Apeth
- Tedosaurus
- A Walk in Our Village
- The Mountain Called Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Florence Nightingale
- War of the Worlds
- The Micronauts: Supersilver
- ENGLISH 2
- TOPIC
- TOPIC 1
- TOPIC 2
- Topic 2: Overview
- Dinosaurs 1
- Space Travel
- Ships
- Sport
- Dinosaurs 2
- Judge Dredd: The Blood of Satanus
- Captain Carnivore
- A-Maze-ing!
- Star Poster: Super Jesus
- The Micronauts: Giant Karza
- The Origin of Electro
- Optical Illusion Time
- Frantic Thingies
- Men in Space
- Topic Book Word Find
- Puzzleman
- Evel Knievel: Fury Falls
- More Puzzlers
- Star Poster: The Hulk (1)
- Grobschnitt's Page
- Captain Starlight
- Star Poster: The Hulk (2)
- The Yellyog Gang
- The Adventures of Puzzlemaster
- Jupe
- Woman Line
- Pin-Up: Doctor Doom
- Lazer Lash
- The Human Maze
- Three Squares
- Raven Mad
- Marvel Sketches
- Robschnitt's Age: 1
- Snotty Notty
- AND THE REST: An overview
- ODDS & ENDS
- HISTORY 1
- History 1: Overview
- People in the Old Stone Age 1
- Guy Fawkes
- People in the Old Stone Age 2
- People in the Old Stone Age 3
- The New Stone Age
- People of the Bronze Age
- The Story of Nelson 1
- The Story of Nelson 2
- The Story of Nelson 3
- Florence Nightingale
- The Story of Nelson 4
- The Story of Nelson 5
- The Story of Nelson 6
- The Story of Nelson 7
- SCIENCE 1
- GEOGRAPHY 1
- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES