3.4 Telecommunications HW
Here is your homework exercise based on the telecommunications work we have covered in class. Click on the download link to get your copy.
Homework jotters must be handed in by next Monday (19th).
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AH uncertainties solutions
Here are the answers to your uncertainties exercise. Please compare these to your own solutions and ask me about anything you don’t follow.
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AH uncertainties homework
Here is an electronic copy of the uncertainty questions you should attempt before Monday. Remember to check which type of combination is appropriate for each situation before starting the question.
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vectors: how to draw a scale diagram
We started to look at vectors this week. Here is a video I made to help you with the processes involved in drawing a scale diagram.
Vector Scale Diagrams from mr mackenzie on Vimeo.
huge magnet
What would you do with a great big electromagnet? These people made a film.
F5 2011 RE:PLAY Film Festival. Inductance from Physalia Studio on Vimeo.
What do you make of the film?
very large telescope
I found a brilliant timelapse video on the Popular Science site. It shows the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at work in Chile.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFpeM3fxJoQ
Here are some VLT links to explore
- wikipedia entry
- the VLT website
- series of images from the BBC
- the VLT’s laser guide
- ESO’s top 10 discoveries
You can get a pdf summary of the VLT from the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the organisation that runs the VLT, by clicking on the download link below.
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