The Electromagnetic Spectrum by Year 12 Physics Students

Ultraviolet light By Ahlaq Hyder 12V What is ultraviolet (UV) light? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8xx-cfzAeA Ultraviolet (UV) light is a type of electromagnetic radiation and is found in the electromagnetic spectrum between the longer wavelength visible light and the shorter wavelength X-rays. UV light has an approximate wavelength of 1 x E-8 and 4 x E-7 metres [1]. […]

The Electromagnetic Spectrum by Year 12 Physics Students

Visible Light by Shefali Srivastava 12I Brief description Our eyes are sensitive to light which lies in a very small region of the electromagnetic spectrum called ‘visible light’. This light corresponds to a wavelength range of 400-700 nanometres and a colour range of violet through red. The human eye is not capable of seeing waves […]

The Electromagnetic Spectrum by Year 12 Physics Students

Infrared radiation By Abinayan Rasaratnam 12G and Alex Pregal 12I This is a report on what infrared waves are, their discovery, the physics behind them, the benefits, uses, dangers and risks they pose and also their uses. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared http://missionscience.nasa.gov/ems/07_infraredwaves.html What is infrared? Infrared radiation is invisible radiant energy in the form of transverse waves and […]

The Electromagnetic Spectrum by Year 12 Physics Students

Microwaves by Seyar Azizi 12O This report is about microwaves and I will be writing about some of their properties and uses. I will also be writing about their history and their social and health aspects along with the benefits and risks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgQQb1BVnu8 Microwaves are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, on the side with […]

The Electromagnetic Spectrum by Year 12 Physics Students

Radio waves By Jemin Jayapal 12O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al7sFP4C2TY Radio waves are a type of electromagnetic wave and are part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Like all EM waves they travel at a speed of 3 x E8 m/s in a vacuum but their wavelength range is between 1 millimetre and 100 kilometres (frequency range of 300 GHz […]

The Electromagnetic Spectrum by Year 12 Physics Students

Electromagnetic Waves by Milan Divecha 12Y What are electromagnetic waves? Electromagnetic waves are waves that are a self-propagating composite of an electric field and a magnetic field. They transport energy stored in the propagated electric and magnetic fields. (1) The magnetic and electric fields are always perpendicular to each other and they are always in […]

The Electromagnetic Spectrum by Year 12 Physics Students

What is the Electromagnetic Spectrum? by Vinnoja Thurairethinam Most of us are used to considering situations that we could either visualize or had some way of getting a feel for what the physical situation is. When it comes to electromagnetic waves, we cannot see them or sense many of them. And the only way to […]

Eclipse Watch March 2015

Despite heavy cloud and very real prospect of not seeing the eclipse, students were taken out of their normal lessons and gathered together to experience the eclipse. There was a palpable excitement as students from years 7-13 discussed what the eclipse was and why it was happening and what we would expect to see. […]

The Centre of the Cell

On Wednesday 4th February, Year 7 students visited The Centre of the Cell with Mr Miranda, Ms Janagan and Mr Pitchforth. The Centre of the Cell is based at the Whitechapel Campus of Queen Mary University and is the first science education centre in the world to be located within working biomedical research laboratories. […]

Year 13 BTEC trip to Northwick Park Hospital

The importance of radiation safety to the treatment of malignant disease with radiotherapy The BTEC students need to know how to deal with radiation safely. Effect of x-rays http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray#Adverse_effects Diagnostic X-rays (primarily from CT scans due to the large dose used) increase the risk of developmental problems and cancer in those exposed. X rays are […]