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 […]

Year 13 BTEC trip to Northwick Park Hospital

Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging The mobile MRI unit at Northwick Park Hospital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiL0wCZr0Mw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI), or magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to investigate the anatomy and physiology of the body in both health and disease. MRI scanners use strong magnetic […]

Year 13 BTEC trip to Northwick Park Hospital

How radiopharmaceuticals are used in medicine The BTEC students need to know about how radiopharmaceuticals are used in diagnostic imaging but this article also looks at how they can be used in the treatment of disease. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_medicine Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty involving the application of radioactive substances (radioactive isotopes or radioisotopes) in the […]

Year 13 BTEC trip to Northwick Park Hospital

PET in Medical Physics http://www.iop.org/education/teacher/resources/teaching-medical-physics/positron/page_56317.html http://www.ipem.ac.uk/Portals/0/Images/02%20Spotlight%20on%20Positron%20Electron%20Tomography%20Computerised%20Tomography%20Imaging.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission_tomography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oD05S-s7UE Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine, functional imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image of functional processes in the body using beta+ emitting isotopes. The isotope decays emitting a positron (which is a positive electron, also called a beta+ particle, and is a particle of […]