Philip M Russell Ltd

Philip M Russell Ltd 1:1 Private Tuition in Maths & Science at GCSE & A Level, both online or from a dedicated Laboratory Philip M Russell Ltd, is a small private teaching company.

We specialise in 1:1 tuition both online using services like Zoom and Webex and in person in our dedicated Laboratory/classroom. We teach Mathematics from KS2 through GCSE to A Level where we teach Mathematics and Further Mathematics. In our Science Laboratory we teach Biology, Physics, Chemistry and General Science from GCSE to A Level. The Online teaching is done from our TV Studio. Private Tuit

ion only takes us some of our time , so when not teaching we create educational science videos which are used throughout the world in many schools. Philip M Russell Ltd is a proud sponsor of Going Green which is a weekly video and Podcast on Climate Change and mitigation.

Video - 10% of time filming, 20% Downloading, and 70% of the time editing and finding out that really we needed this lit...
21/08/2024

Video - 10% of time filming, 20% Downloading, and 70% of the time editing and finding out that really we needed this little bit of extra filming - B roll

A-Level Maths in the Holidays. When I went to school in BC ( Before Calculators), we used these log tables. Explaining h...
21/08/2024

A-Level Maths in the Holidays. When I went to school in BC ( Before Calculators), we used these log tables. Explaining how these work and their use helps the Math students understand why they are so useful and how they form the basis of Math.

Action cameras are improving with increasing pixels, longer recording times, and better batteries. The best so far is th...
20/08/2024

Action cameras are improving with increasing pixels, longer recording times, and better batteries. The best so far is the Inta360 Ace Pro, which ticks all the boxes. Unlike some sports, sailing requires multiple cameras, so I might have to get another Ace Pro

Physics in the Holidays. Students are having lots of fun measuring the wavelength and frequency of waves in a ripple tan...
20/08/2024

Physics in the Holidays. Students are having lots of fun measuring the wavelength and frequency of waves in a ripple tank using the slo-mo feature on their phones and then moving on to look at interference patterns produced.

What do you do after you have had a pleasant day out in the sunshine taking lots of photographs and videos - downloading...
19/08/2024

What do you do after you have had a pleasant day out in the sunshine taking lots of photographs and videos - downloading and it seems to take ages!

Biology in the Holidays. Looking at Park management, we have moved from freshly mown fields with little or no insects to...
19/08/2024

Biology in the Holidays. Looking at Park management, we have moved from freshly mown fields with little or no insects to vast areas left to wildflowers in an effort to maintain the insect population—but is it too little, too late?

Going sailing today and I am taking a step ladder and a battery - not the usual thing to take - but it will get me into ...
18/08/2024

Going sailing today and I am taking a step ladder and a battery - not the usual thing to take - but it will get me into the boat on the trailer.

I had not realised that back in 1983, for example, different Maths Syllabi shared the same papers—this is for the London...
18/08/2024

I had not realised that back in 1983, for example, different Maths Syllabi shared the same papers—this is for the London Board—i.e., Pure Maths 3 was the same as Further Maths Syllabus B, and most A-level Maths students these days would struggle to pass this.

The new solar battery system starts to arrive. Many installers offer a 5kW system ours is going to be a bit larger.
17/08/2024

The new solar battery system starts to arrive. Many installers offer a 5kW system ours is going to be a bit larger.

Computing in the Holidays: Making a computer from scratch - learning how AND, NOT, OR and XOR gates work. Creating the c...
17/08/2024

Computing in the Holidays: Making a computer from scratch - learning how AND, NOT, OR and XOR gates work. Creating the circuits to make the students own truth tables is a far more effective way of learning and understanding them.

When one organ doesn't work, play another. I am still struggling a bit with the Wersi—it doesn't boot all the time—but I...
16/08/2024

When one organ doesn't work, play another. I am still struggling a bit with the Wersi—it doesn't boot all the time—but I can play the Eminent organ, and of course, I can still use the synth and the Genos, so I can still produce near enough of the sound I want or need.

GCSE Chemistry in the Holidays. Core experiments are in the exams so practicing them, understanding what is going on and...
16/08/2024

GCSE Chemistry in the Holidays. Core experiments are in the exams so practicing them, understanding what is going on and trying out different ones other than making copper sulfate is essential to improving grades.

Setting up the Panasonic Camera. Before going out on a shoot, we need to make time to see that the camera is set up corr...
15/08/2024

Setting up the Panasonic Camera. Before going out on a shoot, we need to make time to see that the camera is set up correctly so that we can start shooting straight away—and, of course, check the battery and card state.

Physics in the Holidays. There is time to investigate how the angle of the fan on this PASCO scientific smartcart affec...
15/08/2024

Physics in the Holidays. There is time to investigate how the angle of the fan on this PASCO scientific smartcart affects its forward direction. By placing a mast and sail on a smartcart, we can see how the wind's direction and the sail's angle allow the cart to move towards the wind.

Close to the Action, we were out in the camera boat filming and photographing the handicap race. In light winds, the rac...
14/08/2024

Close to the Action, we were out in the camera boat filming and photographing the handicap race. In light winds, the race was not quick, but it was exciting as the lead changed rounding the mark.

Maths in the Holidays—Many questions in exams and elsewhere feature biased dice, but the students have no idea what thes...
14/08/2024

Maths in the Holidays—Many questions in exams and elsewhere feature biased dice, but the students have no idea what these are, so getting a set of biased dice and then letting the students play with them to work out each dice's probability of throwing a particular number is fun.

In the camera boat with the bow down and leaning out with the camera to get a water-level shot of a dinghy.
13/08/2024

In the camera boat with the bow down and leaning out with the camera to get a water-level shot of a dinghy.

21st Cent Physics in the Holidays. Going through some revision of transformers and the rules of induction then applying ...
13/08/2024

21st Cent Physics in the Holidays. Going through some revision of transformers and the rules of induction then applying their use in the national grid.

If my new Davis weather station is to be believed, it has reached over 34C in my back garden. The aspirated screen shoul...
12/08/2024

If my new Davis weather station is to be believed, it has reached over 34C in my back garden. The aspirated screen should be giving me a reasonably accurate reading but it does seem high.

I was out filming on a sunny Sunday with the Panasonic Video camera. With a good electronic zoom lens and good sound col...
12/08/2024

I was out filming on a sunny Sunday with the Panasonic Video camera. With a good electronic zoom lens and good sound collection via a Rode Shotgun mic, great video and sound can be captured from the silent electric camera boat.

A-level Biology in the Holidays. Extracting DNA from different fruits, such as in the picture of strawberries. Once extr...
12/08/2024

A-level Biology in the Holidays. Extracting DNA from different fruits, such as in the picture of strawberries. Once extracted, the DNA can be used for molecular analyses, including PCR, electrophoresis, sequencing, fingerprinting and cloning.

I'm still having a battle with the Wersi OAX organ. After a new motherboard sporting Windows 11 and more memory, the org...
09/08/2024

I'm still having a battle with the Wersi OAX organ. After a new motherboard sporting Windows 11 and more memory, the organ can't see the sound interface. It boots okay the second time, but the first time, it seems to lose its connection to the old-style sound interface.

A-Level Chemistry in the Holidays. We are getting ahead of the A-Level syllabus by starting early. We are determining th...
09/08/2024

A-Level Chemistry in the Holidays. We are getting ahead of the A-Level syllabus by starting early. We are determining the Molecular Weight of a volatile liquid by placing a known volume into a heated syringe at 100C.

Our old weather station had died, so we took it down and replaced it with a better model which can do and report more an...
08/08/2024

Our old weather station had died, so we took it down and replaced it with a better model which can do and report more and publish it every few minutes on the internet at https://www.weatherlink.com/ Now all I need is some rain to try out the rain gauge to see if it works.

Following along on the PASCO scientific Essentials of Physics online course, looking at the online materials, simulatio...
08/08/2024

Following along on the PASCO scientific Essentials of Physics online course, looking at the online materials, simulations and practical experiments available for US schools. Much of these materials are the same for UK schools, just in a different order.

Something a little different: we are working out the shape of a sail for the model boat we are building, using all the f...
07/08/2024

Something a little different: we are working out the shape of a sail for the model boat we are building, using all the formulas and CAD to help.

Computing in the Holidays. I am working on A-level computer projects. One is with an LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP...
07/08/2024

Computing in the Holidays. I am working on A-level computer projects. One is with an LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) system, which creates and uses a database to control website bookings and payment systems.

My old Canon 550D is set up on a macro stand, and I am taking hundreds of photos of different macro objects. These photo...
06/08/2024

My old Canon 550D is set up on a macro stand, and I am taking hundreds of photos of different macro objects. These photos can be merged together to increase the depth of field, creating much better macro images for the students to see.

Physics in the Holidays: The students built a Westminster electric motor from scratch and got it spinning. They had a ne...
06/08/2024

Physics in the Holidays: The students built a Westminster electric motor from scratch and got it spinning. They had a newfound respect for the humble motor and its effectiveness and power.

The twin-lens reflex camera is certainly old technology, but it provides insights for students who believe only in mobil...
05/08/2024

The twin-lens reflex camera is certainly old technology, but it provides insights for students who believe only in mobile phone cameras and CMOS sensors. They can see real optics working and proper film that can be developed with chemicals to make photographs in a matter of hours.

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Tuesday 7am - 9:30pm
Wednesday 7am - 9:30pm
Thursday 7am - 9:30pm
Friday 7am - 9:30pm
Saturday 8am - 7pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

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Videos

Creating a new title sequence for the Upper Thames Sailing Club We have many videos to create this year for the club, so starting with a brand image title sequence.

Spintronics: Demonstrating how electrics could work in another way to the students. Some find this helpful as another way of looking at the system.

Testing for hydrogen. Making with Hydrochloric Acid and Magnesium Ribbon, and then the squeaky pop test.

Irregularly shaped objects and finding their centre of mass. Also fun with the broom. With this simple trick, it is easy.

Using the electronic stethoscope connected to a phone, to record students' heartbeats

Demonstrating centripetal motion to lift a ball into the air

A Petri dish, some water and washing up liquid, a straw and a pipette tip and with a gentle blow we have a model of a metal.

Time-lapse over 5 days of cress germinating and growing 1 frame every 10 minutes

Giving the students something to explain, why the magnet falls slower outside a @pascoscientific ruler than inside it #iteachphysics

The graphite covered ping pong ball moving charge from one sphere to another and making the little hair I have stand on end. The ping pong ball acts as a charge carrier allow the Van de Graaff generator to discharge, but the sudden discharge has a lot of force behind it, launching the ping pong ball away towards the smaller dome. #iteachphysics

Looking at a broom to find the centre of mass. Its a simple trick to do. Hold out the broom horizontally balanced on two fingers. Move the hands together slowly and often you find one hand moves and the other doesn't when the hands meet - that's the centre of mass. We find the centre of mass to help balance things like getting a picture straight on a wall and we use this idea of centre of mass to stop things blowing over because they are "top heavy".

New video on comparing vertical and horizontal wind turbines Full video at https://youtu.be/ckA2mn4kRIk http://myrenewableenergy.org/News.html #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #environment #windpower

Something I have wanted for a while is a wave tank. IT JUST ARRIVED! It’s marvellous for looking at standing waves, reflections and with a LASER, I can show wonderful examples of refraction. #physics #iteachphysics #Stem #Science

#ALevel #Physics My homemade cyclotron. Not quite as fast as the real thing, made from a clear mixing bowl, some copper conductivity tape Alt positive and negative strips and a Van der Graaff generator, with a graphite covered ping pong ball #STEM #Science #itechphysics

#Science Burning Calcium in Air. After burning Magnesium what could be better than burning a piece of calcium. Loved by the students. #STEM #Chemistry

Magnesium shaving are burnt in Air. I did this for a year 9 student. This was her first experiment that she had watch and helped with. Her class wasn't allowed in a lab because they were too noisy. It is a shame that many students do not get the chance to do any science - just copy from books. No wonder some schools produce such few scientists. The girl loved this. We will be doing lots more experiments.#STEM #iteachchemistry #Science

#GCSE #Physics Using a plastic strip Tester on different plastic and paper bags experiment to find the breaking points of the different bags by different manufacturers. Students are surprised at the results. #STEM #iteatchphysics #Science

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What Philip M Russell Ltd does.

Philip M Russell Ltd, offer 1:1 private Tuition in Maths and Science at GCSE and A level. Plenty of lab equipment to carry out all the experiments required. Fully qualified experienced teachers. We start at KS2 and go through right up to A level.

Philip M Russell Ltd also makes Science documentary videos. It all started when a few students wanted some videos on this and that and now we have nearly 200 videos on the GCSE and A level science syllabuses.

In addition we use much of our video skills to help others. We use this video equipment to do live broadcasts of organ concerts and create videos for third parties who need a producer, director, director of photography, cameraman, sound recordist, editor or colourist. Our small team make cost effective videos for wedding, small companies and some larger institutions

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