Get $$$ To come to AAPT! Applications due Fri! The Barbara Wolff-Reichert award is for a FIRST TIMER 100% funded! The LIPTON FUND has been redesigned and is now for a RETURNING member & will cover expenses for 2 meetings in 2 consecutive years. More info: www.aapt.org/Programs/gra...

I’ve never hoped so hard in my alumni life for Harvard’s institutional ego to dominate decision-making www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

This year a cohort of HS teachers were selected via application to attend PTRA Bootcamp. The goal of PTRA is for teachers to train other teachers to teach physics. This group was fully funded to attend the workshop and also received financial support to stay for the full AAPT meeting! #AAPTSM25

Getting my new space set up! #iTeachPhysics

🚨 #PAEMST, the nation's highest honor for STEM teachers, has been DEFUNDED in the new NSF budget. This award was est by Reagan in 1983. This award fuels classroom innovation, strengthens the STEM pipeline, and uplifts excellence in every community.

Teachers, choose your one liners carefully. Students remember them forever. What does your one liner say about you? Ones I remember from my teachers: "The answer's always one, it just depends which units you use" "The college board is the richest nonprofit in the US" "The answer is always enzymes"

If you’re a physics educator who uses the word “intuitive” to describe physics you are part of the problem in physics culture. Because if we are honest it’s not intuitive at all.

NSF put our names back up on the PAEMST website, but not our bios which are now under review. I am certain that the boxed part of bio is going to be erased. The government is literally erasing our stories.

Note making a la Building Thinking Classrooms + ISLE. This is the missing link that pulls together an active learning environment and collaborative white boarding with notes that actually mean something and a reason to dig into the textbook. Students receive these at the lesson’s end #iteachphysics

Since it’s that season and schools are under attack more than ever In just gonna throw out there that taxes are just following a bunch of monotonous rules and directions. I can guarantee 16 year old you wouldn’t have paid attention if it was an option in school.

I created three lesson plans on the fly for one class of students yesterday. It was a lot, but it was also really satisfying physicsteachermomma.com/2025/02/08/t...

What a great day. A math colleague who does Building Thinking Classrooms picked up my 8th hour today, so my lesson can actually run!

“I’m thinking of an animal that’s pink with four legs” “AXOLOTL!” “No” “Well I have no idea then” “PINK WITH FOUR LEGS!” “…..” “A pig. It’s a pig”

What is a legacy as a teacher? Where is the legacy? It's not in the school building or district. physicsteachermomma.com/2025/02/01/l...

Last year I made this shift for momentum. The time base come back around this year and I’m still excited and amazed how powerful this is for discussing conservation of momentum! #iTeachPhysics physicsteachermomma.com/2024/02/07/m...

Removing datasets because you disagree with the fundamental underpinnings of the research is unethical. Period.

Just for fun, I started putting my #python #physics material in book form. I'm not sure how far I will get, but here's chapter 1 if you want to take a look. drive.google.com/file/d/19WTd...

Everything going on since the 20th makes me frustrated and mad. I can't control what happens in DC, but I *will* continue doing the work. And so will so many of us. We cannot and will not let love and compassion and JOY crumble under fear, hate and racism. physicsteachermomma.com/2025/01/30/m...

AAPT Winter Meeting was so great! There are three simple phrases that make all the difference in building a professional community. #iTeachPhysics physicsteachermomma.com/2025/01/25/t...

New teacher me would never believe that now me loves to get up and do this!

Day 2 of #AAPTWM25: High School Physics Meeting.

@msruggerio.bsky.social presenting about note taking in her classrooms at #AAPTWM25

Back in my day you owned your movies and music and paid for them ONCE not once a month!

Excited to share that I have been awarded the 2023 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching! This was a long and rigorous process that was also immensely gratifying! Thank you to @secaurphysics.bsky.social for nominating and all the support!

I just said hi to Emily Callandrelli at the airport!

Have you heard of how yellow 5 makes skin transparent? www.science.org/content/arti... 🎢

Ngl, literally the best part of break

Love this!

The other, other place is doing its thing unusually well this morning

There’s more to rainbows than the human eye can see: here’s how a rainbow extends into the infrared and ultraviolet. Photos: 1. Infrared 2. Visible (obviously) 3. Ultraviolet, and 4. A composite showing how UV is beyond the violet in a rainbow, and IR beyond the red end. 🧪 #photography

There’s been a shooting involving a 17 year old boy tonight, so now we wait to find out which high school he attends. There’s a strong chance it’s mine.

I love the problem solving part of physics. I love the problem solving part of teaching. AI has advantages, but there are LOTS of costs. KIDS still have GROWING minds that are DEVELOPING towards good problem solving and discernment. At the rate it’s growing, there’s no responsible classroom use w/Ss

One year I had a student that my brain decided was “Lucy” I have no idea why. Her name was nothing similar to Lucy. I had not yet had a Lucy. I didn’t know a Lucy. And I would greet her by name daily to get rid of “Lucy” But to this day if I see her face my brain says Lucy…

I paused for a moment and almost considered purchasing this for…. Something…. In class

#iTeachPhysics 20 classroom physics experiments in 60 seconds. Each uses textbooks. Started as a joke, became a nostalgic dive through my personal archives. How many do you recognize? Which are new? Post pictures of your using textbooks for something other than reading. youtu.be/jcS6jjMCStA

5 Reasons My Class Begins with Retrieval Practice (Almost) Daily theeffortfuleducator.com/2024/10/16/5... #edusky #cogscisci

As my follows continue to increase due to starter packs, at this point I'll be following you back if (1) we already followed on the other place (2) your profile makes it clear we have shared interests (3) you engage with me meaningfully. It's important to me that my space is curated to keep growing

Saw this on facebook and my first thought was INDUCTORS!!! Right hand rule!!! #iTeachPhysics

If you're following me for the first time here's a thread of the things that matter to me and what I'll talk about. First is equity in physics. My journey with this hasn't been linear and I've learned a lot along the way about what it truly means to care about equity. pubs.aip.org/aapt/pte/art...

I joined Twitter in 2017. By 2019 I had ~500 followers and then after writing The Science of Learning Physics blogs jumped to 1.5k, on average though, it was still about a follower/day. It's incredible that due to the way Bluesky is set up, I'm already at 650 follows after a week-long surge.

This a feed I’ve created of educators who have contributed to @edweek.bsky.social ‘s classroom q&a blog over the past 13 years. Please let me know if I’ve missed you! bsky.app/profile/did:...

From the Twitter archives. Differences in discussion (PEER physics) vs lecture based physics learning. #iTeachPhysics

From the deleted Twitter archive. This is hilarious because the next day I found out I was pregnant 😂

I’m gonna reshare my first post on this platform 😊 this is one thing that’s all mine that I’m super proud of and passionate about. Getting students to communicate their science well and have fun with it.

I believe strongly in getting Ss to write high-quality theory sections for pivotal labs. We start with vertical white boarding and then students are required to submit theory drafts before they enter the lab. It's been a game changer #iTeachPhysics physicsteachermomma.com/2024/11/16/d...

Last year, mid-year, I started making my students submit a draft of the theory section of their lab before they started the lab. It was overwhelmingly well-received and I'm continuing to fine-tune the experience. I'll have the blog post written later... maybe tomorrow.. #iTeachPhysics

👏 three cheers for Bluesky! Listen, X changed its TOS which go into effect TODAY which permits them to use your posts to train AI. I won't be participating so I trashed all of my tweets last night. Don't just deactivate - someone could take your handle to impersonate!

This is the set up for a single day of teaching. APPC needs to review yesterday's work and take the quiz. I had to make a backup plan for lecture since my voice is gone. APP1 is vertically whiteboarding and then starting lab, and physics has a condiment day. Don't even include the room setup. #tired

All of my tweets are gone. The GitHub code was quick, easy and effective, and right in time before the new TOS goes into effect.

Tweets are in the process of getting deleted... goodbye twitter.