Physics teachers. The latest edition of Classroom Physics is now available at the link below. The focus is on Atmospheric Physics 🙂 #PhysicsEd #iTeachPhysics #SciTeachUK spark.iop.org/sites/defaul...

Our yard is blooming and growing. Some of the growth is oyster mushrooms and Concord grapes.

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

I haven’t been on here in months, been dealing with medical issues while juggling teaching and just trying to survive. Had my ankle replaced in March, before that lots of appts and pain, now lots of PT. Doing much better and hoping to get back to posting and interacting. Miss my physics/ed PLN!

I'm really excited about the problem that I used for our cumulative review of mechanics. In 15 parts, students had to do a little bit of everything that we've been working on so far this year 😏 #iteachphysics 🎢 Lesson Details: passionatelycurioussci.weebly.com/blog/mechani...

Trying to add more quick 'analog' labs to my APP1 curriculum. 45 min, derive an algebraic expression for velocity of a pushed block using work-kinetic energy theorem. Estimate a numeric value with measurements only from this equipment. No screens. Mostly happy the with results! #iTeachPhysics 🎢

My physics 1st class started their home wiring design project today. Each group picked a room of a house, each room has requirements that need to be met. For example, the bathroom needs a ventilation fan that is connected to a switch, an overhead light on a different switch, a duplex outlet, etc.

I gained followers, hello! I teach physics first to freshman and AP Physics 1 at a boarding school. Students are “graded” on competencies. If you are new to teaching physics or competencies, let me know if you need support or help. So many other awesome physics teachers have helped me along the way

I’m teaching physics first to freshman this semester. Today, I gave them two circuit diagrams, each with a labeled battery voltage and resister values. The task was to write everything you know about each circuit and write any questions you have. This is called a goalless problem.

Recording this podcast for our local NPR was such a treat. I got to share the best parts of my job and the host, Peter Medlin, is just an amazing journalist. www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/20...

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Looks like more physics folks have found this place, hello! I need to get more into the habit of engaging on here and hopefully this is the push I need. Connections with great people on old Twitter helped me become the teacher I am today and I miss those experiences. 🎢

@jacobsphysics.bsky.social one of my students was talking about the school her brother attends… “I’m sure you’ve never heard of it… Woodberry Forest”. 😃

This happened last night! So excited to have met Tatiana Erukhimova from Texas A&M.

Last night was so exciting! Jocelyn Bell Burnell presented a talk “ and it was AMAZING! Also, I took a former student of mine that is doing graduate research work right now and we were able to get a picture with her. To share this experience with my student made my teacher heart full.💕

Arriving in Boston today for the AAPT summer meeting. Let me know if you are also attending, would love to meet up with other physics folks! 🎢

I have a publication date! 5 Steps AP Physics 1 (and the C book) will be out Oct 15. Preorder here: #iteachphysics www.mhprofessional.com/5-steps-to-a...

This is such terrible news. Those researchers were indispensable in our quest to identify, understand, and fight misinformation & disinformation.

Today’s adventure was a trip to Sleeping Bear Dunes. That’s a pic of Lake Michigan in the background. I did make it to the top of the climbing dune and was so proud of myself.

Finished planning my trip to AAPT summer meeting. Who is going? Would love to catch up with folks. I’ve never been to Boston before and so excited! I can’t believe I get to see MIT and Harvard too!!!! 🎢

Spending a week in Northern Michigan fishing with family. Too cold and windy for a day on the boat today so just enjoying down time and playing cards.

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

Last week I finished up my first year at my new job and so grateful for the work I do there. I’m appreciated, supported, and have grown so much this year. I’m glad to find a place that has made me love teaching again! I also can’t believe it was my 27th year teaching.

I’m changing out an old landline jack with a new one. I realize this has a low voltage (~48 volts). Do I need to disconnect power before working? I don’t even know how to do that since the power is from the phone company (I know this since the phone company visited our house due to an issue).

Happy 274th birthday, Caroline Herschel! If you don’t know her story, What'sHerName podcast tells it beautifully. whatshernamepodcast.com/caroline-her...

I think this headline might be confused. He's not *predicting* it like some neutral fortune-teller, he's *threatening* it. He's telling his followers what to do if he loses.

On Friday one of my students was recapping an episode of M*A*S*H. I gave him a weird look and he said “do you know that show?” And I’m like “wait, how do you know that show?”

I ate lunch in 1978 today.

I’m on spring break for the next two weeks! It’s a weird feeling because I wasn’t counting down the days & had slightly forgot about it. It’s an amazing (& weird) feeling, the result of switching to a job that supports me & is set up for positive mental health. I am so appreciative of this position!

Tornadoes hit by my in laws and some of my friends. yesterday and it was fairly severe. They are safe but we have family that are first responders. I feel anxiety about knowing what’s going on because a lot of info is updated on FB and I don’t have my account thanks to hackers and no help from FB.

Holy shit: Indiana governor signs bill tying both tenure and post-tenure review to "intellectual diversity." fox59.com/indianapolit...

I have a former student that wants to be an astrophysicist but doesn’t really know much about what a career in that looks like and I don’t really know either. How can I put him in touch with an astrophysicist to communicate with? 🎢

Pretty depressing day at work today with lots of staff updating their resumes as we grapple with NASA's decision to shut down Chandra, the world's only ever high resolution X-ray space telescope, still returning fabulous science discoveries. Still hoping this can be reversed

I think at this point it might be faster to get a computer science degree, work my way up (down?) to a job at FB, fix my account, and then quit. 🤣 Seriously, still need a solution… sigh…

I’m teaching AP Physics 1 as a semester course and spent way more time than I intended on Unit 2. I’m so happy that extra time paid off when students showed amazing mastery of skills during Unit 3 and we were able to breeze through it. Morale of the story… a strong foundation is so important!

Just had a school cancel an upcoming author visit because my book talks about global warming. We just experienced the warmest winter in 130 years of record keeping. But we can't talk about it? 😡 My book empowers kids to take action and gives them hope. I'm so disappointed that they'll miss out.

Once upon a time I made a few of these completely unbiased infographics comparing invertebrates to the vertebrates that shares their name.

Really good explainer why time zones really really suck.

I like this school teacher friendly article about the upcoming solar eclipse. I'm planning to pass it on to the teachers at my kid's schools. 👩‍🔬🔭🎢🧪 www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

I need advice. Someone hacked my FB account; bypassed 2 factor, changed the email associated with my account, changed the phone number; all of this with no notification from FB. I can’t seem to do anything to recover the account because my email & phone aren’t associated with the account. Any ideas?

This @veritasium video on blue led's tells an interesting story - BUT it also has the BEST explanation of semiconductors and how an LED works. BEST EVER. youtu.be/AF8d72mA41M?...

"During my 1st graduate committee meeting, just as I was starting to discuss my proposed project working w/crocodiles, a professor stopped me mid-sentence & said, 'Shouldn’t you work w/[something] more feminine? Something more cute and fuzzy?'" #WomenInSTEM #science canvasrebel.com/meet-dr-mari...

My son decided he wanted to make maple syrup this year. He tapped trees, collected sap, boiled sap, and canned his syrup. This is batch 1, subsequent batches were much darker. It’s been a learning process, time consuming, and lots of trial and error but so much fun!

My AP Physics 1 class started Unit 2 today (we run on semesters) & got to see their first video with the infamous @jacobsphysics.bsky.social They really loved meeting Edna and didn’t know what to make of this photo I shared with them 🤣

My current Physics class started this month and is a one semester class. We have been working on Claim, Evidence, & Reasoning skills. I am beyond excited by how quickly my students are adapting & embracing CER when solving problems. I’m also impressed with their work ethic & attention to detail. 👏

Would whoever is teaching my students that any nonlinear graph is exponential please STOP 🎢

I am excited that my school just purchased a class set of Vernier’s Go Direct Carts and tracks. Please comment with your favorite lab, prefer AP Physics 1 activities but all are welcome. The only lab I’ve done is having two carts of different masses push away from each other, conservation of p. 🎢