Day 150/151 Physics - Began our HVAC and thermodynamics unit today. Began with a simple warmup of does a ceiling fan cause a rooms temp to increase, decrease, neither. Then went over some notes and introduced heat energy formula and 0th law. Practice problems on day 2 #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 150 Physical Sci - Ss asked “why is this iron so much heavier than the rocks even though it’s way smaller?” Finally density is starting to click. Lab with granite, basalt, epidote, and iron for earth layers density #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 148/149 - took sick days with my kids being sick. Physics took their fluid unit test, physical Sci did a Phet density lab. But made it to school for our multicultural assembly which is the best! Love getting to advise and coach my Asian club with the lion and dragon dance. #teach180

Day 146/147 Physical Sci - talked about earths layers and density using our notebook model and ESRT resource to analyze properties of each layer. Gave Ss samples of granite & basalt to compare, we’ll see them again during our next density lab #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 145 Physical Sci - introduced earths layers with a “scale” model in the notebook. Want 100% compliance? Have students copy a drawing/model. A little bit mindless in the moment but becomes a great resource #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 147 Physics - Wrapping up our fluids unit with some quiz review #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 146 Physics - had students create the own mini toilets and experiment #iteachphysics #teach180 drive.google.com/file/d/1NYSo...

Day 145 Physics - went over physics of a toilet and how we see buoyancy and Archimedes principles #iteachphysics #teach180 drive.google.com/file/d/1RvSF...

Day 144 Physical Sci - these 10th graders wrapped up two days of state testing so kept today light. Started with a penny boat activity which led into some basic notes on density. #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 144 Physics - successful tests! Ss made these on our short day so the walls were lower than I hoped leading to some water intrusion. But as far as density goes we were able to demonstrate buoyancy and density principles #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 143 - didn’t see my physics or physical Sci classes due to state testing. Messed around with the vernier temp probe and remote logging #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 142 Physical Sci - began earths interior today with a focus on what density is! Used our density cubes to investigate sink or float, then measure and calculate volume and mass and see what patterns show up with those that float vs sink #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 142 Physics - Trial 2 for boat construction. state testing week so funky schedule allows us to have some extra time. making them do the math this time to achieve a density of less than 1000 kg/m^3 giving them a mold to speed process up and more direct instruction #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 141 Physics - big Fail! As predicted many teams made theirs way tooo thick essentially creating bricks. Teams that used expanded glass chose to use barely any cement???? Good first attempt was a learning experience! #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 140-141 Physical Sci - prepped for and then took our solar system summative #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 140 Physics - measured and weighed boats to calculate mass and volume. Predicted % submersion. Will test boats tomorrow! #iteachphysics #teach180

More pros for PNW living. 15 minute drive to the Puget sound and heading to see the Tide Pools at low tide on a beautiful day can be spontaneous #PNW

Day 139 Physical Sci - continued working on consolidating our astronomy topics. How were heavy elements formed and where did they come from? docs.google.com/document/d/1... #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 139 Physics - students casted their concrete boys today! We’ll see how they turn out after The Weeknd #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 138 Physics - students finished their molds and had to decide if they wanted to go with the quikcrete mix or make their own aggregate. I have a sample of expanded glass from PoRaver that works well but figuring out the ratios of sand-cement-water is tricky with it #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 138 Physical Sci - getting ready to wrap up astronomy. Working on building a model that connects big bang to life cycle of stars to solar system formation to age of earth evidence. Big task! having students connect the ideas by modeling how heavy elements came to earth #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 137 Physical Sci - focused on radioactive decay and half life to explain how we know the age of earth. Did dice rolling activity and had students graph the the half life to notice the trend #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 137 Physics - concrete boat design day and creating the molds. Using cardboard then duct taping the insides. Goal is to create a floating concrete boat that can support the most weight. #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 136 Physical Sci - How do we know how old the earth is? Looking at two pieces of evidence starting with examination of moon craters #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 135 Physical Sci - at least three moons have liquid oceans, we discussed why this may be a condition for life then had students trace the origin of a moon or dwarf planet #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 136 Physics - followed up the phet lab with a real one where we measured the density of water, saltwater, and oil by having Pennie’s float in a film canister and measure the mass and volume #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 135 - back from spring break, cont w density and buoyancy. @phetsims.bsky.social has a great newer buoyancy lab where we focused on the idea of how cruise and battleships are able to float #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon! 🌕 💛

Day 134 Physical Sci - did the crater lab with fine dirt, marble, steel ball, and bocce ball. Great weather today so able to do it outside! Graphed data in @desmos.com #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 134 Physics - classic buoyancy archimedes lab feat #vernier sensors #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 133 Physical Sci - how do we know how planets form? Focused on craters today. Prepping simple crater lab, ran out of sand so took some time for students to dig out some fine dirt #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 133 Physics - Started an Archimedes Buoyancy lab which will continue tmrw. Today was a lot of problem solving with setting equipment up & reviewing how overflow beakers work. Began with an intro of what weighs more, @rhettallain.bsky.social did a great video on IG #iteachphysics #teachphysics

Day 132 Physics - continued density with focus on finding density of irregular objects. Started with rock identification based on density. Then asked if soda cans are made from pure aluminum, and challenge of determining their volume #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 132 Physical Sci - Gave a reading on the formation of the solar system and broke down the steps paragraph by paragraph. Students cut out steps and arranged them in notebooks as we went through the process. Watched a clip from history channel #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 131 Physical Sci - Explored #Stellarium and did some see-think-wonder and identify patterns. Talked about galactic address and distances of our solar system Remaining time did some solar system trivia #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 131 Physics - Review of density. Had Ss measure and put density cubes in order of density and which would float in water. Did density problems before we jump to archimedes and buoyancy Goal of this topic is to create a concrete mini boat that floats +carry weight #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 130 physics & physical Sci - physics students analyzed their lab data and answered CER question: should pipes in homes be as wide as possible? Physical Sci finished star life cycle posters #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 129 physics & Physical Sci - half day for conferences so only saw my forensics students!

Day 128 Physics - Bernoulli and Venturi effect lab measuring pipe diameter vs pressure. Love DIYing lab materials and then plugging #vernier sensors into them to make it quantitative. #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 128 Physical Sci - Last day of conferences and it was a late one! In class students continued working on life cycle of star posters #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 126 & 127 Physical Sci - sub day had students begin a life cycle of stars poster. Conference day today so didn’t see these students today.

Day 126 & 127 Physics - another sub day where students continued their packets on fluids. Today is conference day so only half the periods, didn’t see physics students today! We do 2 days of conferences from 12-7:30 so I’m pooped #teach180

Trains, mountains, parks, bridges, beaches, islands, puget sound/Salish Sea all in one photo #Tacoma

Day 125 Physical Sci - I have 36 kids in one class and it’s the last period of the day. Hate leaving it to a sub, gave today’s assignment as a qualifier. Need to have it completed in order to do our next summative. Life cycle of a star review #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 125 Physics - kid woke up yesterday with pink eye, so took Friday off. Even w 24 hour notice can’t get a sub on Fridays cause so many ppl put in. Assigned a ppt with guided notes and conceptual questions on Bernoulli’s and fluids in general #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 124 Physical Sci - did a HR diagram scavenger hunt in groups and then led students through the Star in a box simulation to track the life cycle of stars #iteachphysics #teach180 www.starinabox.net

Day 124 Physics - introduced Bernoulli with a bunch of demo activities. Too busy playing and forgot to take pics! #iteachphysics #teach180 drive.google.com/file/d/1iZSq...

Day 123 Physical Sci - Used @cossettej.bsky.social HR diagram activity today which is a great physical way to get students to make connections b/w color, temp, mass, luminosity, stage, etc. drew on desks using chalk markers and had Ss identify patterns. #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 123 Physics - back2back speakers, #TacomaPower talking about their apprenticeship programs. Wild that what we cover in our electricity unit mostly covers what an applicant needs. Ohms law, series and parallel, and DC/AC theory. So many great career opportunities! #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 122 Physical Sci - Finished up steps of Life Cycle of Stars. Lots of good Q&A Also, March is when direct instruction is a struggle. Also the time to receive Ss who had trouble with other teachers, up to 36 kids now in one class 💀 #iteachphysics #teach180