Day 120 Physical Sci - What are the properties of an Atom? How does changing protons, neutrons, electrons affect its identity. Introduced ions and isotopes leading into nuclear fusion using @phetsims.bsky.social sim docs.google.com/document/d/1... #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 120 Physics - Consolidated Pascals law and pressure depth relationships into a study guide. Warmup was about how Ancient Rome delivered water pressure to their city. #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 119 Physical Sci - from big bang went over periodic table and atomic properties. Started with color coding stellar origins of elements. Tried to oversimplify then revisit when we hit things like cosmic rays and radioactive decay. Will eventually lead into star life cycle #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 119 Physics - Pascals law lab with water bottle and holes. Connecting to water tower model and extending to why dam walls are designed the way they are. Measure flow rate, horizontal distance #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 118 Physics - Sub day so found some worksheet practice and n fluid pressure and depth, getting into the quantitative bits #iteachphysics #teach180 drive.google.com/file/d/1BSMu...

Day 118 Physical Sci - Quiz on Big Bang, also a sub day. Question: are quiz days ideal for having a sub or is it better to be present for them? #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 117 Physical Sci - Consolidating evidence for Big Bang in preparation for quiz tomorrow. For some students they are just now piecing together red shift = moving away 🤦🏽‍♂️ ready to move on to star life cycle! #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 117 Physics - how does pipe diameter affect pressure? Velocity? Students explored this and how water towers help provide water pressure sans electricity using @phetsims.bsky.social sim docs.google.com/document/d/1... #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 116 Physical Sci - Did a reading and Q about big bang. Way too many lessons spent on Bb just for Ss to regurgitate evidence for it. Would love to improve how I teach this topic. I just get stuck spending so long modeling Doppler effect as a way to bridge waves + Astro #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 116 Physics - continued with a lot of fluid phenomenon modeling. What variables affect pressure? Used @phetsims.bsky.social phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/un... to help explore. Broke a couple rulers for an atmos pressure demo and then Ss modeled the titan submersible 😬 #iteachphysics #teach180

Hi science-teacher people. Would you like a year-long series of #APBio activities, structured to be chunked into you other lesson structures to keep your students engaged via variety of modalities? To both modify and share freely? Here you go: drive.google.com/file/d/18hyy...

Day 115 Physical Sci - compared big bang to race analogy. If most galaxies are red shifted, what can that tell us if we rewind the motion? Used our previous graph to calculate age of galaxies #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 115 Physics - Began out Fluids & Plumbing unit. Started with a video of a monster can getting crushed as it sinks then investigated Pressure vs depth, used vernier to collect data, desmos to graph. Ended with predict the depth that is fatal to humans #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 114 Physical Sci - Connected red shift, Doppler, expanding universe, hubble’s constant all to build evidence for building evidence for the Big Bang #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 114 Physics - Finished up simple motors and whiteboarded magnetic fields and explained how the right hand rules could help explain what is happening. Disassembled some old (mini) motors #iteachphysics #teach180

Anyone have a clever and sustainable way to store alligator clip wires? #iteachphysics

Day 113 Physics - Students had to brainstorm then construct a simple motor using basic materials today. Lots of guiding questions but very few direct answers #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 113 Physical Sci - expanding balloons as the universe, Doppler balls for playing catch, and reviewing emission spectra all to figure out that the universe is expanding. Quantified Doppler effect with vernier sound sensor and graphical analysis pro w FFT #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 112 Physical Sci - broke out our spectroscopes and viewed the sky and different colored light bulbs. Ended with viewing H, He, and Ne emissions to understand how we know what stars are made of #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 111 Physical Sci - Rough lesson intro red blue shift shift. Not a lot of engagement and Ss talking. But 2nd half gave a Doppler reading Qs and Ss locked in. Annoying when “good” teaching like whiteboard modeling fall flat but a WS hits #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 112 Physics - showed students a video on how electric dc motors work and had them model and explain the anatomy #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/presentation...

Day 111 Physics - began with an inquiry lab by making solenoids around different diameter nails. Students wrapped coils and counted how many paper clips they could pick up. Predict what happens when switching the wires. Went over notes on 1st and 2nd right hand rules #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 110 Physical Sci - took students outside to find a sliver of direct sunlight to pass through triangular prisms. Continued talking through Doppler effect to lead into red shift blue shift #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 110 Physics - Electromagnetism demos and notes. Began the class with lots of snickering, not sure why. #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 109 Physics - more magnetic field whiteboarding and notes. Brought out compasses. Big “lightbulb” moment when we brought compasses around our lightbulb circuits #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 108 Physical Sci - EM Spectrum and Waves Quiz today #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 108 Physics - began magnetism today, basic notes on magnetic fields and flux. Took bar magnets and placed them in a sheet protector. Ran out of iron filings so used steel wool dust to create various field demos #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 107 Physics - Students presented their circuit projects and calculations. Onto magnetism tomorrow! #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 107 Physical Sci - EM Spectrum Reading and Study Guide today. Began with modeling why sky is blue. Lots of small group work after #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 106 Physical Sci - Station Readings on the different parts of the EM Spectrum. Jigsawed info to answer if each form of light is harmful and which forms make it to Earths surface #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 106 Physics - back from midwinter break! Finishing up circuit project with students diagramming and calculating voltage, current, and resistance for each pathway. Used #vernier probes to check their answers #iteachphysics #teach180

The city of #Tacoma WA has one of the highest tree canopy inequities where the wealthier north end records temps 10 degrees cooler than the south end during heat waves. Rooted in racism and redlining, we feel the effects of climate change more starkly based on zip code.

Is the AI + EdTech symbiosis a slippery slope for education, or a cliff? Want to know who is using AI the most prolifically? District Admin, not teachers. (Anecdotal to my experience of course). #EduSky #EdTech

Day 105 Physical Sci - measured speed of light using a microwave to begin class. Used to use chocolate but @cossettej.bsky.social had the great idea to use thermal putty, way more visual and less messy! Remainder of class was light speed transmission calculation practice #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 105 Physics - Students presented circuit projects with diagrams showing voltage, current and calculated resistance at different points #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 104 Physics - continued working on circuit project #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 104 Physical Sci - reviewed EM spectrum and introduced speed of light #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 103 Physical Sci - assigned 2 readings and questions and had students jigsaw. Good day to consolidate learning and check in with indv tables to check for understanding. Introduced it with a discussion of Hubble telescope + JWST and how they use other wavelengths of light #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 103 Physics - squeezing a circuit project b4 midwinter break. Used to do an electric house but now have Ss look up a viral circuit design, draw the blueprint, then create it or make an original #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 102 Physics - twas a beautiful ☀️ day in the PNW so took my class outside. Despite the climate, our very old campus is outdoor so we traced the exterior light circuits back to the electrical room. Ss finished wiring circuits together and introduced circuit project #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 102 Physical Sci - explored the EM Spectrum with a focus on light we “can’t” see #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Day 101 Physics - connecting our circuit work to residential/commercial trades by pulling out 2x4’s, electrical boxes and outlets. Had students wire them and will connect them in parallel next class #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 101 Physical Science - Transitioned into light after learning about waves with sound. Built model of how light ‘travels’ from source to eye #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Seahawks!! The year started with ‘meh’ expectations and now they won! Cool to have my five year old excited to watch with me the whole time, still balanced by the chaos of the 3 year old and the ‘can’t-look-away-from me danger of the 10-month old. Cool conversations around the halftime message too

Hey there Seattle fans! Your tears of joy this afternoon could be blotted up by tissues erupted out of 3D printed tissue box covers in the shape of your state’s volcanoes! In Seahawk InSAR no less! Only 10 available in my Etsy store and they’ll likely be gone before kickoff! phaneritic.etsy.com

Every year I get assigned a new prep (this year forensics w no curriculum) it becomes a retreat-to-the-desk year since there’s no additional planning time.

5 year-old: How can we get jobs for people living in tents and help them have homes? 3 Year-old: WHAT DOES LAVA TASTE LIKE

This week I was digging through our science storage and dusted off a ripple tank. Got excited to use it for our waves unit. Man, it was so janky. Leaky, power supply was inconsistent. Rubber bands holding bar with motor so not a consistent frequency. Ended up just using a pipette 😅 #iteachphysics