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September 1, 2020

More videos for buggy lab from home

This page contains links to 14 videos of buggies moving next to a tape measure. A stopwatch is mounted on each buggy, so students can collect position and time data as the car moves.

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August 3, 2020

Videos for buggy lab from home

With COVID-19 requiring many of us to do remote teaching this fall, I wanted to provide videos that students could use at home. I shot these videos with a cell phone gimbal to stabilize the video.

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April 6, 2020

Zoom + Whiteboard = almost in the classroom

As we move forward with online learning due to the COVID-19, I’m offering Zoom-based office hours. There are high-tech ways of sharing screens, etc, but I decided to use a low-tech solution to share drawings with my students.

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April 3, 2020

Learning in the era of Pass/No pass

In light of the COVID-19 crisis, more K-12 schools and school districts are moving to Pass/No pass (P/NP) instead of traditional A-F grading. Rather than thinking of this as a loss, I suggest we use this as an opportunity. I have been a high school teacher for 26 years. During that time, I, and many of my colleagues, are continually...

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March 27, 2020

Corona virus limerick

Corona virus limerick

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June 4, 2019

Newton’s Three Laws

A humorous take on Newton’s Three Laws.

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May 20, 2019

Penny Diffusion Lab

Using penny mint marks to model gas diffusion.

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February 15, 2019

Testing the Constant Velocity Model in high school physics: The “Buggy Lab”

Using buggy collisions for summative assessment for constant velocity.

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April 16, 2018

Solving ‘roller coaster’ energy problems

Tutorial walking students through solving energy problems involving roller coasters.

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August 31, 2017

Back to School Night – Menlo-Atherton HS, 2017

OK, maybe I’m in the minority, but I really like Back to School Nights.

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  • Distance learning/make-up labs for AMTA Mechanics ‘Paradigm labs’
    • Buggy lab teacher notes
      • More videos for buggy lab from home
    • Cart on Ramp videos for home labs: Teacher notes
      • Non-constant velocity: A cart on a ramp
    • Acceleration as a function of mass and force: Distance learning video labs; Teacher notes
      • Lab videos: Developing a relationship between acceleration and mass or force
    • Calculating a spring constant: Distance learning video labs; Teacher notes
      • Analyzing energy in a spring
  • Calculating the spring constant in a cart

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