The Great Santini
@fisicahulk.bsky.social
Previously: US Army (25 years active duty)
Currently: High School Physics T
Committed user of the Oxford comma, double spacing, and semicolons.
Peace!
Currently: High School Physics T
Committed user of the Oxford comma, double spacing, and semicolons.
Peace!
#iteachphysics
Ok, Team: add to the list of things to be careful with on the board (drawing rockets, baseball bats, etc.).
Yesterday working an innocuous block at rest on inclined plane, I labeled friction “Ffs”.🫣
Be safe out there.
Ok, Team: add to the list of things to be careful with on the board (drawing rockets, baseball bats, etc.).
Yesterday working an innocuous block at rest on inclined plane, I labeled friction “Ffs”.🫣
Be safe out there.
November 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
#iteachphysics
Ok, Team: add to the list of things to be careful with on the board (drawing rockets, baseball bats, etc.).
Yesterday working an innocuous block at rest on inclined plane, I labeled friction “Ffs”.🫣
Be safe out there.
Ok, Team: add to the list of things to be careful with on the board (drawing rockets, baseball bats, etc.).
Yesterday working an innocuous block at rest on inclined plane, I labeled friction “Ffs”.🫣
Be safe out there.
Just gotta say: holy moly!
Carl Sagan’s “mote of dust in a sunbeam” through the teaser for House of Dynamite. No words.😬
youtu.be/0w6wUqWU3yU?...
Carl Sagan’s “mote of dust in a sunbeam” through the teaser for House of Dynamite. No words.😬
youtu.be/0w6wUqWU3yU?...
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE | Official Teaser | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Just gotta say: holy moly!
Carl Sagan’s “mote of dust in a sunbeam” through the teaser for House of Dynamite. No words.😬
youtu.be/0w6wUqWU3yU?...
Carl Sagan’s “mote of dust in a sunbeam” through the teaser for House of Dynamite. No words.😬
youtu.be/0w6wUqWU3yU?...
My first school used PBIS. Yikes!😳
I made it three years, but I think PBIS is mostly hype, and what Modesto schools are seeing probably isn’t too surprising for any school using PBIS.
youtu.be/ErJio51eypo?...
I made it three years, but I think PBIS is mostly hype, and what Modesto schools are seeing probably isn’t too surprising for any school using PBIS.
youtu.be/ErJio51eypo?...
Modesto teachers say classroom chaos has gotten out of control
YouTube video by CBS News Sacramento
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
My first school used PBIS. Yikes!😳
I made it three years, but I think PBIS is mostly hype, and what Modesto schools are seeing probably isn’t too surprising for any school using PBIS.
youtu.be/ErJio51eypo?...
I made it three years, but I think PBIS is mostly hype, and what Modesto schools are seeing probably isn’t too surprising for any school using PBIS.
youtu.be/ErJio51eypo?...
@mleembruggen.bsky.social Just saw you on SciShow.
Really good stuff.😎
#iteachphysics
youtu.be/vYf0ytn_vkw?...
Really good stuff.😎
#iteachphysics
youtu.be/vYf0ytn_vkw?...
Hank Green Asks A Physicist Anything
YouTube video by SciShow
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
@mleembruggen.bsky.social Just saw you on SciShow.
Really good stuff.😎
#iteachphysics
youtu.be/vYf0ytn_vkw?...
Really good stuff.😎
#iteachphysics
youtu.be/vYf0ytn_vkw?...
Just back from our first XC invitational meet of the year. The Team did great, but I’m here to say:
Any time the coaches are also teachers at the school, it’s a GOOD thing. It’s about relationships, perspective, and balance.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.🫡
Any time the coaches are also teachers at the school, it’s a GOOD thing. It’s about relationships, perspective, and balance.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.🫡
September 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Just back from our first XC invitational meet of the year. The Team did great, but I’m here to say:
Any time the coaches are also teachers at the school, it’s a GOOD thing. It’s about relationships, perspective, and balance.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.🫡
Any time the coaches are also teachers at the school, it’s a GOOD thing. It’s about relationships, perspective, and balance.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.🫡
Checked equipment for tomorrows kinematics lab #1, and unboxed a couple new buggy carts.
Nicely done Arbor Scientific. Nicely done.😎
#iteachphysics
Nicely done Arbor Scientific. Nicely done.😎
#iteachphysics
August 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Checked equipment for tomorrows kinematics lab #1, and unboxed a couple new buggy carts.
Nicely done Arbor Scientific. Nicely done.😎
#iteachphysics
Nicely done Arbor Scientific. Nicely done.😎
#iteachphysics
Hannah Fry on why the London Underground is so warm (hot!) in the summer now.
Seems like good potential for thermodynamics discussion.🤔
(spoiler: has to do with clay it’s built through and all the trains / ppl that move through it daily).
#iteachphysics Mind the Gap.😎
youtube.com/shorts/zlI0_...
Seems like good potential for thermodynamics discussion.🤔
(spoiler: has to do with clay it’s built through and all the trains / ppl that move through it daily).
#iteachphysics Mind the Gap.😎
youtube.com/shorts/zlI0_...
the tagine of transport
YouTube video by Hannah Fry
youtube.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Hannah Fry on why the London Underground is so warm (hot!) in the summer now.
Seems like good potential for thermodynamics discussion.🤔
(spoiler: has to do with clay it’s built through and all the trains / ppl that move through it daily).
#iteachphysics Mind the Gap.😎
youtube.com/shorts/zlI0_...
Seems like good potential for thermodynamics discussion.🤔
(spoiler: has to do with clay it’s built through and all the trains / ppl that move through it daily).
#iteachphysics Mind the Gap.😎
youtube.com/shorts/zlI0_...
A reminder, in case you need one, that women are incredible athletes
June 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Biggest SY accomplishment: declared pandemic over & got back to pacing/depth of 2018-19.
Sure, some covid learning loss, but more convinced it’s student (& parent) resistance to getting back to where we were.
Those easy As, completion credit, test corrections were a sweet deal.😉
#iteachphysics
Sure, some covid learning loss, but more convinced it’s student (& parent) resistance to getting back to where we were.
Those easy As, completion credit, test corrections were a sweet deal.😉
#iteachphysics
May 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Biggest SY accomplishment: declared pandemic over & got back to pacing/depth of 2018-19.
Sure, some covid learning loss, but more convinced it’s student (& parent) resistance to getting back to where we were.
Those easy As, completion credit, test corrections were a sweet deal.😉
#iteachphysics
Sure, some covid learning loss, but more convinced it’s student (& parent) resistance to getting back to where we were.
Those easy As, completion credit, test corrections were a sweet deal.😉
#iteachphysics
May 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
APP1 released FRQs 2025 just released.
I’m cool with these.😎
#iteachphysics
apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap...
I’m cool with these.😎
#iteachphysics
apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap...
apcentral.collegeboard.org
May 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
APP1 released FRQs 2025 just released.
I’m cool with these.😎
#iteachphysics
apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap...
I’m cool with these.😎
#iteachphysics
apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap...
@science.org: REALLY liking the new format.😎
Fellow science Ts: I’ve been an AAAS member for about 10 years, and have found Science to be a great tool to get at my scientific literacy skills (I also feel the first time my students read an actual scientific article shouldn’t be in college).
Peace!
Fellow science Ts: I’ve been an AAAS member for about 10 years, and have found Science to be a great tool to get at my scientific literacy skills (I also feel the first time my students read an actual scientific article shouldn’t be in college).
Peace!
May 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
@science.org: REALLY liking the new format.😎
Fellow science Ts: I’ve been an AAAS member for about 10 years, and have found Science to be a great tool to get at my scientific literacy skills (I also feel the first time my students read an actual scientific article shouldn’t be in college).
Peace!
Fellow science Ts: I’ve been an AAAS member for about 10 years, and have found Science to be a great tool to get at my scientific literacy skills (I also feel the first time my students read an actual scientific article shouldn’t be in college).
Peace!
I know there may come a time when I am no longer able to do these kinds of things, but that time has not yet arrived.😉
(from this year’s yearbook - I’m about to have a medicine ball thrown at me)
Peace! #iteachphysics
(from this year’s yearbook - I’m about to have a medicine ball thrown at me)
Peace! #iteachphysics
May 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I know there may come a time when I am no longer able to do these kinds of things, but that time has not yet arrived.😉
(from this year’s yearbook - I’m about to have a medicine ball thrown at me)
Peace! #iteachphysics
(from this year’s yearbook - I’m about to have a medicine ball thrown at me)
Peace! #iteachphysics
YouTube short capturing key points of Derek Muller’s presentation at the Perimeter Institute a few weeks ago.
(Can AI replace teachers? summary: no)
#iteachphysics
youtube.com/shorts/HnT9S...
(Can AI replace teachers? summary: no)
#iteachphysics
youtube.com/shorts/HnT9S...
💡Can AI Ever Replace Teachers? 人工智能 vs 教師 @veritasium
YouTube video by Wakeypédia 覺醒百科
youtube.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
YouTube short capturing key points of Derek Muller’s presentation at the Perimeter Institute a few weeks ago.
(Can AI replace teachers? summary: no)
#iteachphysics
youtube.com/shorts/HnT9S...
(Can AI replace teachers? summary: no)
#iteachphysics
youtube.com/shorts/HnT9S...
Just finished reading John Green’s “Everything is Tuberculosis.”
Outstanding.👍👍👍
Too late to get it on my school’s summer reading list (our library already has it - science, science history, and social justice, good stuff!) but next year for sure.
Peace!
Outstanding.👍👍👍
Too late to get it on my school’s summer reading list (our library already has it - science, science history, and social justice, good stuff!) but next year for sure.
Peace!
April 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Just finished reading John Green’s “Everything is Tuberculosis.”
Outstanding.👍👍👍
Too late to get it on my school’s summer reading list (our library already has it - science, science history, and social justice, good stuff!) but next year for sure.
Peace!
Outstanding.👍👍👍
Too late to get it on my school’s summer reading list (our library already has it - science, science history, and social justice, good stuff!) but next year for sure.
Peace!
Kindly do not ask me to help train Skynet.
I’m my own John Connor, and I know where this goes.
I’m my own John Connor, and I know where this goes.
April 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Kindly do not ask me to help train Skynet.
I’m my own John Connor, and I know where this goes.
I’m my own John Connor, and I know where this goes.
Really not trying to cause any problems, but how can there even be “hundreds of books” about putting?
You hit a little ball into a cup with a stick on level ground covered with well-maintained grass. Aren’t you overthinking it?🤔
I mean throw in some windmills or Godzilla, and I get it.
You hit a little ball into a cup with a stick on level ground covered with well-maintained grass. Aren’t you overthinking it?🤔
I mean throw in some windmills or Godzilla, and I get it.
April 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Really not trying to cause any problems, but how can there even be “hundreds of books” about putting?
You hit a little ball into a cup with a stick on level ground covered with well-maintained grass. Aren’t you overthinking it?🤔
I mean throw in some windmills or Godzilla, and I get it.
You hit a little ball into a cup with a stick on level ground covered with well-maintained grass. Aren’t you overthinking it?🤔
I mean throw in some windmills or Godzilla, and I get it.
Not dancing on their grave, but I find it sort of ironic that Chegg is suing Google for ruining their business due to the effect of Google’s large language models.🙃
Students figured out pretty quick that they no longer have to pay to look up answers.
Students figured out pretty quick that they no longer have to pay to look up answers.
February 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Not dancing on their grave, but I find it sort of ironic that Chegg is suing Google for ruining their business due to the effect of Google’s large language models.🙃
Students figured out pretty quick that they no longer have to pay to look up answers.
Students figured out pretty quick that they no longer have to pay to look up answers.
This photo from CNN today on a story on the Reagan Airport crash struck me.
Two firefighters rendering honors to two of the Soldiers killed in the crash.
The don’t know the persons’ race or sex / gender. They only know they were US Soldiers.
Something cadet bone spurs will never understand.
🇺🇸🫡
Two firefighters rendering honors to two of the Soldiers killed in the crash.
The don’t know the persons’ race or sex / gender. They only know they were US Soldiers.
Something cadet bone spurs will never understand.
🇺🇸🫡
February 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This photo from CNN today on a story on the Reagan Airport crash struck me.
Two firefighters rendering honors to two of the Soldiers killed in the crash.
The don’t know the persons’ race or sex / gender. They only know they were US Soldiers.
Something cadet bone spurs will never understand.
🇺🇸🫡
Two firefighters rendering honors to two of the Soldiers killed in the crash.
The don’t know the persons’ race or sex / gender. They only know they were US Soldiers.
Something cadet bone spurs will never understand.
🇺🇸🫡
Reinstituted written lab reports last year after my higher ed peers asked (demanded!) based on their experiences with first year college physics students.
I was agnostic at first, as I felt we met learning objectives well with our "board meetings" (group discussions) after labs.
1/3
#iteachphysics
I was agnostic at first, as I felt we met learning objectives well with our "board meetings" (group discussions) after labs.
1/3
#iteachphysics
January 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Reinstituted written lab reports last year after my higher ed peers asked (demanded!) based on their experiences with first year college physics students.
I was agnostic at first, as I felt we met learning objectives well with our "board meetings" (group discussions) after labs.
1/3
#iteachphysics
I was agnostic at first, as I felt we met learning objectives well with our "board meetings" (group discussions) after labs.
1/3
#iteachphysics
Catching up on reading & just read this in Science:
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bottom line: gender gap in physics, etc., degrees closing at more selective unis.🤔
I just checked ERIC & only abstract, but good summary here: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
#iteachphysics
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bottom line: gender gap in physics, etc., degrees closing at more selective unis.🤔
I just checked ERIC & only abstract, but good summary here: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
#iteachphysics
An institution-level analysis of gender gaps in STEM over time
Gender gaps in engineering and computer science narrow at math-selective schools and widen in others
www.science.org
January 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Catching up on reading & just read this in Science:
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bottom line: gender gap in physics, etc., degrees closing at more selective unis.🤔
I just checked ERIC & only abstract, but good summary here: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
#iteachphysics
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bottom line: gender gap in physics, etc., degrees closing at more selective unis.🤔
I just checked ERIC & only abstract, but good summary here: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
#iteachphysics
I can’t help but notice things have significantly quieted down on the Great New Jersey Drone excitement. 🤔
Highly recommend the great @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social discussion of the social contagion of this at:
youtu.be/-NI6lxgHaN8?...
Highly recommend the great @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social discussion of the social contagion of this at:
youtu.be/-NI6lxgHaN8?...
Fine, I'll Talk About the Drones...
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
youtu.be
January 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I can’t help but notice things have significantly quieted down on the Great New Jersey Drone excitement. 🤔
Highly recommend the great @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social discussion of the social contagion of this at:
youtu.be/-NI6lxgHaN8?...
Highly recommend the great @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social discussion of the social contagion of this at:
youtu.be/-NI6lxgHaN8?...
Team - we’re looking at summer reading books (already) & I just completed Dava Sobel’s latest “The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science.”
I’m recommending it 👍
The review in Science sums it up well: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
1/2
#iteachphysics
I’m recommending it 👍
The review in Science sums it up well: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
1/2
#iteachphysics
November 25, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Team - we’re looking at summer reading books (already) & I just completed Dava Sobel’s latest “The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science.”
I’m recommending it 👍
The review in Science sums it up well: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
1/2
#iteachphysics
I’m recommending it 👍
The review in Science sums it up well: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
1/2
#iteachphysics
Data point: first time since the pandemic that I feel my students really mastered N3L.
Willing to accept there was some covid learning loss, but think bigger problem was many students got used to lower expectations & resisted getting back in the fight.
Unit assessment Thursday.🫡
#iteachphysics
Willing to accept there was some covid learning loss, but think bigger problem was many students got used to lower expectations & resisted getting back in the fight.
Unit assessment Thursday.🫡
#iteachphysics
November 15, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Data point: first time since the pandemic that I feel my students really mastered N3L.
Willing to accept there was some covid learning loss, but think bigger problem was many students got used to lower expectations & resisted getting back in the fight.
Unit assessment Thursday.🫡
#iteachphysics
Willing to accept there was some covid learning loss, but think bigger problem was many students got used to lower expectations & resisted getting back in the fight.
Unit assessment Thursday.🫡
#iteachphysics