Kate Urell
@theurell.bsky.social
Physics and Maths teacher, DCU education tutor and part-time lecturer, Physics education methodologies lecturer,Hibernia College Dublin
The car they made in #engineering class and #capybara were used to measure #velocity and #acceleration. I love the sound of ticker timers in the morning! #physics
September 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The car they made in #engineering class and #capybara were used to measure #velocity and #acceleration. I love the sound of ticker timers in the morning! #physics
bsky.app/profile/theg... @bankphysics.bsky.social Felix’ death reminded me of Kittinger’s record fall cited in LC #Physics 2012. 31km vs 38km I often show the Felix video in class. #Felix I won’t comment on his political views.
July 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
bsky.app/profile/theg... @bankphysics.bsky.social Felix’ death reminded me of Kittinger’s record fall cited in LC #Physics 2012. 31km vs 38km I often show the Felix video in class. #Felix I won’t comment on his political views.
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Stunning video montage of just the last two weeks on our dangerously overheating home planet, from the excellent team at @weareyellowdot.bsky.social.
It can be hard to keep up with the #climate 💩 that’s happening but this really helps.
It can be hard to keep up with the #climate 💩 that’s happening but this really helps.
Meanwhile, everywhere: "Things aren't just getting worse. They are getting worse faster."
The Extreme Weather Report, Jun 26, 2025.
The Extreme Weather Report, Jun 26, 2025.
June 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Stunning video montage of just the last two weeks on our dangerously overheating home planet, from the excellent team at @weareyellowdot.bsky.social.
It can be hard to keep up with the #climate 💩 that’s happening but this really helps.
It can be hard to keep up with the #climate 💩 that’s happening but this really helps.
@physicsworld.bsky.social If no one ever hears it how are we gonna learn your song 🎶 Read all about it.
Thank you
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Thank you
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'Can’t get you out of my head': using earworms to teach physics – Physics World
Physics teacher Kate Urell uses catchy tunes to help her students remember their lessons
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June 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
@physicsworld.bsky.social If no one ever hears it how are we gonna learn your song 🎶 Read all about it.
Thank you
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Thank you
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I’m delighted to be published
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'Can’t get you out of my head': using earworms to teach physics – Physics World
Physics teacher Kate Urell uses catchy tunes to help her students remember their lessons
physicsworld.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Sad and beautiful poem
RIP Paul Durcan.
This was the first poem I read by him, and it absolutely broke me.
This was the first poem I read by him, and it absolutely broke me.
May 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Sad and beautiful poem
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🧪For science teachers in Ireland..... @physicsireland.bsky.social @theurell.bsky.social
@kookychemist.bsky.social
@yvehigginsvallely.bsky.social
@kelleherscience.bsky.social ce.bsky.social
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@yvehigginsvallely.bsky.social
@kelleherscience.bsky.social ce.bsky.social
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Sustainable Development Goals Workshops
An opportunity for science teachers to engage with the Sustainable Development Goals, looking at how they can be integrated into classrooms using a range of interactive and practical resources.The SoS...
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March 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This is so true. The assumption that learning facts and the ability to think creatively are mutually exclusive is bandied about in education circles. There isn't enough time to learn everything by discovery. We have to learn from those who have lived before us.
You can’t connect the dots if you don’t have any dots.
February 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is so true. The assumption that learning facts and the ability to think creatively are mutually exclusive is bandied about in education circles. There isn't enough time to learn everything by discovery. We have to learn from those who have lived before us.
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For 🧪science teachers in Ireland...
Oide Physics Lab days in March now open for booking... @theurell.bsky.social @irishsciteach.bsky.social @kelleherscience.bsky.social www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/oide-ph...
Oide Physics Lab days in March now open for booking... @theurell.bsky.social @irishsciteach.bsky.social @kelleherscience.bsky.social www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/oide-ph...
Oide Physics Lab Days, March 2025
Booking is now open for a series of three Oide Lab-days, based in Dublin, Cork and Galway, on the dates listed across. The booking page is here (you will have to scroll past the upcoming physics PLE 2...
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February 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
For 🧪science teachers in Ireland...
Oide Physics Lab days in March now open for booking... @theurell.bsky.social @irishsciteach.bsky.social @kelleherscience.bsky.social www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/oide-ph...
Oide Physics Lab days in March now open for booking... @theurell.bsky.social @irishsciteach.bsky.social @kelleherscience.bsky.social www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/oide-ph...
Thank you to The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the lovely poster I received this morning on John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton @bankphysics.bsky.social
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”
#EconSky
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”
#EconSky
January 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Thank you to The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the lovely poster I received this morning on John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton @bankphysics.bsky.social
The Inaugural #Engineering #Oxo Cube Challenge was held in Fingal CC. Thank you to @agittner.bsky.social @hookean.bsky.social Great International cooperation with fellow Physics teachers #teamwork #STEM #collaboration
December 19, 2024 at 2:53 PM
The Inaugural #Engineering #Oxo Cube Challenge was held in Fingal CC. Thank you to @agittner.bsky.social @hookean.bsky.social Great International cooperation with fellow Physics teachers #teamwork #STEM #collaboration
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The Science feed gets 400,000 views a day … So far, it has 3,600 contributors, from ecologists and zoologists to quantum physicists, but those numbers are increasing rapidly. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
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November 23, 2024 at 11:19 AM
The Science feed gets 400,000 views a day … So far, it has 3,600 contributors, from ecologists and zoologists to quantum physicists, but those numbers are increasing rapidly. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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For everyone in Irish education: a proposal to revive #edchatie Monday evening discussions on Bluesky. Every two weeks in term-time.
First session details on the graphic.
More:
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Please repost within Ireland as much as poss & spread the word elsewhere.
First session details on the graphic.
More:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/edchati...
Please repost within Ireland as much as poss & spread the word elsewhere.
November 22, 2024 at 3:41 PM
For everyone in Irish education: a proposal to revive #edchatie Monday evening discussions on Bluesky. Every two weeks in term-time.
First session details on the graphic.
More:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/edchati...
Please repost within Ireland as much as poss & spread the word elsewhere.
First session details on the graphic.
More:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/edchati...
Please repost within Ireland as much as poss & spread the word elsewhere.
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Reposted by Kate Urell
Galileo’s finger was a highlight of a trip to Florence years ago. Whole museum was pretty cool.
November 18, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Galileo’s finger was a highlight of a trip to Florence years ago. Whole museum was pretty cool.
Thank you @bankphysics.bsky.social Fact is often stranger than fiction.
🧪the bizarre story of Galileo's middle finger.....and other scientific relics - from @theurell.bsky.social
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Galileo's Finger....and other physics relics - by Kate Urell
The relics of St. Bernadette have been on a whistlestop tour of Ireland and have now been returned to Lourdes. According to the Catholic Church these relics are to be venerated but not adored. Many be...
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November 18, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Thank you @bankphysics.bsky.social Fact is often stranger than fiction.
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🧪are there enough Irish Science teachers on BlueSky to make this worth sharing here yet? @physicsireland.bsky.social @theurell.bsky.social @kookychemist.bsky.social @yvehigginsvallely.bsky.social @kelleherscience.bsky.social
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JC Science Lab Days
The Oide Science Team are offering a Junior Cycle Laboratory Day at various locations around the country: Blessington, Stepaside, Regina Mundi in Cork, and Holy Rosary in Mountbellew in Galway.These d...
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November 18, 2024 at 2:03 PM
🧪are there enough Irish Science teachers on BlueSky to make this worth sharing here yet? @physicsireland.bsky.social @theurell.bsky.social @kookychemist.bsky.social @yvehigginsvallely.bsky.social @kelleherscience.bsky.social
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Oh damp fertile soil of Wicklow producing large #fungi which release water vapour to create convection currents to disperse their spores @bankphysics.bsky.social #PhysicsOfFungi
November 17, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Oh damp fertile soil of Wicklow producing large #fungi which release water vapour to create convection currents to disperse their spores @bankphysics.bsky.social #PhysicsOfFungi
November 13, 2024 at 11:47 AM