Megan Alvord
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Megan Alvord
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NC high school physics teacher. Computational Physics. QuarkNet Coding Fellow. #modphys #iteachphysics she/her
But you may have to spend hours in "professional development" about it 🙃
October 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The IT department at my school says we can't turn it off since it's a feature of Chrome and not our LMS. Students using Safari or Firefox will probably never see it. Our LMS Canvas says they are talking with Google, but we'll see if anything comes from that (I doubt it).
September 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Honestly it's why I'm back on BlueSky after 6 months of a break. Trying to figure this new "feature" out and who has it. We use Canvas and it started showing up last Tuesday. The button saying " homework help" when it will give you the answer is an interesting choice of words.
September 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Administrative requests for lesson plans was also the first thing I thought of when I saw this.
February 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
But I love lesson planning...
December 15, 2024 at 6:31 PM
This is the only way I'll teach projectiles now! End of semester is the way to go!!!
December 3, 2024 at 2:21 AM
I've tried to use vertical and horizontal axis when I can. "The position variable x is plotted on the vertical axis"
November 30, 2024 at 10:27 PM
A colleague attended NC NSTA a few weeks ago and he said it was abysmal. I think in NC there is very little money going towards out of house PD. He said he met a teacher who was the only teacher for their district because they only budgeted money for one.
November 27, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Here is the finished set up!

Given a known distance (marked on the floor in blue tape) and initial speed from the Vernier projectile launcher, determine the height for the hoop so that the projectile will pass through it. This class was successful for 7 out of 8 hoops.
November 22, 2024 at 3:01 PM
That's so cool!
November 10, 2024 at 6:51 PM
I have it on my android but downloaded it years ago.
November 9, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I like the grade breakdown format. I am going to add that to mine next semester.
November 9, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Actually, it's State Fair time and the number one question I keep getting asked is... can we go do physics at the fair?

Breaks my heart because I'd love to do this as a field trip but can't
October 23, 2024 at 11:01 AM
My school is grappling with this right now.
October 23, 2024 at 10:58 AM