Jeremy Secaur
@secaurphysics.bsky.social
Cleveland area physics teacher. Modeler.
PAEMST 19, AAPT, AMTA, STEMteachersCLE, STEP UP Ambassador. He/him
PAEMST 19, AAPT, AMTA, STEMteachersCLE, STEP UP Ambassador. He/him
Overhead at the end of one of my classes today: "this class makes me think, but like not in a bad way."
Counting that as a win.
Counting that as a win.
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Overhead at the end of one of my classes today: "this class makes me think, but like not in a bad way."
Counting that as a win.
Counting that as a win.
Reposted by Jeremy Secaur
AMTA is excited to welcome Caroline Savio-Ramos as Executive Officer and Ine Williams as Associate Executive Officer! We’re confident AMTA is in great hands with these two outstanding leaders. Learn more: bit.ly/AMTALeaders
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
AMTA is excited to welcome Caroline Savio-Ramos as Executive Officer and Ine Williams as Associate Executive Officer! We’re confident AMTA is in great hands with these two outstanding leaders. Learn more: bit.ly/AMTALeaders
Hang it in the Louvre
October 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Hang it in the Louvre
Reposted by Jeremy Secaur
As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease.
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
1/🧵
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
1/🧵
October 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease.
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
1/🧵
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
1/🧵
Reposted by Jeremy Secaur
Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...
nepc.colorado.edu
September 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
Reposted by Jeremy Secaur
Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again
September 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again
Do any physics teacher folks know of any PER papers or papers in TPT about the use of/effectiveness of TIPERs? I thought I had some PDFs somewhere but can't find 🎢
(apologies to everyone else for the jargon)
(apologies to everyone else for the jargon)
September 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Do any physics teacher folks know of any PER papers or papers in TPT about the use of/effectiveness of TIPERs? I thought I had some PDFs somewhere but can't find 🎢
(apologies to everyone else for the jargon)
(apologies to everyone else for the jargon)
Reposted by Jeremy Secaur
At our school Ss can choose chem or forensics as their 3rd year science. I’ve long advocated for a stronger push for chem as the ratio has become 1:3 with as many as six sections of forensics in a year.
This has been my first year of teaching forensics and I’ll admit, I’m having a blast. BUT 1/8
This has been my first year of teaching forensics and I’ll admit, I’m having a blast. BUT 1/8
September 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
At our school Ss can choose chem or forensics as their 3rd year science. I’ve long advocated for a stronger push for chem as the ratio has become 1:3 with as many as six sections of forensics in a year.
This has been my first year of teaching forensics and I’ll admit, I’m having a blast. BUT 1/8
This has been my first year of teaching forensics and I’ll admit, I’m having a blast. BUT 1/8
Fun fact: bonafidemasks.com has a 25% off sale (code BFM25) with free shipping, where you can get not just masks but also Covid tests. I have a good supply of masks already but I just re-upped my family's stock of tests. $45 for 10 tests.
Not a paid promo, I just think public health is a good thing
Not a paid promo, I just think public health is a good thing
Face Masks | PPE | Face Coverings | Bona Fide Masks
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September 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Fun fact: bonafidemasks.com has a 25% off sale (code BFM25) with free shipping, where you can get not just masks but also Covid tests. I have a good supply of masks already but I just re-upped my family's stock of tests. $45 for 10 tests.
Not a paid promo, I just think public health is a good thing
Not a paid promo, I just think public health is a good thing
Reposted by Jeremy Secaur
I have amazing #ITeachPhysics and #TTRPG news to share! Adventures with Emmy (AwE), a STEM education tabletop roleplaying game, has been AWARDED FUNDING by the National Science Foundation.
In AwE, mathematician and physicist Emmy Noether invites you to learn science by exploring imaginative worlds.
In AwE, mathematician and physicist Emmy Noether invites you to learn science by exploring imaginative worlds.
September 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I have amazing #ITeachPhysics and #TTRPG news to share! Adventures with Emmy (AwE), a STEM education tabletop roleplaying game, has been AWARDED FUNDING by the National Science Foundation.
In AwE, mathematician and physicist Emmy Noether invites you to learn science by exploring imaginative worlds.
In AwE, mathematician and physicist Emmy Noether invites you to learn science by exploring imaginative worlds.
Ohio, dare to dream that we could choose a governor who would support public education rather than undermine it 🍎
Public schools and libraries saved my life as a kid.
We have a crisis on our hands — I’ll tell you what’s making it worse, and our plan to turn things around. 🧵
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
We have a crisis on our hands — I’ll tell you what’s making it worse, and our plan to turn things around. 🧵
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Twelfth-Grade Math and Reading Scores in U.S. Hit New Low
The declines deepen slides that began before the pandemic.
www.wsj.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ohio, dare to dream that we could choose a governor who would support public education rather than undermine it 🍎
Hey physics teacher 🎢 friends, let's all remember that if you're not explicitly, regularly communicating that everyone has a place and a voice in your classroom, not all of your students will see themselves as having a place and a voice in your classroom #nerdytshirtFriday
September 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hey physics teacher 🎢 friends, let's all remember that if you're not explicitly, regularly communicating that everyone has a place and a voice in your classroom, not all of your students will see themselves as having a place and a voice in your classroom #nerdytshirtFriday
There's a lot of money to be made selling "education" materials, therefore obviously the only solution is that the only materials we can consider high quality are the ones sold by a vendor because that's how capitalism works
I hate this so much for you and your colleagues. Poor curriculum, under the guise of "high quality instructional materials" is doing so much damage.
September 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
There's a lot of money to be made selling "education" materials, therefore obviously the only solution is that the only materials we can consider high quality are the ones sold by a vendor because that's how capitalism works
Physics teacher friends: there was a website I've used in the past to create motion maps from my inputs. I swear I had it bookmarked but cannot find. Help? 🎢 #modphys
August 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Physics teacher friends: there was a website I've used in the past to create motion maps from my inputs. I swear I had it bookmarked but cannot find. Help? 🎢 #modphys
2015, re: cell phones -- kids are already using them, it's inevitable anyway so let's figure out how to leverage this in the classroom
2019 teachers -- ok, phones are creating more problems than they're solving so maybe we should reconsider?
2025 governments -- we must ban this scourge
2019 teachers -- ok, phones are creating more problems than they're solving so maybe we should reconsider?
2025 governments -- we must ban this scourge
August 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
2015, re: cell phones -- kids are already using them, it's inevitable anyway so let's figure out how to leverage this in the classroom
2019 teachers -- ok, phones are creating more problems than they're solving so maybe we should reconsider?
2025 governments -- we must ban this scourge
2019 teachers -- ok, phones are creating more problems than they're solving so maybe we should reconsider?
2025 governments -- we must ban this scourge
Hey there physics 🎢🍎 teacher friends! If you teach AP physics 2 or C E&M or have an Electricity & Magnetism component to your intro class, and want some well-tested strategies & moves for teaching E&M, Kris Newton and I are running a weekly online #modphys E&M class for teachers
August 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hey there physics 🎢🍎 teacher friends! If you teach AP physics 2 or C E&M or have an Electricity & Magnetism component to your intro class, and want some well-tested strategies & moves for teaching E&M, Kris Newton and I are running a weekly online #modphys E&M class for teachers
This feels like a good song for today
youtu.be/Vq75KA5IA0A?...
youtu.be/Vq75KA5IA0A?...
All You Fascists
YouTube video by Billy Bragg - Topic
youtu.be
August 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This feels like a good song for today
youtu.be/Vq75KA5IA0A?...
youtu.be/Vq75KA5IA0A?...
I was just listening to 1A, an interview with Dr. Vivek Murthy about the loneliness epidemic. For me, by far the best remedy for loneliness in the past few years has been a regularly-meeting, in-person D&D group. 10/10 recommend
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I was just listening to 1A, an interview with Dr. Vivek Murthy about the loneliness epidemic. For me, by far the best remedy for loneliness in the past few years has been a regularly-meeting, in-person D&D group. 10/10 recommend
Messing around with a new activity to help 🎢 students connect net force to change in velocity. Half-baked so far, open to suggestions for change
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Net Force and Velocity
We have seen some indications that maybe the direction of the net force on an object matches the direction of the velocity of the object, and we have seen some indications that maybe the direction of ...
docs.google.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Messing around with a new activity to help 🎢 students connect net force to change in velocity. Half-baked so far, open to suggestions for change
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by Jeremy Secaur
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Trans folks ain't done shit to you
Violets are blue,
Trans folks ain't done shit to you
July 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Trans folks ain't done shit to you
Violets are blue,
Trans folks ain't done shit to you
Reposted by Jeremy Secaur
Hey for real, South Park contributed more to transphobia being normalized in the pre-Rowling era more than any other media I can think. Garrison alone.
Them doing a Trump video where he has a tiny dick and is sleeping with Satan is not something you gotta applaud them over. They're assholes.
Them doing a Trump video where he has a tiny dick and is sleeping with Satan is not something you gotta applaud them over. They're assholes.
July 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hey for real, South Park contributed more to transphobia being normalized in the pre-Rowling era more than any other media I can think. Garrison alone.
Them doing a Trump video where he has a tiny dick and is sleeping with Satan is not something you gotta applaud them over. They're assholes.
Them doing a Trump video where he has a tiny dick and is sleeping with Satan is not something you gotta applaud them over. They're assholes.
Friday: CLE Guardians game with daughter, ran into former student.
Saturday: CLE Guardians game with partner, ran into former student
Saturday: CLE Guardians game with partner, ran into former student
July 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Friday: CLE Guardians game with daughter, ran into former student.
Saturday: CLE Guardians game with partner, ran into former student
Saturday: CLE Guardians game with partner, ran into former student
Reposted by Jeremy Secaur
Kinda the most literally conservative position we could take—conservative in the sense that it’d be true to a Founding Ideal—is that education is preparation for civic life and self-governance, not work.
This is the conclusion lawmakers come to before structurally ensuring it through deliberate policy action. So which kids are on the McDonald's and retail career track, who makes that decision for students, and perhaps most importantly, who determines the nature of that work?
A lawyer for Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman asked a rural superintendent, “What use would someone on the McDonald’s career track have for Algebra 1?” before concluding, “There’s a need for retail workers, for people who know how to flip a pizza crust.” www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
July 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Kinda the most literally conservative position we could take—conservative in the sense that it’d be true to a Founding Ideal—is that education is preparation for civic life and self-governance, not work.
It's well past time for everyone outside of Cleveland to celebrate Larry Doby. If you don't know, he was the first Black player in the American League, same season as Jackie Robinson but a few months later (today is anniversary of his debut in 1947)
@mgvanwormer.bsky.social
@mgvanwormer.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It's well past time for everyone outside of Cleveland to celebrate Larry Doby. If you don't know, he was the first Black player in the American League, same season as Jackie Robinson but a few months later (today is anniversary of his debut in 1947)
@mgvanwormer.bsky.social
@mgvanwormer.bsky.social