I made a version of this using 2 PASCO Smart Carts and compression spring bumpers. They roll together down a ramp and the more massive one (red) collides with the end stop. It should work for Vernier GoDirect carts. Details and video in this webinar: youtu.be/2TNIiY7a3-s?... #ITeachPhysics
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I made a version of this using 2 PASCO Smart Carts and compression spring bumpers. They roll together down a ramp and the more massive one (red) collides with the end stop. It should work for Vernier GoDirect carts. Details and video in this webinar: youtu.be/2TNIiY7a3-s?... #ITeachPhysics
Check out the Living Physics Portal! An online environment for physics educators to find, share, and discuss free teaching materials for introductory physics for life sciences (IPLS)! ow.ly/5eZa50NqeNa. #Physics #PhysicsTeachers #PhysicsEducation #ITeachPhysics
December 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Check out the Living Physics Portal! An online environment for physics educators to find, share, and discuss free teaching materials for introductory physics for life sciences (IPLS)! ow.ly/5eZa50NqeNa. #Physics #PhysicsTeachers #PhysicsEducation #ITeachPhysics
They didn't reach space but Brian Greene and Stephen Colbert set a DIY Astroblaster record on the Late Show: youtu.be/75szwX09pg8?... #ITeachPhysics
Brian Greene Explains The Most Powerful Explosions In The Universe
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
They didn't reach space but Brian Greene and Stephen Colbert set a DIY Astroblaster record on the Late Show: youtu.be/75szwX09pg8?... #ITeachPhysics
If you are attending #AAPTWM26, reserve your room at the Horseshoe Las Vegas hotel. Mention the AAPT room block and reserve your space by December 12th. ow.ly/JGhA50X1Ke9 #AAPTConferences #AAPTMeeting #ITeachPhysics
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you are attending #AAPTWM26, reserve your room at the Horseshoe Las Vegas hotel. Mention the AAPT room block and reserve your space by December 12th. ow.ly/JGhA50X1Ke9 #AAPTConferences #AAPTMeeting #ITeachPhysics
December 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Copper and Ice: What is happening? #physics #explorephysics #physicsfun
YouTube video by Hookean Physics
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December 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
#iteachphysics Day 79 cont.
Students returned to an earlier lab about friction between a plastic tape roll and a board. They measure the distance a flicked tape roll travels up the incline and determine the initial velocity which they confirm with a photogate, from @danhosey.bsky.social
🧪🎢
Students returned to an earlier lab about friction between a plastic tape roll and a board. They measure the distance a flicked tape roll travels up the incline and determine the initial velocity which they confirm with a photogate, from @danhosey.bsky.social
🧪🎢
December 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#iteachphysics Day 79 cont.
Students returned to an earlier lab about friction between a plastic tape roll and a board. They measure the distance a flicked tape roll travels up the incline and determine the initial velocity which they confirm with a photogate, from @danhosey.bsky.social
🧪🎢
Students returned to an earlier lab about friction between a plastic tape roll and a board. They measure the distance a flicked tape roll travels up the incline and determine the initial velocity which they confirm with a photogate, from @danhosey.bsky.social
🧪🎢
#iteachphysics Day 79
AP continued simple pendulums with some notes on the equation, with lots of "we will come back to this later" related to torque and other rotation concepts.
They had a short lab practical: they determine the length of a simple pendulum to match a song of their choice.🧪🎢
AP continued simple pendulums with some notes on the equation, with lots of "we will come back to this later" related to torque and other rotation concepts.
They had a short lab practical: they determine the length of a simple pendulum to match a song of their choice.🧪🎢
December 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#iteachphysics Day 79
AP continued simple pendulums with some notes on the equation, with lots of "we will come back to this later" related to torque and other rotation concepts.
They had a short lab practical: they determine the length of a simple pendulum to match a song of their choice.🧪🎢
AP continued simple pendulums with some notes on the equation, with lots of "we will come back to this later" related to torque and other rotation concepts.
They had a short lab practical: they determine the length of a simple pendulum to match a song of their choice.🧪🎢
Join us for the next AAPT Virtual Coffee Hour on "Physics Meets Climate: A Collaborative Coffee Hour with AAPT and NESTA" with presenters Elissa Levy and Natalie Macke on January 13th at 7:30 pm ET. This event is open to the public. ow.ly/GxNz50XGQYh #AAPTCoffeeHour #PhysicsEducation #ITeachPhysics
December 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Join us for the next AAPT Virtual Coffee Hour on "Physics Meets Climate: A Collaborative Coffee Hour with AAPT and NESTA" with presenters Elissa Levy and Natalie Macke on January 13th at 7:30 pm ET. This event is open to the public. ow.ly/GxNz50XGQYh #AAPTCoffeeHour #PhysicsEducation #ITeachPhysics
RMS Voltage demonstration #physics #physicsfun #explorephysics
YouTube video by Hookean Physics
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December 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Check out the many great workshops happening at #AAPTWM26 on Saturday, January 17th! These workshops are a perfect opportunity to gather with your colleagues and learn new #teaching techniques. ow.ly/UwMN50XmFlz #AAPTWorkshops #ITeachPhysics
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Check out the many great workshops happening at #AAPTWM26 on Saturday, January 17th! These workshops are a perfect opportunity to gather with your colleagues and learn new #teaching techniques. ow.ly/UwMN50XmFlz #AAPTWorkshops #ITeachPhysics
Join us TONIGHT for a Virtual Coffee Hour on "Using Generative AI Productively for Teaching and Learning" with presenters Joe Heafner, Brittney VornDick
and Kris Lui at 7:30 pm ET. This event is open to the public. ow.ly/qWQF50Xu6Aj #AAPTCoffeeHour #PhysicsEducation #ITeachPhysics
and Kris Lui at 7:30 pm ET. This event is open to the public. ow.ly/qWQF50Xu6Aj #AAPTCoffeeHour #PhysicsEducation #ITeachPhysics
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Join us TONIGHT for a Virtual Coffee Hour on "Using Generative AI Productively for Teaching and Learning" with presenters Joe Heafner, Brittney VornDick
and Kris Lui at 7:30 pm ET. This event is open to the public. ow.ly/qWQF50Xu6Aj #AAPTCoffeeHour #PhysicsEducation #ITeachPhysics
and Kris Lui at 7:30 pm ET. This event is open to the public. ow.ly/qWQF50Xu6Aj #AAPTCoffeeHour #PhysicsEducation #ITeachPhysics
Today we look at the physics of Santa's new delivery method: dropping a present from his sleigh into a chimney isaacscience.org/questions/sa...
#ChatPhysics #iTeachPhysics #SciTeachUK #EduSky 🎅
#ChatPhysics #iTeachPhysics #SciTeachUK #EduSky 🎅
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today we look at the physics of Santa's new delivery method: dropping a present from his sleigh into a chimney isaacscience.org/questions/sa...
#ChatPhysics #iTeachPhysics #SciTeachUK #EduSky 🎅
#ChatPhysics #iTeachPhysics #SciTeachUK #EduSky 🎅
Here is a simulation I made to teach the terms precision and accuracy. I hope you find it useful 🙂
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
sites.google.com/view/hookean...
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
sites.google.com/view/hookean...
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Here is a simulation I made to teach the terms precision and accuracy. I hope you find it useful 🙂
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
sites.google.com/view/hookean...
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
sites.google.com/view/hookean...
Man, I love teaching fluids. #ITeachPhysics
This pic led to a great discussion that included "why does this problem seem to be trying to get you to draw the wrong conclusion?"
This pic led to a great discussion that included "why does this problem seem to be trying to get you to draw the wrong conclusion?"
December 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Man, I love teaching fluids. #ITeachPhysics
This pic led to a great discussion that included "why does this problem seem to be trying to get you to draw the wrong conclusion?"
This pic led to a great discussion that included "why does this problem seem to be trying to get you to draw the wrong conclusion?"
The dog at 0:31 desperately needs an #ITeachPhysics motion tracking.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The dog at 0:31 desperately needs an #ITeachPhysics motion tracking.
![Emoji Legend
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🔓 | "Unlocked" Ongoing Emergency Word (such words are not weighted down by their own previous usage; their *ongoing* increased usage--weeks, months, years--would otherwise move them down the list.)
[PREVIOUSLY USED]
⚠️💨# | "Trend Strength Rating"
⚠️🌀💨 | "Trend Strength Rating" (see above)
⚠️🌀 CAT. # | [same; "CAT." = Category, like hurricane]
💬# | 10min Post Count
🆎# | 10min Word Count
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#IteachPhysics Day 78
AP completed a simple pendulum to qualitatively determine if mass, angle and length affected its period. They were also given a larger data set to graph and compare period to length and square root of length. Physics had a quiz on 2D forces, calculations & free body diagrams.🎢🧪
AP completed a simple pendulum to qualitatively determine if mass, angle and length affected its period. They were also given a larger data set to graph and compare period to length and square root of length. Physics had a quiz on 2D forces, calculations & free body diagrams.🎢🧪
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
#IteachPhysics Day 78
AP completed a simple pendulum to qualitatively determine if mass, angle and length affected its period. They were also given a larger data set to graph and compare period to length and square root of length. Physics had a quiz on 2D forces, calculations & free body diagrams.🎢🧪
AP completed a simple pendulum to qualitatively determine if mass, angle and length affected its period. They were also given a larger data set to graph and compare period to length and square root of length. Physics had a quiz on 2D forces, calculations & free body diagrams.🎢🧪
#iteachphysics Day 76/77 cont
Physics completed an incline planes lab. Using a small box or block they changed the angle of the incline and measured the acceleration using a motion detector. They use all those trials to find the coefficient of friction for the block/box with the ramp. 🎢🧪
Physics completed an incline planes lab. Using a small box or block they changed the angle of the incline and measured the acceleration using a motion detector. They use all those trials to find the coefficient of friction for the block/box with the ramp. 🎢🧪
December 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#iteachphysics Day 76/77 cont
Physics completed an incline planes lab. Using a small box or block they changed the angle of the incline and measured the acceleration using a motion detector. They use all those trials to find the coefficient of friction for the block/box with the ramp. 🎢🧪
Physics completed an incline planes lab. Using a small box or block they changed the angle of the incline and measured the acceleration using a motion detector. They use all those trials to find the coefficient of friction for the block/box with the ramp. 🎢🧪
#Iteachphysics Day 76/77
AP started to learn about oscillation. After the '24 revision I moved it before rotation and I don't like it. I'm going to have to switch back because it gets split before/after rotation.
I used to do Rotation in December then Gravitation/ oscillations in January. 🎢🧪
AP started to learn about oscillation. After the '24 revision I moved it before rotation and I don't like it. I'm going to have to switch back because it gets split before/after rotation.
I used to do Rotation in December then Gravitation/ oscillations in January. 🎢🧪
December 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#Iteachphysics Day 76/77
AP started to learn about oscillation. After the '24 revision I moved it before rotation and I don't like it. I'm going to have to switch back because it gets split before/after rotation.
I used to do Rotation in December then Gravitation/ oscillations in January. 🎢🧪
AP started to learn about oscillation. After the '24 revision I moved it before rotation and I don't like it. I'm going to have to switch back because it gets split before/after rotation.
I used to do Rotation in December then Gravitation/ oscillations in January. 🎢🧪
I recommend that teachers don't write comments on student work. But I violated that recommendation just once this year, and it seemed effective. Here's the story. #iTeachPhysics
jacobsphysics.org/2025/12/08/c...
jacobsphysics.org/2025/12/08/c...
Context of feedback, and writing notes on student work
Even though I tell physics teachers never to write feedback on student work, I did just that at the beginning of the week. Why did I diverge from my own advice? And, did it work? Usuall…
jacobsphysics.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I recommend that teachers don't write comments on student work. But I violated that recommendation just once this year, and it seemed effective. Here's the story. #iTeachPhysics
jacobsphysics.org/2025/12/08/c...
jacobsphysics.org/2025/12/08/c...
NEW VIDEO! - Understanding Electric Field between Ideal Parallel Plates
Check it out, eh! youtu.be/Bd05EbQ6yLM
#ElectricField #ParallelPlates #CoulombsLaw #stem #iTeachPhysics
Check it out, eh! youtu.be/Bd05EbQ6yLM
#ElectricField #ParallelPlates #CoulombsLaw #stem #iTeachPhysics
Understanding Electric Field between Ideal Parallel Plates
YouTube video by Flipping Physics
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December 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NEW VIDEO! - Understanding Electric Field between Ideal Parallel Plates
Check it out, eh! youtu.be/Bd05EbQ6yLM
#ElectricField #ParallelPlates #CoulombsLaw #stem #iTeachPhysics
Check it out, eh! youtu.be/Bd05EbQ6yLM
#ElectricField #ParallelPlates #CoulombsLaw #stem #iTeachPhysics
Here is a simulator I made to try and help students understand transverse and longitudinal waves. I hope you find it useful 🙂
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
sites.google.com/view/hookean...
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
sites.google.com/view/hookean...
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Here is a simulator I made to try and help students understand transverse and longitudinal waves. I hope you find it useful 🙂
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
sites.google.com/view/hookean...
#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪
sites.google.com/view/hookean...
🎄 How are all those lovely Christmas lights powered? Our Generating Electricity paper model shows you. The turbine even turns! Find out more here: buff.ly/8bKiP2I
#EduSky #iteachphysics #powergeneration #electricity #generatingelectricity
#EduSky #iteachphysics #powergeneration #electricity #generatingelectricity
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎄 How are all those lovely Christmas lights powered? Our Generating Electricity paper model shows you. The turbine even turns! Find out more here: buff.ly/8bKiP2I
#EduSky #iteachphysics #powergeneration #electricity #generatingelectricity
#EduSky #iteachphysics #powergeneration #electricity #generatingelectricity