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24. YouTuber Lewis Matheson and A Level Physics On-Line
Lewis Matheson tells how he gave up classroom teaching to become a YouTuber with his channel A-Level Physics On-Line. Timestamps Ways to Teach… Waves reminder and new competition @ 01:18 Physics in the News: Accelerating Universe Expansion @ 02:31 Lewis Matheson interview @ 05:56 Post Interview chat @ 21:49 Summary Physics in the news this […]
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23. Minds-On as well as Hands-On: Alom Shaha
Alom Shaha talks about his book “Mr Shaha’s Recipes for Wonder”, his love of Practical, the videos he makes to support teachers and equality. Timestamps Physics in the News: Black Hole Photo @ 01:01 Katie Bouman @ 2:24 Emails from listeners @ 06:29 Announcing the next Ways to teach… episode @ 08:29 Alom Shaha intro […]
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Links for Technicians
We were contacted by Seamus Smith who told us about some more sites for Technicians. I have just slightly tweaked the site to have two more pages in the menu structure: Technician Sites and Physics Teaching Sites. One of the sites Seamus mentioned is TecHKnow which has a huge directory of sites, that makes our […]
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22. Technicians and Teacher Talk
In 1927, the Solvay conference brought together the likes of Einstein, Curie, Schrodinger, de Broglie, Dirac, Bohr and on and on. That was the highest density of physicists until a couple of weeks ago when Robin caught up with Chris, David, Steve and Ben at Uppingham school. In the same way that drunk guys start […]
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21. The Rev
Robin and Thomas gush somewhat when chatting to ex-colleague The Reverend Tim Hardingham, Physics Teacher and ordained minister who qualified as a teacher in 1972. Timestamps Introducing “The Rev” @ 00:30 Nuffield @ 02:05 Tim’s advice to non-specialists @ 03:40 Tim’s favourite practical? @ 05:18 Thomas and Robin reminisce about working with Tim @ 07:32 […]
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20. Ways to teach… Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration
The second “Ways to Teach” episode where we channel tips from our wonderfully generous contributors. Teachers of Physics are heroes as we never tire of saying, and they have been so generous with their time, sharing a wealth of wisdom on helping students get to grips with displacement, velocity and acceleration. Timestamps Vacuum cannon back […]
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19. The “New” Model of Energy
Thomas and Robin feel the pain of Physics teachers all over the UK and attempt to get to grips with the new model of energy as promoted by the IoP. No more energy types, just energy stores that increase and decrease in magnitude and transfer processes that are allowed by the energy differences. Timestamps Philae […]
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19.1 “New” Energy Model ~ Extended Interview with Tom Norris
20 minutes of chat with Tom including him going in to more detail about the “New” model of energy. Join in! Please share ideas or successes – or indeed questions – on our Facebook Page: https://fb.me/physicstp . You can also message us via our website contact form at the.physicsteachingpodcast.com, Twitter @physicstp, email using the address given in the podcast (if […]
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Physics Teacher Sites
9th April 2019: This blog post has been recreated as a Page: “Physics Teaching Sites” and any future updates will be made there. A non-exhuastive list of sites that have been drawn to my attention since Episode 18, Spin, Shared Resources and Social Media. As I hear about more I will attempt to add them. […]
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18. Spin, Shared Resources and Social Media
Photographic Physics in the News (great for a podcast) before Paul Reynolds tells us about his web site, planetphysics.co.uk that started as a personal site for storing files for printing but has slowly become a resource for non-specialists. Thomas and Robin then discuss how the internet can support non-specialists. Timestamps Single atom visible @ 00:54 […]