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Ways to teach Physics… Remotely
So much has happened in such a short time, Thomas and Robin decide to talk to some experts about how to support their students remotely. YouTube is a great resource, but also Physics teachers all over the World are cooperating and sharing. The podcast scrapes the surface of this but we get some good advice…
#ChatPhysics
Summary Fabio Di Salvo joins us to talk about Chat Physics, Physics chat on Twitter. Robin asks for advice about the photoelectric effect. Content Covid-19 dominates the news and the podcast is no exception. We got in to and then had cancelled the NSTA talk in the same week. Thomas cheered himself up by redoing…
Isaac Physics
Summary David Buckley joins us to talk about Isaac Physics, the free web-based question bank. Content David (@physwithmrb), who started as a Biology teacher, is now head of Physics and uses Isaac weekly to support and challenge his students. Isaac is a rich resource of challenging questions for students and teachers alike. Links Isaac Physics…
The International Year of Sound (Good Vibrations)
Summary Keeta Jones from the Acoustical Society of America joins us to talk about the International Year of sound. Content Keeta tells us about the way that the ASA are supporting the Year of Sound with a resource pack for teachers and a competition for kids. She also describes the myriad of places that acousticians…
Ways To Teach… Momentum
Summary Dr Dave Farmer joins the podcast to talk about ways to teach Momentum. Thank you for all your input dear listener! Content Dr Dave introduces momentum by putting his body on the line (see below). The main themes are increasing collision time to reduce force, momentum as the quantity of motion, colliding students together…
Density Required Practical, Accuracy and Precision (Two Dense Objects)
Summary Thomas and Robin chat about another required practical in UK GCSEs, measuring the density of regular and irregular objects. They run down the rabbit hole of accuracy vs precision before chatting about crazy ways of measuring everyday values. Physics in the news this week is the recent close up photograph of the surface of…
Meeting the AAPT
Thomas and Robin meet Mark Hannum from the AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers). Summary Robin is fascinated to meet Mark Hannum from AAPT. AAPT support teachers in the USA, much the same role that Robin played when he was leading Teacher Support for the IoP. Mark tells us how the AAPT works and also…
Mocks
Thomas and Robin chat about mocks and how they use them. The podcast ends on a sad note as Thomas talks about a recent family bereavement and asks for donations to Brain research. Summary For reasons that are explained late in the podcast, Thomas has been feeling very low, and travels to Robin’s house (aka…
Waves for 11 Year Olds and GCSE Required Practical
Robin and Thomas busk through teaching Sound and Waves to 11-year-olds and the Ripple Tank GCSE Required Practical. Summary “Physics in the News” this week looked at a story that casts doubt on the idea of dark energy. It’s a good illustration of how the scientific method and peer review is used to challenge ideas…
Taking a Trip to CERN
Robin and Thomas talk to David Cotton and Aris Dacanalis about taking a trip to CERN. Timestamps Aris @ 01:40 Chatting with David @ 08:20 David’s Practical in Memoriam @ 30:30 Summary David’s CERN page on TalkPhysics.org Salad Bowl Accelerator Our original tweet and the replies Join in! Please share ideas or successes – or…