Tag: simulations

  • PhET

    PhET

    Thomas and Robin meet outside, at an appropriate social distance, to remember Tim Hardingham and introduce an interview with the PhET Head of Development Ariel Paul (@DrArielPaul). Surely all physics teachers have heard of this outstanding free source of simulations and demos provided by the University of Colorado Boulder.

    Support PhET!

    PhET was the brainchild of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Carl Wieman, and the 158 interactive SIMS are racing towards a billion downloads. Ariel tells us about the herculean efforts that go into developing new sims and keeping them up to date. It’s resource-intensive work and desperately needs your support. If you’ve used PhET sims, please do show them your appreciation.

    You can donate directly or pay 89p for their official app for the HTML5 sims (and encourage all your students to buy it too).

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    Brazil Nuts

    Thanks to Sophie Constantine for this excellent video that explains why Brazil nuts are not especially radioactive.

    https://youtu.be/Pt-SMAVN898

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  • Ways to teach Physics… Remotely

    Ways to teach Physics… Remotely

    Summary

    Thomas and Robin summarise the advice they have been given about teaching remotely.

    Content

    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 along the way.

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    Please share ideas or successes – or indeed questions by messaging us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/physicstp.bsky.social .  You can also message us via our website contact form on every page of the web site at  the.physicsteachingpodcast.com, or email using the address given in the podcast (if we remember). We are moving away from X but can be found there as @physicstp.

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