My Mechanical Universe Sagrada Família

I've been enjoying moving my Mechanical Universe curriculum out of the classroom and into the realm of YouTube homework this year. Posting the high school adaptations to YouTube and having a one-stop index webpage that links to every episode makes it easy. And they wouldn't be a part of my curriculum if I didn't have question sets to accompany them.

Every once in a while, I prefer to use a full college edition during a unit. So I decided to jump down the rabbit hole and begin developing Lessons of Phyz question sets for the college edition episodes. So far, I've been able to put together 12 sets.

[12/7/19 Update: 17 sets]

So that means there are only 40 35 episodes left to go. And writing a question set for a Mechanical Universe episode is a heavy lift compared to writing them for more straight-forward science documentaries. So I don't foresee completing all 52 episodes any time before 2022.

I have divided the series into six groups that make sense to me. In the event that I complete any of those groups, a TpT bundle will be assembled. When the whole series is completed, a megabundle will be prepared. 2022 will be a great time to be alive! Until then, I'll add question sets as I make them. One at a time. Unhurried.

For now, take a look and see if there's anything you can use before we get to that 2022 paradise, college or high school.

The Mechanical Universe of Phyz page (with links to every episode, college and high school)

Basilica de la Sagrada Família is the famous Barcelona church designed by Antoni Gaudí to be constructed on a 100-year+ timetable. The last true Alan Parsons Project album was all about Gaudí, and the opening track was La Sagrada Faília.

The Heat Playlist of Phyz

I fear I might be the last high school physics instructor around still teaching heat and temperature. I don't get any sense that NGSS needs me to teach it. AP Physics doesn't need me to teach it. I teach it in AP Physics 2 before delving into the curious realm of thermodynamics. But that's because I think the topics and demonstrations are so groovy.

In any case, here's my playlist.

The Heat Playlist of Phyz
SONG	ARTIST	YEAR
(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave	Martha Reeves & the Vandellas	1963
Burn Down the Mission	Elton John	1970
Burnin' for You	Blue Öyster Cult	1978
Burning Down the House	Talking Heads	1983
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)	David Bowie	1982
Cold as Ice	Foreigner	1977
Cold Cold Heart	Norah Jones	2002
Dark Fire	Strunz & Farah	1994
Don't Stop Me Now	Queen	1978
Feels Like Fire	Santana (feat. Dido)	2002
Fire	Sara Bareilles	2019
Fire	Ingrid Michaelson	2012
Fire And Fury (Fuego Y Furia)	Oscar Lopez	1997
Fire And Rain	James Taylor	1970
Fire Lake	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	1980
Flamethrower	The J. Geils Band	1981
Gypsy Flame	Armik	1995
Heat of the Moment	Asia	1982
Heat of the Sun	Strunz & Farah	1994
Heat On the Street	Phil Collins	1989
His Latest Flame	Mary Lou Lord	1998
Hot Blooded	Foreigner	1978
I'm On Fire	Bruce Springsteen	1982
Ice Cream	Sarah McLachlan	1995
Long Hot Summer	Style Council	1983
Paper in Fire	John Cougar Mellencamp	1987
Rattle And Burn	Jesse Cook	2005
Set Fire to the Rain	Adele	2010
She's So Cold	The Rolling Stones	1980
Some Like It Hot	The Power Station	1985
Steam	Peter Gabriel	1992
Still On Fire	Aztec Camera	1984
Strange Fire	Indigo Girls	1987
The Fire Down Below	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	1976
The Fire Inside	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	1991
The Rhythm of the Heat	Peter Gabriel	1982
The Warmth of the Sun	The Beach Boys	1965
This House Is On Fire	Natalie Merchant	2001
Warm Sound	Zero7	2001
Warm Ways	Fleetwood Mac	1975
We Didn't Start The Fire	Billy Joel	1989
World On Fire	Sarah McLachlan	2003
You're My Flame	Zero7	2006