Sunday, June 30, 2013

Bead chain dynamics

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Fun stuff from Earth Unplugged via NPR's Science Friday's Facebook page . Amazing bead chain experiment in slow motion - Slo Mo #...

Soap bubble formula

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When ExploratoRio rolls around, I worry about the bubble exhibits. The bubble formulas given in the original recipes were developed in th...
Saturday, June 29, 2013

Standing. Water. Waves.

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My students, Andrew Stephens, Joey Cozza, and Jeric Rocamora are highly accomplished musicians. They were inspired to blend physics, music, ...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Classroom Skepticism at AAPT Portland 2013

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Despite the overlap of TAM2013 and AAPT SM2013 , I will be conducting the Skepticism in the Classroom workshop in Portland. W42: Skepti...
Monday, June 17, 2013

PhyzFlop: My errant T-shirt design

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AAPT is holding a T-shirt design contest for the Summer Meeting in Portland . So I thought I'd give it a go. The simple requirements wer...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Baker Street: El Camino physics teacher honored by AMTA

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My friend and fellow San Juan Unified physics teacher, Bob Baker, recently won an award for instructional innovation. The American Model...

Groovy video tricks: Motion amplification

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Exaggerating color changes at the pixel level reveals "microscopic" motion. It's all explained in the video! Hat tip to Laura ...

Canvas to Keynote conversions: Year One

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Among the cornucopia of benefits that flow from hosting a blog is the production of a post that is certain to mean nothing to anyone but you...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

This Saturday: SkeptiCal in Berkeley

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The unusual scheduling of this year's AAPT Summer Meeting in Portland squeezed me out of attending The Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas ...
Friday, June 07, 2013

Motors cardboard balls motion noise light space ART

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The Festival of the Arts opens in my home town of Grand Rapids today. With a hat tip to College of Curiosity 's Jeff Wagg, I share this...