Ms. Magary Physics
@msmagaryphysics.bsky.social
Physics and AP Physics teacher in the SF Bay Area #iteachphysics #modphys #EDUsky #NGSS
I also like rocks 🌋 planets 🪐 stars ✨ and organized labor 💪
I also like rocks 🌋 planets 🪐 stars ✨ and organized labor 💪
I know I married the right guy because it’s a 3-day weekend and we’re trash talking how the default Google Slides dark layout is dark gray instead of black. 🖤
January 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I know I married the right guy because it’s a 3-day weekend and we’re trash talking how the default Google Slides dark layout is dark gray instead of black. 🖤
This article tired me out and it’s only Jan 7 edsource.org/2025/college...
College clubs becoming just as competitive as getting into college
On many California campuses, student clubs now require applications and interviews to assess prospective new members.
edsource.org
January 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This article tired me out and it’s only Jan 7 edsource.org/2025/college...
Best thing about getting married in 2024 is saying my husband could get me the ✨most perfect gift✨
January 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Best thing about getting married in 2024 is saying my husband could get me the ✨most perfect gift✨
@drewmagary.bsky.social Hey. 👋 Your dad was my dad’s cousin with the same name and we are the SF branch of the Magary family, who are admirers of your writing. If you’re ever in SF for work (idk if SFGate makes you travel to the west coast) feel free to reach out.
December 27, 2024 at 8:48 PM
@drewmagary.bsky.social Hey. 👋 Your dad was my dad’s cousin with the same name and we are the SF branch of the Magary family, who are admirers of your writing. If you’re ever in SF for work (idk if SFGate makes you travel to the west coast) feel free to reach out.
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Let's think about the disparity of education resources in this country: Which kids are going to get an AI tutor and which kids are going to get a teacher?
“Kids begin their day with two hours of instruction on standard topics like language, math and science, guided by an AI that continuously adjusts the learning plan based on how the child is doing in each subject.”
New Arizona charter school will use AI in place of human teachers
Unbound Academy, which operates in Texas and Florida as Alpha Schools, has been approved to open a charter school in Arizona with an AI learning model that adjusts kids’ learning plans on the fly.
www.kjzz.org
December 19, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Let's think about the disparity of education resources in this country: Which kids are going to get an AI tutor and which kids are going to get a teacher?
@pnwphysics.bsky.social I liked your Vernier sensor applications article! The carseat experiment was great! #ITeachPhysics
December 19, 2024 at 7:39 PM
@pnwphysics.bsky.social I liked your Vernier sensor applications article! The carseat experiment was great! #ITeachPhysics
The rumor mill continues to run wild. Just had this exchange:
S: I didn't wear my nicest clothes in my video, but if I change into them for class can I get the extra credit bonus for wearing a suit?
Me: 😐
S: I didn't wear my nicest clothes in my video, but if I change into them for class can I get the extra credit bonus for wearing a suit?
Me: 😐
It's now 2024 and I had three boys ask if we were doing anything after AP testing and if not, could I shave their heads in class? This also started an unfounded rumor today that students could get a haircut in their final project for extra credit. 🤔
December 18, 2024 at 9:38 PM
The rumor mill continues to run wild. Just had this exchange:
S: I didn't wear my nicest clothes in my video, but if I change into them for class can I get the extra credit bonus for wearing a suit?
Me: 😐
S: I didn't wear my nicest clothes in my video, but if I change into them for class can I get the extra credit bonus for wearing a suit?
Me: 😐
I suppose the sign you've been a teacher for a while is when the weird things that have happened to you before happen again. Like it is now 2x in my career that I have had to tell students "no haircuts in class after standardized testing" 🤷♀️ #EduSky
December 16, 2024 at 11:08 PM
I suppose the sign you've been a teacher for a while is when the weird things that have happened to you before happen again. Like it is now 2x in my career that I have had to tell students "no haircuts in class after standardized testing" 🤷♀️ #EduSky
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SF Bay Area folks, we are getting ready for our December performances. We do fun physics demos for kids! Get your tickets at www.thephysicsshow.com Our proceeds go to supporting science outreach for Title 1 ("free lunch") schools. Tell your friends!
December 15, 2024 at 7:50 PM
SF Bay Area folks, we are getting ready for our December performances. We do fun physics demos for kids! Get your tickets at www.thephysicsshow.com Our proceeds go to supporting science outreach for Title 1 ("free lunch") schools. Tell your friends!
I do not recommend going to school recovering from food poisoning, not even for one period. But my student made me these #iteachphysics cookies (there’s a density one below) and it’s so cute. I just wish I could eat them. 🥺
December 13, 2024 at 9:43 PM
I do not recommend going to school recovering from food poisoning, not even for one period. But my student made me these #iteachphysics cookies (there’s a density one below) and it’s so cute. I just wish I could eat them. 🥺
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Bsky team were planning for "future owner is an adversary" not recognising that "current owners are one Peter Thiel phonecall from being an adversary" also should have been a risk on the table.
December 12, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Bsky team were planning for "future owner is an adversary" not recognising that "current owners are one Peter Thiel phonecall from being an adversary" also should have been a risk on the table.
If I don’t put a due date on something on Canvas, it might as well not exist for my students. So why am I getting an email asking for a letter of rec by 10pm tonight because the student forgot to add me as a recommender (on Naviance) until now? 😔
December 12, 2024 at 12:11 AM
If I don’t put a due date on something on Canvas, it might as well not exist for my students. So why am I getting an email asking for a letter of rec by 10pm tonight because the student forgot to add me as a recommender (on Naviance) until now? 😔
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Join us Wednesday, 12/11, at 5:00 PM PST for the Physics with Phones @Home free online workshop. LLNL scientist Dave Rakestraw and I investigate rotation. Intended for HS and college intro physics teachers. Zoom link and more info can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1s1BF... #ITeachPhysics
December 9, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Join us Wednesday, 12/11, at 5:00 PM PST for the Physics with Phones @Home free online workshop. LLNL scientist Dave Rakestraw and I investigate rotation. Intended for HS and college intro physics teachers. Zoom link and more info can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1s1BF... #ITeachPhysics
Pretty sure a lot of my followers are bots but I’m too lazy to figure out which ones and I don’t want another incident like the one two weeks ago where I accidentally blocked my husband.
December 9, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Pretty sure a lot of my followers are bots but I’m too lazy to figure out which ones and I don’t want another incident like the one two weeks ago where I accidentally blocked my husband.
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Help I’m doing an angle-of-sunlight lab on Tuesday (reason for the seasons) and yesterday I couldn’t find the special non-reflective protractors I made for this. Anyone have a good setup for use with light sensors? #iTeachPhysics
December 7, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Help I’m doing an angle-of-sunlight lab on Tuesday (reason for the seasons) and yesterday I couldn’t find the special non-reflective protractors I made for this. Anyone have a good setup for use with light sensors? #iTeachPhysics
Perfect launching point (no pun intended) for orbital motion/free fall discussion tomorrow #ITeachPhysics
how did he not get scared doing this i would’ve peed in my spacesuit
December 2, 2024 at 5:35 AM
Perfect launching point (no pun intended) for orbital motion/free fall discussion tomorrow #ITeachPhysics
The best thing a student can possibly tell me is that they can't stop thinking about physics. #iTeachPhysics
"I lie awake on my mattress thinking about Hooke's Law." YES. 💤
"I helped my gym buddies using torque" YES.🏋️
"I brake before curves now." THIS IS ACTUALLY THE GOAL. 🚗
"I lie awake on my mattress thinking about Hooke's Law." YES. 💤
"I helped my gym buddies using torque" YES.🏋️
"I brake before curves now." THIS IS ACTUALLY THE GOAL. 🚗
December 1, 2024 at 7:30 PM
The best thing a student can possibly tell me is that they can't stop thinking about physics. #iTeachPhysics
"I lie awake on my mattress thinking about Hooke's Law." YES. 💤
"I helped my gym buddies using torque" YES.🏋️
"I brake before curves now." THIS IS ACTUALLY THE GOAL. 🚗
"I lie awake on my mattress thinking about Hooke's Law." YES. 💤
"I helped my gym buddies using torque" YES.🏋️
"I brake before curves now." THIS IS ACTUALLY THE GOAL. 🚗
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Did you know that scientists no longer use the Richter Scale to measure earthquake magnitude?
Now, we tend to use the “Moment Magnitude (Mw)” scale, which was built off of the tenets of the Richter scale. 🧪 ⚒️
Now, we tend to use the “Moment Magnitude (Mw)” scale, which was built off of the tenets of the Richter scale. 🧪 ⚒️
December 1, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Did you know that scientists no longer use the Richter Scale to measure earthquake magnitude?
Now, we tend to use the “Moment Magnitude (Mw)” scale, which was built off of the tenets of the Richter scale. 🧪 ⚒️
Now, we tend to use the “Moment Magnitude (Mw)” scale, which was built off of the tenets of the Richter scale. 🧪 ⚒️
Apropos of nothing, any #ITeachPhysics people (particularly those who teach classes with a lot of aspiring engineers), do you discuss ethics in your class at all?
One of the things I still don’t understand is how these tech bros can be pro-technology and anti science.
November 26, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Apropos of nothing, any #ITeachPhysics people (particularly those who teach classes with a lot of aspiring engineers), do you discuss ethics in your class at all?
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The more I do either one, the more I see sameness in what it takes to do a good job teaching a class and what it takes to do a good job of GMing a TTRPG.
Neither will go how you expected, so don't overprepare to railroad them but if you underprepare it will show.
Neither will go how you expected, so don't overprepare to railroad them but if you underprepare it will show.
November 25, 2024 at 10:12 PM
The more I do either one, the more I see sameness in what it takes to do a good job teaching a class and what it takes to do a good job of GMing a TTRPG.
Neither will go how you expected, so don't overprepare to railroad them but if you underprepare it will show.
Neither will go how you expected, so don't overprepare to railroad them but if you underprepare it will show.
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This is my go to sentence stem when a graph is involved. I have these posters I made in my room that students constantly reference.
November 25, 2024 at 12:33 AM
This is my go to sentence stem when a graph is involved. I have these posters I made in my room that students constantly reference.
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I think it might help to back up a bit in discussions about classroom practice.
As in... what are we trying to achieve?
Are we all agreed? On what it would look like if we'd done a good job?
I wonder, in the case of science, if we'd agree the attributes of a student with whom we'd succeeded.
As in... what are we trying to achieve?
Are we all agreed? On what it would look like if we'd done a good job?
I wonder, in the case of science, if we'd agree the attributes of a student with whom we'd succeeded.
November 25, 2024 at 3:36 AM
I think it might help to back up a bit in discussions about classroom practice.
As in... what are we trying to achieve?
Are we all agreed? On what it would look like if we'd done a good job?
I wonder, in the case of science, if we'd agree the attributes of a student with whom we'd succeeded.
As in... what are we trying to achieve?
Are we all agreed? On what it would look like if we'd done a good job?
I wonder, in the case of science, if we'd agree the attributes of a student with whom we'd succeeded.