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Cool Award
Posted by: Scott on: August 16, 2011
I’d like to thank the academy, my family, my producer, my agent, Isaac Newton, Leonardo DaVinci, Richard Feynman, and all the people out there that voted for me. Okay, I’m done being silly. I did really get this, although I only found out because I was on the site and saw I was one of [...]
Final Exams – I’m Working Harder Than Them … Again
Posted by: Scott on: June 8, 2011
- In: Assessment | Humor | Teaching Techniques
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As I sit here grading my final exams, I realize I am putting in way more effort than my students. I am making a promise to myself and I intend to keep it. My final exam next year will… begin with a multiple choice section on basic concepts & terminology have lots of basic problems [...]
Creating a Unit of Measure to Teach Measurement
Posted by: Scott on: June 6, 2011
There has been a lot of talk on the NSTA Physics list server lately regarding a way to teach a measurement lab. I had one of my morning shower brainstorms. My thoughts went to the story of the MIT students measuring a bridge using a unit of measurement called the “Smoot,” named for Oliver Smoot. [...]
True Funny Story
Posted by: Scott on: March 24, 2010
- In: Humor
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This isn’t a friend of a friend story, this happened in our school just this week. Some of our students have excessive absences and were told they need a doctor’s notes or they will not be able to graduate without going to summer school. One of our boys brought in a note that was clearly, [...]
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