Bernard Rand
@bernardrand.bsky.social
Here to share ideas and resources for teaching Physics.
I have a range of A Level teaching resources for OCR A and AQA on this site - https://sites.google.com/view/alevelphysicsresources/home
I have a range of A Level teaching resources for OCR A and AQA on this site - https://sites.google.com/view/alevelphysicsresources/home
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February 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🚨Incredibly excited to announce this job 🚨
Are you interested in driving the future of professional development? Helping teachers everywhere get better faster?
We changed the game on retrieval practice, we're going to do it on CPD.
APPLY HERE
Please share if you can 🙏🙏
Are you interested in driving the future of professional development? Helping teachers everywhere get better faster?
We changed the game on retrieval practice, we're going to do it on CPD.
APPLY HERE
Please share if you can 🙏🙏
We have a lovely class set of little ripple tanks that allow them to play around and observe wave behaviour
February 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We have a lovely class set of little ripple tanks that allow them to play around and observe wave behaviour
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Even though they say 'I don't need to use that' when I introduce 'squashy cos', by the end of the year they all use squashy cos to find components.
#iteachphysics
#iteachphysics
February 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Even though they say 'I don't need to use that' when I introduce 'squashy cos', by the end of the year they all use squashy cos to find components.
#iteachphysics
#iteachphysics
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Day 23 - As I sit untangling my daughters Newton's cradle (!!!!) I need something relaxing and mindless to accompany the infuriating task. Luckily I have this video of a giant pendulum wave with notes for each swing.
#iteachphysics #adventofphysics
youtu.be/b8O1jlHyKpU
#iteachphysics #adventofphysics
youtu.be/b8O1jlHyKpU
Large Pendulum Wave - Glow Eindhoven 2013
YouTube video by Kermiscity
youtu.be
December 23, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Day 23 - As I sit untangling my daughters Newton's cradle (!!!!) I need something relaxing and mindless to accompany the infuriating task. Luckily I have this video of a giant pendulum wave with notes for each swing.
#iteachphysics #adventofphysics
youtu.be/b8O1jlHyKpU
#iteachphysics #adventofphysics
youtu.be/b8O1jlHyKpU
I like this one as a predict, observe and explain exercise to hammer home force on a current in a magnetic field and Fleming’s Left Hand Rule.
December 21, 2024 at 6:46 PM
I like this one as a predict, observe and explain exercise to hammer home force on a current in a magnetic field and Fleming’s Left Hand Rule.
I’ve turned up some real gems from @helenrey.bsky.social’s spreadsheets. A really great resource when first planning or refining your teaching of a topic.
New to teaching physics?
Not new but looking for a new way to do it?
GIFT - Good Ideas For Teaching physics (toys, tricks, labs etc.)
GLASS - Games (online) Labs And Simulations Spreadsheet (with 2nd sheet of video clips)
The complete set (for now)! bit.ly/3mErTj0
Not new but looking for a new way to do it?
GIFT - Good Ideas For Teaching physics (toys, tricks, labs etc.)
GLASS - Games (online) Labs And Simulations Spreadsheet (with 2nd sheet of video clips)
The complete set (for now)! bit.ly/3mErTj0
December 12, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I’ve turned up some real gems from @helenrey.bsky.social’s spreadsheets. A really great resource when first planning or refining your teaching of a topic.
Wow, a lot of hard work has obviously gone into this and it features so many great ideas explained really well with links and videos. If you want new ideas for teaching magnetism from KS3-5 this has plenty.
I made this google slides of nearly 100 ideas for teaching magnetism and electromagnetism in the Summer term with help from @hookean.bsky.social If you haven’t seen it then it is worth a look: www.teachphysics.org/home/magneti...
November 29, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Wow, a lot of hard work has obviously gone into this and it features so many great ideas explained really well with links and videos. If you want new ideas for teaching magnetism from KS3-5 this has plenty.
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November 26, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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Here it is going in circles, with a bit of help!
November 21, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Here it is going in circles, with a bit of help!
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Depends a lot on the framing and impact.
There's a lot to be said for lay noticing/questioning (I saw this... what's the thinking?)
One of the problems with lesson observation is that we have entangled observing and evaluating, and then put a lot of weight on those evaluations.
There's a lot to be said for lay noticing/questioning (I saw this... what's the thinking?)
One of the problems with lesson observation is that we have entangled observing and evaluating, and then put a lot of weight on those evaluations.
November 21, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Depends a lot on the framing and impact.
There's a lot to be said for lay noticing/questioning (I saw this... what's the thinking?)
One of the problems with lesson observation is that we have entangled observing and evaluating, and then put a lot of weight on those evaluations.
There's a lot to be said for lay noticing/questioning (I saw this... what's the thinking?)
One of the problems with lesson observation is that we have entangled observing and evaluating, and then put a lot of weight on those evaluations.
A couple of students in my enrichment group have made a nice linear motor. #iteachphysics #chatphysics
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
A couple of students in my enrichment group have made a nice linear motor. #iteachphysics #chatphysics
@drussellpsu.bsky.social has some brilliant animations for explaining waves for A level Physics. I’ve been using them for years as they are a brilliant aid for helping students understand the fundamental nature of waves.
#iteachphysics #chatphysics
#iteachphysics #chatphysics
During the current migration to 🦋 I have gained lots of new #iTeachPhysics follows including many people I don’t recognize from X. I currently teach grad level acoustics but my waves and vibration animations website is useful for HS and undergrads students:
www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html
www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html
Dan Russell's Acoustics and Vibration Animations
www.acs.psu.edu
November 20, 2024 at 8:27 AM
@drussellpsu.bsky.social has some brilliant animations for explaining waves for A level Physics. I’ve been using them for years as they are a brilliant aid for helping students understand the fundamental nature of waves.
#iteachphysics #chatphysics
#iteachphysics #chatphysics
@alomshaha.bsky.social has some beautiful explanations of some great physics demos here. #iteachphysics #chatphysics
Lots more videos with tips on how best to carry out demonstrations and practicals here alomshaha.com/project-type... and alomshaha.com/portfolio/vi...
November 18, 2024 at 8:13 PM
@alomshaha.bsky.social has some beautiful explanations of some great physics demos here. #iteachphysics #chatphysics
Kicking a concrete football. A nice question for getting students thinking about force and momentum carefully.
November 18, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Kicking a concrete football. A nice question for getting students thinking about force and momentum carefully.
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In case it is helpful to all you teachers, here is my...
Visibly Random Group Generator v7.3
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🍎 Set # of groups or group size
🍎 Checkboxes for absences
🍎 Add pairs of Ss that can't work together, be alerted of conflicts
🍎 Editable names & color to match classroom
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Visibly Random Group Generator v7.3
🍎 Free, no ads
🍎 Set # of groups or group size
🍎 Checkboxes for absences
🍎 Add pairs of Ss that can't work together, be alerted of conflicts
🍎 Editable names & color to match classroom
Link in reply
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November 18, 2024 at 1:08 PM
In case it is helpful to all you teachers, here is my...
Visibly Random Group Generator v7.3
🍎 Free, no ads
🍎 Set # of groups or group size
🍎 Checkboxes for absences
🍎 Add pairs of Ss that can't work together, be alerted of conflicts
🍎 Editable names & color to match classroom
Link in reply
🧬🥽🎢♾️
Visibly Random Group Generator v7.3
🍎 Free, no ads
🍎 Set # of groups or group size
🍎 Checkboxes for absences
🍎 Add pairs of Ss that can't work together, be alerted of conflicts
🍎 Editable names & color to match classroom
Link in reply
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Building little motors with batteries and neodymium magnets is great fun.
November 16, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Building little motors with batteries and neodymium magnets is great fun.
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New post just out:
"Dropping Out"
Why improvements to school standards are at serious risk.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/d...
"Dropping Out"
Why improvements to school standards are at serious risk.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/d...
Dropping Out
Why improvements in school standards are at serious risk
open.substack.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:36 AM
New post just out:
"Dropping Out"
Why improvements to school standards are at serious risk.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/d...
"Dropping Out"
Why improvements to school standards are at serious risk.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/d...
The drinks can induction motor. One of my favourite demos, putting Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws together in a fairly complex situation.
To get them really thinking hard you can ask why the current trip on the supply only goes once it spinning at a good rate?
To get them really thinking hard you can ask why the current trip on the supply only goes once it spinning at a good rate?
November 16, 2024 at 10:45 AM
The drinks can induction motor. One of my favourite demos, putting Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws together in a fairly complex situation.
To get them really thinking hard you can ask why the current trip on the supply only goes once it spinning at a good rate?
To get them really thinking hard you can ask why the current trip on the supply only goes once it spinning at a good rate?
I’d love to add more people but in the mean time here is the UK Physics Teacher starter pack.
go.bsky.app/ERKyHSM
go.bsky.app/ERKyHSM
November 14, 2024 at 6:28 PM
I’d love to add more people but in the mean time here is the UK Physics Teacher starter pack.
go.bsky.app/ERKyHSM
go.bsky.app/ERKyHSM
A lot of these types of challenges are use in what Researchers in Zürich call cognitive activation physics teaching ethz.ch/content/dam/...
ethz.ch
November 13, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Oops - #chatphysics
The answers to why the sky is blue and why are sunsets red are both illustrated well by this demo #chatohysics #iteachphysics
November 12, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Oops - #chatphysics
Starting to put together a UK Physics Teacher starter pack. Reply if you’d like adding or let me know who needs including. #chatphysics #scieduk #iteachphysics
go.bsky.app/ERKyHSM
go.bsky.app/ERKyHSM
November 12, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Starting to put together a UK Physics Teacher starter pack. Reply if you’d like adding or let me know who needs including. #chatphysics #scieduk #iteachphysics
go.bsky.app/ERKyHSM
go.bsky.app/ERKyHSM
This is a nice little Physics puzzle.
Can you solve the puzzle of the slow bulbs? 💡⚡️🙂
#ITeachPhysics #SciTeachUK #EduSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=syCo...
#ITeachPhysics #SciTeachUK #EduSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=syCo...
The puzzle of the slow bulbs! #physics
YouTube video by Hookean Physics
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2024 at 6:36 PM
This is a nice little Physics puzzle.
200g mass (i.e. about 2N) at each end of the string.
What tension does the Newton metre read in the middle? #chatphysics #itachphysics
What tension does the Newton metre read in the middle? #chatphysics #itachphysics
November 12, 2024 at 12:23 PM
200g mass (i.e. about 2N) at each end of the string.
What tension does the Newton metre read in the middle? #chatphysics #itachphysics
What tension does the Newton metre read in the middle? #chatphysics #itachphysics
Isaac Physics is great for getting students to practise problem solving and also for providing extension questions for the most able students. Here is my collection of boards for AQA A level Physics - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 11, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Isaac Physics is great for getting students to practise problem solving and also for providing extension questions for the most able students. Here is my collection of boards for AQA A level Physics - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...