Kelly O'Shea
@kellyoshea.bsky.social
HS physics, science, math teacher. Less homework, more thinking. Sense-making tools and student discourse for the win. SBG; #iteachphysics; #MTBoS. Currently teaching: Physics, Biomechanics, Computational Modeling. She/her. kellyoshea.blog
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#Teach180 Day 53 cont.
Physics did a balanced forces lab based on @kellyoshea.bsky.social. They start off calling every force a force of gravity but end up with good results. All you need are the push pull scales, balances that can read in Newtons and some mystery masses. 🧪🎢
Physics did a balanced forces lab based on @kellyoshea.bsky.social. They start off calling every force a force of gravity but end up with good results. All you need are the push pull scales, balances that can read in Newtons and some mystery masses. 🧪🎢
October 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#Teach180 Day 53 cont.
Physics did a balanced forces lab based on @kellyoshea.bsky.social. They start off calling every force a force of gravity but end up with good results. All you need are the push pull scales, balances that can read in Newtons and some mystery masses. 🧪🎢
Physics did a balanced forces lab based on @kellyoshea.bsky.social. They start off calling every force a force of gravity but end up with good results. All you need are the push pull scales, balances that can read in Newtons and some mystery masses. 🧪🎢
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A lot of #iTeachPhysics folks use them to build the first model that students encounter: constant velocity motion. I find students enjoy it, because it’s easy enough to grasp, and it’s a hands-on experiment they can do right away. (1/2)
@kellyoshea.bsky.social blog:
kellyoshea.blog/2012/11/19/b...
@kellyoshea.bsky.social blog:
kellyoshea.blog/2012/11/19/b...
Building the Constant Velocity Model
Here’s a binder. And the handshake. [As they walk in, I’m handing out their binders (with materials, labeled dividers, spare graph paper, their names on the sides) and shaking their han…
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September 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A lot of #iTeachPhysics folks use them to build the first model that students encounter: constant velocity motion. I find students enjoy it, because it’s easy enough to grasp, and it’s a hands-on experiment they can do right away. (1/2)
@kellyoshea.bsky.social blog:
kellyoshea.blog/2012/11/19/b...
@kellyoshea.bsky.social blog:
kellyoshea.blog/2012/11/19/b...
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Day 13 of #teach180 #iteachphysics: ALERT ALERT! If you use standards-based grading, and you can't use an outside grading program due to weird state laws, I can help! lerner180.posthaven.com/day-13-my-da...
Day 13: My Day Was All Spreadsheets
Listen, I know I still taught AP Physics 2 on Friday. Yes, I know it was boring. I sped through so much vocabulary that I know most of my students knew from middle school. It's about mechanical...
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September 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Day 13 of #teach180 #iteachphysics: ALERT ALERT! If you use standards-based grading, and you can't use an outside grading program due to weird state laws, I can help! lerner180.posthaven.com/day-13-my-da...
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@kellyoshea.bsky.social I took your CFPM Stacks of Curves Card Sort and started to build it in Desmos. I know it still needs some scaffolding but it is a start.
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classroom.amplify.com/activity/68b...
BFPM Stacks of Curves Card Sort
BFPM Stacks of Curves Card Sort (from Kelly O'Shea)
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September 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
@kellyoshea.bsky.social I took your CFPM Stacks of Curves Card Sort and started to build it in Desmos. I know it still needs some scaffolding but it is a start.
classroom.amplify.com/activity/68b...
classroom.amplify.com/activity/68b...
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chatgpt applies for a job
August 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
chatgpt applies for a job
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Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
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August 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
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I am doing a #teach180 blog now, in concert with @barnettdreyfuss.bsky.social. Days -4 & -3 are about our professional days. lerner180.posthaven.com/day-4-convoc... and lerner180.posthaven.com/day-3-profes.... Shout out to @afreeparticle.com for the link hub template.
Day -3: Professional Development
Today was some professional development. We had some good PD led by Facing History and Ourselves. In the afternoon, we had a staff meeting, where a link hub I maintain that I fully stole from...
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August 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am doing a #teach180 blog now, in concert with @barnettdreyfuss.bsky.social. Days -4 & -3 are about our professional days. lerner180.posthaven.com/day-4-convoc... and lerner180.posthaven.com/day-3-profes.... Shout out to @afreeparticle.com for the link hub template.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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High School Physics Teacher Camp is back! August 3rd in DC—the Sunday of the @aapthq.bsky.social Summer Meeting. Please tell every high school physics teacher you know. My favorite day of the year. tinyurl.com/AAPTcamp #iteachphysics #iteachmath #modphys Hope to see you there!
March 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
High School Physics Teacher Camp is back! August 3rd in DC—the Sunday of the @aapthq.bsky.social Summer Meeting. Please tell every high school physics teacher you know. My favorite day of the year. tinyurl.com/AAPTcamp #iteachphysics #iteachmath #modphys Hope to see you there!
One of the best moments of the year in 10th grade is always the pure joy kids have the first time they connect a circuit and the bulb lights up. It's magic every time. #iteachphysics
May 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One of the best moments of the year in 10th grade is always the pure joy kids have the first time they connect a circuit and the bulb lights up. It's magic every time. #iteachphysics
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High School Physics Teacher Camp is back! August 3rd in DC—the Sunday of the @aapthq.bsky.social Summer Meeting. Please tell every high school physics teacher you know. My favorite day of the year. tinyurl.com/AAPTcamp #iteachphysics #iteachmath #modphys Hope to see you there!
March 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
High School Physics Teacher Camp is back! August 3rd in DC—the Sunday of the @aapthq.bsky.social Summer Meeting. Please tell every high school physics teacher you know. My favorite day of the year. tinyurl.com/AAPTcamp #iteachphysics #iteachmath #modphys Hope to see you there!
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NIH funding supports the vast majority of all biomedical research in the United States. Virtually every advance in American medicine and biological science comes from NIH. This is a blow against American science.
Call Congress, 202-224-3121.
Call Congress, 202-224-3121.
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
NIH funding supports the vast majority of all biomedical research in the United States. Virtually every advance in American medicine and biological science comes from NIH. This is a blow against American science.
Call Congress, 202-224-3121.
Call Congress, 202-224-3121.
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Please PLEASE go comment in favor of this rule. The subminimum wage for disabled folks is vile and evil and *must* be eliminated.
The poverty rate of disabled folks is astronomical compared to abled folks. There is no doubt this disgusting discriminatory policy is part of the reason why.
The poverty rate of disabled folks is astronomical compared to abled folks. There is no doubt this disgusting discriminatory policy is part of the reason why.
ALERT: The Department of Labor is seeking public comment on a rule that would ELIMINATE the subminimum wage for disabled people in the US: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Employment of Workers With Disabilities Under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act) authorizes the Secretary of Labor to issue certificates allowing employers to pay productivity-based subminimum wages to workers with disabilities, but only ...
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January 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Please PLEASE go comment in favor of this rule. The subminimum wage for disabled folks is vile and evil and *must* be eliminated.
The poverty rate of disabled folks is astronomical compared to abled folks. There is no doubt this disgusting discriminatory policy is part of the reason why.
The poverty rate of disabled folks is astronomical compared to abled folks. There is no doubt this disgusting discriminatory policy is part of the reason why.
Unbalanced Forces problem solving stations this week in 10th grade Physics. A favorite day every year! #iteachphysics #modphys #scichat
December 11, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Unbalanced Forces problem solving stations this week in 10th grade Physics. A favorite day every year! #iteachphysics #modphys #scichat
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Friends, this week marks a monumental step forward in my path towards pushing for a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI. Thrilled to officially announce the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) @theaial.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin is launching today, Thursday Nov 28, 2024 aial.ie
AI Accountability Lab
Stewarding a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI
aial.ie
November 28, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Friends, this week marks a monumental step forward in my path towards pushing for a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI. Thrilled to officially announce the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) @theaial.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin is launching today, Thursday Nov 28, 2024 aial.ie
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I'm excited to share that an article I wrote on using group roles to help students collaborate effectively is in the latest issue of The Science Teacher! #EduSky #iTeachPhysics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Using Group Roles to Promote Collaboration
Collaborating effectively in small groups is an important skill for students, especially in classrooms adopting science education reforms like the NGSS, but it is also an extremely challenging skil...
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November 21, 2024 at 3:46 PM
I'm excited to share that an article I wrote on using group roles to help students collaborate effectively is in the latest issue of The Science Teacher! #EduSky #iTeachPhysics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We’re starting balanced force lab practical stations in 9th-grade physics! Students predict the hidden reading on the covered spring scales. This is their very first time solving problems with gravitational force. We’ll move on to more complex stations in next class! #modphys #iteachphysics
November 19, 2024 at 4:11 PM
We’re starting balanced force lab practical stations in 9th-grade physics! Students predict the hidden reading on the covered spring scales. This is their very first time solving problems with gravitational force. We’ll move on to more complex stations in next class! #modphys #iteachphysics
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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
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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
🧬🥽🎢♾️
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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I'm visiting classrooms today and a teacher was excited for me to see his class do a version of mistakes whiteboarding frok @kellyoshea.bsky.social! It is great to see teachers trying new things to promote better student to student discourse! kellyoshea.blog/2012/07/05/w...
Whiteboarding Mistake Game: A Guide
The Mistake Game (which I’ll describe in more detail in just a moment) has become the default mode of whiteboarding (problems, not experiments) in my physics classes. I’ve written about…
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November 14, 2024 at 4:17 PM
I'm visiting classrooms today and a teacher was excited for me to see his class do a version of mistakes whiteboarding frok @kellyoshea.bsky.social! It is great to see teachers trying new things to promote better student to student discourse! kellyoshea.blog/2012/07/05/w...
My 10th grade Physics classes did the kinematics card sort recently. kellyoshea.blog/2017/11/10/s... "Forgetting" to give them a few of the cards (the word ones) always lets them get 5-10 more minutes of useful conversation out of the activity when they think they are "finished". #iteachphysics
Stacks of Kinematics Curves as a Card Sort
I’ve been making major updates and changes to my materials in the intro physics course this year. It is the first year we are teaching a yearlong physics class to everyone (10th graders) in m…
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November 13, 2024 at 11:42 PM
My 10th grade Physics classes did the kinematics card sort recently. kellyoshea.blog/2017/11/10/s... "Forgetting" to give them a few of the cards (the word ones) always lets them get 5-10 more minutes of useful conversation out of the activity when they think they are "finished". #iteachphysics
HS Physics Teacher Camp is back! Sunday July 7th in Boston!
Registration is open now. Spread the word! #iteachphysics #modphys #AAPTSM24
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Registration is open now. Spread the word! #iteachphysics #modphys #AAPTSM24
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March 3, 2024 at 5:07 PM
HS Physics Teacher Camp is back! Sunday July 7th in Boston!
Registration is open now. Spread the word! #iteachphysics #modphys #AAPTSM24
sites.google.com/site/physics...
Registration is open now. Spread the word! #iteachphysics #modphys #AAPTSM24
sites.google.com/site/physics...
Hi :) Getting ready for #AAPTSM23
July 12, 2023 at 11:43 PM
Hi :) Getting ready for #AAPTSM23