Emma Mitchell
@emmaphys.bsky.social
Physics teacher, #iTeachPhysics, #ModPhys, #eduSky, she/her, Ph.D
Teachers have a lot of autonomy at my school and we have flexibility in teaching project-based, phenomenon-based, Modeling-based, incorporating engineering, etc. There is also flexibility in teaching both Middle School and Upper School Science, depending on your interests.
August 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Teachers have a lot of autonomy at my school and we have flexibility in teaching project-based, phenomenon-based, Modeling-based, incorporating engineering, etc. There is also flexibility in teaching both Middle School and Upper School Science, depending on your interests.
I do an activity where I put this whole thing on a scale, then have students draw force diagrams and predict whether the scale reading will change when the floating globe is removed.
January 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I do an activity where I put this whole thing on a scale, then have students draw force diagrams and predict whether the scale reading will change when the floating globe is removed.
Pinning this to remind myself to do it with my class! 📌
December 15, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Pinning this to remind myself to do it with my class! 📌
I know, I’m loving being able to use force as an independent variable in the N2L lab so easily!
December 12, 2024 at 2:59 PM
I know, I’m loving being able to use force as an independent variable in the N2L lab so easily!
I love the ability of the Vernier fan cart brackets to hold multiple fans. Such a game-changer!
December 12, 2024 at 11:14 AM
I love the ability of the Vernier fan cart brackets to hold multiple fans. Such a game-changer!
My 9th graders find them extremely fun. But they’re basically big middle schoolers who find pretty much everything extremely fun. Except for things that are extremely not fun.
December 7, 2024 at 3:14 PM
My 9th graders find them extremely fun. But they’re basically big middle schoolers who find pretty much everything extremely fun. Except for things that are extremely not fun.
Probably a difference between 9th and 11th grade! We focus on motion maps much less in my 11th/12th-grade class. Students are much more comfortable with graphs by then.
December 7, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Probably a difference between 9th and 11th grade! We focus on motion maps much less in my 11th/12th-grade class. Students are much more comfortable with graphs by then.
🤣 It’s a great transition sequence!
December 7, 2024 at 3:04 PM
🤣 It’s a great transition sequence!
100%. And motion maps really help them to understand graphs better, the way we use them to physically build a graph for the first time. Saw that for the first time in the #ModPhys CMPF-B workshop with the great @mrsgphysics.bsky.social! Works so well for 9th graders.
December 7, 2024 at 2:26 PM
100%. And motion maps really help them to understand graphs better, the way we use them to physically build a graph for the first time. Saw that for the first time in the #ModPhys CMPF-B workshop with the great @mrsgphysics.bsky.social! Works so well for 9th graders.
of the ball’s motion on the ramp. From those motion maps, they made a P-t graph. And then they placed a mini-photogate at each motion map dot, in turn, to collect data for a V-t graph. So motion maps are our touchpoint. For my higher-level classes (>9th), they can use graphs right away. (3/3)
December 7, 2024 at 12:34 PM
of the ball’s motion on the ramp. From those motion maps, they made a P-t graph. And then they placed a mini-photogate at each motion map dot, in turn, to collect data for a V-t graph. So motion maps are our touchpoint. For my higher-level classes (>9th), they can use graphs right away. (3/3)