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Marco

@malmeida.bsky.social

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He/Him/His. Physics & Math teacher out in Western Mass. You'll also likely be subject to me regularly bringing up social justice-related things, music, and probably the Celtics. Oh and bread.

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · Nov 27

PSA: If you're sharing resources, include your name/handle so we can give you credit!

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 16h

Need this on a poster like yesterday. No AI art though, please

Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 1d

Before fun. there was The Format. Didn't think I'd be listening to a new song by The Format in 2025. This ain't that but it's today's #DailyTrack, a throwback

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmRT...

The First Single (You Know Me)

YouTube video by The Format - Topic

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 1d

Would something like this extension work?

Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 1d

Searching for something like "stroboscopic falling" will yield others

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

this is not how I wanted to start making my own pasta

Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

@jonathanmeiburg.bsky.social doing a caracara impression just brought me so much joy right now. What a good dude, go buy some @shearwaterband.bsky.social (and hey come back to Western Mass y'all ok?)

Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

for free), as well as other curricula that is purchased (Jean Adams, stuff on TPT etc). Teachers might be tweaking those materials for their students and only feel ready to share it all at the end of the units.

Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

Last thing: also many of the mentioned above are inherent to physics/science, keeping tabs on what precalc/calc (esp AP) teachers do I've also noticed a shift towards teacher-created/shared resources (Bryan Passwater and Tony Record are some familiar names bc they offer their tremendous materials

Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, I'm familiar (though I wish it would produce vector images instead of raster images!). Looking to avoid coming up with data, plotting data, etc and just have a nice variety already :-P

Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

to take from the text (not a humble brag lol)

Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

Personally, I remember reading my HS physics textbook (shoutout Holt Physics!). There are parts of it that I distinctly remembered from HS bc it was the class textbook when I first started teaching it. But I think I also quickly learned (?) that I was in the minority in terms of how much I was able

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

Finally, I might guess that we sometimes have "low expectations" for what students are capable of extracting from the text (esp as more students turn to video for learning) and the kind of reflection/stamina that's required to realize you didn't get something & to re-read that section.

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

of their time.

I really liked the idea of Perusall, for example, but again hard to square with experience-first philosophy sometimes (esp since it feels like the kind of tool that really benefits from consistent use)

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

esp when other resources are used consistently

I'd also guess that there's been more of a shift to experiment/experience first and it can be hard to square that with using a textbook sometimes. Feels like having students "read" what they just experienced/we summarized doesn't feel like a great use

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

In my case, I definitely mention it early on in the year (and don't even use it much for problems honestly because other resources allow for more immediate feedback) but the mentioning it as a resources falls off over the course of the year so likely gets "forgotten" as a resource mentioned

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

Think this is definitely part of it

Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

I *think* this was is more recent (within last couple years) so likely hasn't made its way out as much as the AP version (that's part of it I think)

Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

Hey UK #ITeachPhysics, where can I find a bunch GCSE free response Qs where students use position-time graphs to find the instantaneous velocity - something like shown below. Looking to avoid making a bunch of graphs if possible but giving my students enough practice finding slopes of tangent lines

piecewise distance-time graph showing constant speed, stationary, and uniform acceleration

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

not real eggs/cartons but I also used eggs the one time I had to teach fractions

several problems where students have to how many eggs were originally in a case

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

I actually meant this one from the same person, less Tracker like (the one you included is excellent for that)

jeroenvantilburg.nl/multishot/

Multi Shot

Tracking of moving objects in videos. Educational tool.

jeroenvantilburg.nl

Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like a ton of teachers, AP in particular, have migrated to OpenStax (bc 💰 mostly).

I think HS teachers have just generally moved away from 'read these sections ahead of class' and mostly just a secondary resource and source of exercises.

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

Do you have a promotional poster I could up? Something with a blurb and best place to order maybe

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

Oops!

jeroenvantilburg.nl/motionticker/

Motion Ticker

Tracking of moving objects in videos. Educational tool.

jeroenvantilburg.nl

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

Hey #ITeachPhysics haven't had a chance to fully play with it yet but this looks like it might replace the defunct Sony Motion Shot app

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Marco @malmeida.bsky.social · 2d

This is where I think some coding might help, having to explicitly make s choice for both x and y components