Spencer Perry

Family first, also PhD Student: Science Ed, MS: Instructional Technology, BS: Physics Teaching. Trying harder to be an ally. He/his.

[NRC FYE & SIT @NRCFYESIT]

#FidlerFridays: Meet @SpinUpSci , PhD candidate at @IUBloomington & a finalist for the 2024-25 Paul P. Fidler Research Grant researching physics teachers' career trajectories. His time as a high school physics teacher + mentors led to success as a teacher & researcher.

[Spencer Perry @SpinUpSci]

@MrJoeMilliano Somewhere there is a video of me at my high school homecoming dance looking an awful lot like this while the same song is playing. 😂

[Spencer Perry @SpinUpSci]

Hi #iteachphysics folks, this June 13-16 is the annual @aapt_ptra institute, held in Arlington, TX.

Come join us for make-n-takes, demos, laser cooling, building a strong professional network, and more. Travel scholarships are available.

https://t.co/6PZLo98EtJ

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@SteveMaier_ Not a podcast, but I highly recommend the book "What Unites Us" by Dan Rather. He narrates the audio book with the expertise developed over a long career

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@smartereveryday Science teacher. Often show your videos in class, especially physics

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@WesleyMorganSHS I wonder if thermo sensitive receipt paper would turn black in the infrared region

[Spencer Cox @SpencerJCox]

Can’t emphasize this enough. The increasing specialization and expense of youth sports is bad for sports and bad for our kids.

[Spencer Perry @SpinUpSci]

Two years later I am still angry with Google for removing a good music player and replacing it with the utter garbage that is @youtubemusic. I would rather drive in silence than use that app as a music service.

[Spencer Perry @SpinUpSci]

@zachjacob08 @BYUfootball @espn On BYUTV

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@BarnettDreyfuss Nice, I kind of want to try it with a big under-the-bed type bin meant for wrapping paper

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@WesleyMorganSHS I love the @smartereveryday series on slingshots. Simple presentation for most students with moments of good insight for advanced students.

[Spencer Perry @SpinUpSci]

It never occurred to me to think about it, but it turns out that Post-It notes are not meant to stay in one spot for 15 years. I should just use normal bookmarks.

[Spencer Perry @SpinUpSci]

@MrJoeMilliano I want to submit a petition to add mile markers to all Jungle Law billboards. They're all I really want to see between St Louis and KC anyway 😂

[Spencer Perry @SpinUpSci]

My Alexa: Did you know you can stream a gazillion songs?
Me: Listen here surveillance robot lady, you exist exclusively for my toddler, and she is only interested in three songs.

[Nick Drachman @ndrach1]

No one tells you that experimental physics is ~90% plumbing

[Spencer Perry @SpinUpSci]

High school English teachers: These grammar and writing rules are important and everyone needs to follow them so that your writing is understandable.
Writers in higher ed: This paper is too long, let's break this grammar rules so we can save 4 characters.

[JDRandom - RandomWhiteGuy @TheReelRandom]

Tomorrow I start year 31 in the classroom, here’s a list of the lessons I’ve learned over my 3 decades working with teens…
1. Don’t fart in class
2. If you ever fall, they will act like you are old and broke a hip.
3. If you feed them then you have to always feed them.

[Spencer Perry @SpinUpSci]

@hankgreen If you haven't read the children's book, Mario and the Hole in the Sky, it's a great telling of this story that my students love every semester

[Spencer Perry @SpinUpSci]

My retirement account has lost nearly 20% this year. Now I can't retire until 2093, at least a year later than I was planning.

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@KimFreudenberg I seem to remember someone showing me how they took a cheap pen apart, passed a nylon string through the empty barrel, tied a mass to one end and a spring scale to the other. When twirled by hand you *can* get a somewhat constant tension and count revolutions.