Maria Hoover

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence."

-- Charles Bukowski

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Sounds about right! 💯

[Maria Hoover @mariahoover817]

Thank you @KyleLarsonRacin for being so good to your fans! You made our weekend! #Pocono400

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

One of the most brilliant minds of all time, best known for designing the AC powered systems, which is the predominant electrical system used all across the world and the "Tesla coil," still used in radio technology, along with several other inventions.

Happy 167th Birthday to Nikola Tesla.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

The genius of Rosalind Franklin:

Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was critical in understanding the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite. However, her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA, particularly, were largely unrecognized during her lifetime. Franklin graduated from Cambridge University in 1941 and worked as a research associate for the British Coal Utilisation Research Association during the Second World War. Her work there on the porosity of coal was significant for the coking industry and led to her Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Cambridge University.

After the war, Franklin moved to Paris where she learned X-ray diffraction techniques, a method used to visualize molecular structures, at the Laboratoire Central des Services Chimiques de l'Etat. In 1951, she returned to Britain to work at King's College London in the lab of John Randall. There, she made significant progress on X-ray diffraction images of DNA fibers. Franklin and her student Raymond Gosling produced an image known as "Photo 51", which was crucial in determining the structure of DNA.

However, unbeknownst to Franklin, this photograph and her detailed research data were shown by her colleague Maurice Wilkins to James Watson and Francis Crick, at the time working at the University of Cambridge. This data helped them build their correct theoretical model of DNA's double helix structure.
In 1953, Watson, Crick, and Wilkins published their model in Nature. Franklin also had a paper in the same issue describing her experimental data. However, her contribution to the discovery of the double helix structure was largely overlooked.

In 1958, Franklin died of ovarian cancer, possibly a result of her extensive exposure to X-ray radiation.
It wasn't until years later that Crick, Watson, and Wilkins acknowledged how crucial Franklin's work had been to their discovery. Unfortunately, the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded for the discovery of the structure of DNA did not include Franklin, as Nobel Prizes cannot be awarded posthumously. This has led to a significant discussion about the recognition of female scientists and the ethics of scientific research and collaboration.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, also known as "Galloping Gertie", was a suspension bridge that spanned the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound in Washington State. It opened to traffic in July 1940, but later that year in November, the bridge catastrophically collapsed due to a physical phenomenon known as aeroelastic flutter. This was triggered by a modest wind of 42 miles per hour. The wind resonated with the natural frequency of the bridge, causing it to oscillate and eventually tear itself apart. The collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was a significant event in engineering history, as it dramatically demonstrated the power of physical forces not properly accounted for in the bridge's design. The incident significantly influenced civil and structural engineering, leading to changes in the design of suspension bridges to consider aerodynamic stability and prevent such failures in the future. The dramatic footage of the bridge's violent oscillations before its collapse is often used to illustrate the importance of resonance phenomena in physics and engineering education.

[Maria Hoover @mariahoover817]

@brooksrunning Shout out to our great local store @UpNRunningEburg in Ebensburg, PA!!

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

I interviewed a teacher who resigned last year.

I asked…
Why did you resign?

“I have a Master’s degree.
I work really hard.
I love teaching kids and am great at my job.
I do it all for a disgracefully low salary.
All of that and I’ve never felt so disrespected by so many.”

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Thank you educators! 🧡

[Help A Teacher @HelpATeacher]

Sounds about right. 💯
📷 Learning with Lori

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

Today's meme of the day since we were learning about factoring quadratics

[Teacher Problems @HSTeachProbs]

‘Pink collared’ jobs like teachers (nurses, social workers, etc) are lower paid with less respect, longer hours, extra duties.

“Do it for the kids.”
“Stay for the kids.”
“Are you doing what’s best for the kids?”

We are still human. And it’s a job. #teacherproblems

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Leaders, how is your teacher retention?
If you want to keep the best teachers, treat them like they are the best. Few teachers leave an environment where they feel valued, supported, appreciated, and treated like professionals. This is more important now than ever!

[Physics Memes @ThePhysicsMemes]

Transfer of energy can be a cool thing #Physics #Science

[Help A Teacher @HelpATeacher]

Sounds about right. 😂🤣
📷 Unique Teaching Resources

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

When you are dead, you don't know you are dead. It's pain only for others.

It's the same thing when you are stupid.

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

3 .14.2023
Happy Birthday Albert Einstein. Born on Pi-day, 1879, Germany.

Shown teaching physics at Lincoln University, PA (an HBCU) in 1946.

"The separation of the races is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it."

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Happy 144th Birthday to Albert Einstein, considered to be one of the most brilliant minds in scientific history, he is best known for his works of general and special theories of relativity.

Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in physics for his works on photoelectric effect.

[Help A Teacher @HelpATeacher]

Sounds about right. 😂🤣

[Maria Hoover @mariahoover817]

@brooksrunning 🫴🏻