Stephen Collins

Physics teacher, producing software and print resources to support modeling instruction in Physics

[Stephen Collins @socraticbrain]

Galileo sighed

[Stephen Collins @socraticbrain]

Wanted to break Mech E conservation to lead into P conservation; students comparing elasticity in dart-cart collision. happy accident when one group forgets to square v, and E mech is "conserved", effectively discovering P

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Novel Prize winners whiteboard too

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Field trip to LIGO in Livingston, LA Nobel Prize-wing Science and lots of fun

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At #NSTA New Orleans promoting Scottish Physics teacher exchange

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"Write down what you heard in our discussion"

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We use pennies to mark position during the buggy lab. How's this for precision… Not faked (the placement of the buggy was artistic license)

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Congrats to A Richter, Lusher AP Physics student, whose submission was selected by @KreweOfMuses for their 2018 MG cup design

[LIGO @LIGO]

Explore the locations of #GravitationalWaves detections made by @LIGO/@ego_virgo, overlaid on sky, now w #GW170817 https://t.co/9JsIsduPXv

[LIGO @LIGO]

LIGO, Virgo, and partners make the first detection of #GravityAndLight from colliding neutron stars! https://t.co/1JW6Aln2ms

[John_Morrow @JJM4u]

Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Severe Anxiety? https://t.co/pDJC670rHP

What kind of generation are we producing?

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How do you test rockets capable of 7.5M lbs thrust? Concrete and steel 145ft into the ground! 205 dB for Saturn V test

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At the Infinity science center in Mississippi

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Class trip to see #skeletonhouse - Halloween in NOLA!

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Congrats to LIGO scientists, here in Louisiana and at University of Glasgow #NobelPrize2017

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS The 2017 #NobelPrize in Physics is awarded to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne @LIGO.

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Engineering / design teachers: check out this graphic on how failure occurs

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It's (way past) time to change traditional teaching https://t.co/1qIc9g1asx

[Yummy Math @Yummymath]

Making Failure Harder Work Than Passing | Edutopia https://t.co/CMS8OGwpDY #edchat #assessment #mindset #teaching

[Stephen Collins @socraticbrain]

Great stuff at #openedx2015