Showing posts with label mechanics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mechanics. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

New Physics Teacher Workshop: August 23, 2014


If you are a new teacher or a career-change teacher looking

to learn interactive teaching methods, then the New Physics

Teacher Workshop is for you!


You can start the new school year right with innovative

ideas for labs and demos. While workshop leaders  

sometimes lecture briefly, most of your time will be spent on 

hands-on activities. 

At NPTW, you get to try out the lab, so you can experience 

what students will experience. 

You might also receive excellent handouts to use with your 

students and you will be directed 

to other resources that will help you become the best physics 

teacher you can be.


And let's not forget the awesome goodie bags! I can't tell you 

everything that will be in the bag yet, but if you want a 

Newton's Cradle AND you want to brush up on Mechanics 

and Heat/Thermodynamics topics, then come to the 

workshop on Saturday. 


James Lincoln, spending some quality time
 with an array of Newton's cradles.

Make sure to RSVP email James 

Lincoln (SCAAPT President and one of the workshop 

leaders)at LincolnPhysics@gmail.com.

Saturday, August 23, 2014
@ USC


Topics: Mechanics & Heat/Thermodynamics
To RSVP, email James Lincoln atLincolnPhysics@gmail.com.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Case of the Mondays? Try the Spill Not!

Got a case of the Mondays? You probably do, after a long weekend, even if it is a Tuesday.

Did you spill coffee all over your white shirt today? In my case, I would be spilling Diet Coke...or not...here's why...

Check out this video about a nifty tool called the SpillNot and all the wacky stuff it can do in a video I made for Arbor Scientific. For those of you physics teachers out there, you can use the Spill Not to teach some physics concepts, such as fluid mechanics and the stability of fluid surfaces. You may find similarities to the familiar demo "Greek Waiter's Tray"...for more details check out the article for Arbor's Cool Stuff blog below.





Honestly it was surprising how much fun I had playing with this little gadget. So simple, yet so…well, just click the link to the video and blog entry at Arbor and you’ll see.