mom, wife, sister, daughter. lover of adventure and learning. math and physics teacher. trying to make the world a better place.
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Amy Read retweeted
12 Aug 2023
Now available at The Physics Classroom: Pace Tracer 1 (pos'n-time graphs) and Pace Tracer 2 (val-time graphs).
Turn the camera of your device into a motion detector and match a graph.
Physics Interactives > 1D Kinematics
#Physics #ITeachPhysics #PhysicsTeachers
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Amy Read retweeted
14 Jun 2023
Reminder #8a: So let’s help reduce pressure by encouraging students to take fewer AP courses well, rather than more AP courses superficially. We’ve shared this research with college admissions offices nationwide: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Amy Read retweeted
4 Apr 2023
April is stress awareness month so we came up with some stress-reducing challenges for our Raiders!! Keep posted with our socials to stay updated on the challenges!! @ejfreden #Raiderpride #StressAwarenessMonth #stressmanagement #stressrelief
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Amy Read retweeted
1 Jan 2023
ℹ️ DID YOU KNOW? A poorly ventilated classroom has similar effects on a child’s ability to concentrate as skipping breakfast.
Clean indoor air doesn’t just limit the spread of COVID-19 and other bugs, it’s good for growing brains.
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We lived on a boat for a while,and I baked a birthday cake while we were under way. You can see the tilt of the cake in this photo, due to the gimballed oven 😅
21 Dec 2022
This is the kind of gimballed stove you use on a sailboat to compensate the waves induced motion
[📹 Michael.Thomas: buff.ly/3BTvWPz]
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We need to be considering long term effects of the stress of living through a pandemic.
Teen brains aged faster than normal from pandemic stress, study says
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Substitute "sitting in class" for "meetings?"
Teachers: build in breaks to your classes 🙏🏼
4 Dec 2022
Researchers studied the impact of meetings on our brains.
This is fascinating…
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Amy Read retweeted
1 Dec 2022
Researchers studied the effects of a 20-minute walk on the cognitive performance of a group of children.
This is fascinating…
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A benefit of changing from collecting daily HW to occasional "portfolios" is getting insight into Ss thinking.
Q: How do you add matrices?
A: ... if you were to lay the matrices on top of each other, you should add the ones that overlap.
A new, unique,and beautiful visual!
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Thanks to @cossettej @kilroi22 @thundersc1ence @WillyB and others who post their engaging labs! Students were busy measuring, discussing, calculating, and generally having a fun time with the Kiss the Egg lab today!
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Amy Read retweeted
24 Nov 2022
I am a huge fan of the way @thestrokeofluck describes just-in-time scaffolding vs just-in-case scaffolding. It helped me realize why I made the wrong choices early in my career & gave me a way to describe what we should be doing instead: robertkaplinsky.com/just-in-…
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#iteachphysics : coefficient of static friction 🤩
12 Nov 2022
Found on Facebook, this is my favorite photo of the day.
Math folk, do your thing....
Amy Read retweeted
6 Nov 2022
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