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John Burk

Man Embraces Useless Machines, and Absurdity Ensues - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...is-rube-goldberg-machines.html

rube_goldberg energy project pbl physics

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  • John Burk on 07 Jan 12
     
    Excellent article about designer of rube goldberg machines. Video is pure gold for introducing a rube goldberg project. 
  • Robert Ryshke on 07 Jan 12
     
    Thanks for sharing this John! It was so much fun to watch. Bob
John Burk

Design Build Tech Innovations Class Work, Part 1: Hexapod, Rockets, and Trebu... - 1 views

21k12blog.net/...-hexapod-rockets-and-trebuchet

PBL physics

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  • John Burk on 06 Jan 12
     
    Good post on pbl with specific ideas on how to implement in science
John Burk

The Richard Feynman Trilogy: The Physicist Captured in Three Films | Open Culture - 0 views

www.openculture.com/...hard_feynman_film_trilogy.html

inspiration video physics

shared by John Burk on 09 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • John Burk on 09 Jan 12
     
    BBC series of interviews with Feynman on pleasure of finding things out. 
John Burk

Why Science is "Just So Darn Hard" - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education. - 0 views

www.thedailyriff.com/...e-is-just-so-darn-hard-854.php

pedagogy science_literacy science_for_all

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  • The traditional lecture format is the not the best method for teaching science. Again to draw an analogy with physical education, lectures are of limited use when the subject being taught is an activity.
  • The competitive model for science education, and for education in general, is poor training for how work is actually accomplished. Corporations compete, athletes compete, politicians compete, but the vast majority of working people have to cooperate if they want to get anything done.
  • Competitive grading systems discourage recreational interest. This is true in school athletic programs and it is also true for science classes. Just as students who get picked last for sports teams conclude athletics is not for them, students who fail to make the cut in science classes, conclude that they lack the "science gene," and should not even try to understand the subject.
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  • Pedagogies that use "inquiry-based" or "discovery" methods have their place in science instruction, but should not, as some educators have advocated, be the only methods used. 
  • Traditional classroom education does not select for some character traits that are critical for success in science. Patience and above all persistence are necessary personal traits for a successful career in science.
  • I tell them that when choosing research assistants I am not necessarily looking for the best student in the classroom, I am looking for a student with a strong work ethic,  one who can accept direction and feedback, and one who is excited about the work.
  • John Burk on 09 Jan 12
     
    interesting article that compares training of scientists to athletes and flaws with that model. 
John Burk

How Airplanes Fly - 1 views

www.allstar.fiu.edu/...airflylvl3.htm

n3l physics lift flying airplanes Flight

shared by John Burk on 22 Dec 11 - Cached
  • John Burk on 22 Dec 11
     
    good description of lift-somewhat technical
John Burk

Swans on Tea » The Nose Knows Physics - 0 views

blogs.scienceforums.net/...10620

christmas balckbod

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  • John Burk on 26 Dec 11
     
    fun analysis of rudolph'a nose
John Burk

Why Can't Humans Fly Like Birds? | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views

www.wired.com/...why-cant-humans-fly-like-birds

scaling capstone physics biology

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  • John Burk on 06 Jan 12
     
    awesome post. 
John Burk

On the Helpfulness of Numbers : Uncertain Principles - 0 views

scienceblogs.com/...the_helpfulness_of_numbers.php

physics pedagogy computation

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  • John Burk on 06 Jan 12
     
    thoughtful post with useful comments on the how students struggle with symbolic manipulation and can do much better with problems that involve only numbers. Comments are interesting too. 
John Burk

dy/dan » Blog Archive » Can Someone Tell Me What I'm Looking At Here? - 0 views

blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=12528

rotation physics

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  • John Burk on 06 Jan 12
     
    very cool rotational kinematics problem-can you predict the price is right spinner. 
John Burk

How to Start Making Your Own Electronics with Arduino and Other People's Code - 0 views

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arduino electronics physics

shared by John Burk on 12 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • John Burk on 12 Jan 12
     
    basic guide to arduino
John Burk

Just in time teacihng - 0 views

jittdl.physics.iupui.edu/jitt

pedagogy teaching_strategies formative_assessment

shared by John Burk on 26 Jan 12 - Cached
  • John Burk on 26 Jan 12
     
    Just in time teaching is the idea of using short formative quizzes to help the teacher better understand student thinking. 
Valerie Bennett

Animation of Falling Cat and Conservation of Angular Momentum - 0 views

www.youtube.com/watch

physics rotation angular momentum conservation video

shared by Valerie Bennett on 01 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Valerie Bennett on 01 Feb 12
     
    This is a great explanation of why they always land on their feet. Since we can't bring in live cats to demo this, what could we do? Perhaps we could get students to record them doing this at home with their cats and have them offer an explanation. They could slow the video and draw lines through the axis of rotation and study it more closely in class.
  • Valerie Bennett on 01 Feb 12
     
    One more great animation with a vector explanation as well. This one pulls in additional concepts that students should understand.
John Burk

Drew's Day: Treadmill thoughts - 0 views

blog.drewsday.com/...treadmill-thoughts.html

power energy work physics

shared by John Burk on 01 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • John Burk on 01 Feb 12
     
    very interesting analysis of how energy burned varies with speed on treadmill
John Burk

Swans on Tea » I'd Buy That for a Dollar - 0 views

blogs.scienceforums.net/...10293

voltage electricity physics

shared by John Burk on 14 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • John Burk on 14 Nov 11
     
    Build your own battery from pennies lab. 
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