Karim Diff
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Palestinian flags wave in the breeze over the UF protest, which has evolved from a loud demonstration into a quiet gathering in support of Palestine. The protest has four hours until it hits its goal of lasting until 8 p.m.
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I'm at Plaza of the Americas at UF for @TheAlligator to cover an Emergency Protest for Gaza organized by the university's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. The protest begins in 4 minutes —follow along for updates.
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@PaulCottlePhys I asked because UF has PHY2060/61 ("Enriched Physics") that seems designed specifically for Physics majors.
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@KarimDiff We don't presently have a separate PHY 2048C for physics majors. Our majors take the course (and PHY 2049C) with the other math-intensive STEM majors.
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In addition to being a leader in the particle physics world, this past fall Harry created a new course in computing for first semester physics majors. So our physics majors now get their first dose of computing experience as soon as they set foot on campus for the first time!
FSU President Richard McCullough@PresMcCullough
I'm thrilled Harrison Prosper has been named FSU's Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor. A world-renowned physicist, he has played a major role in several scientific discoveries and has an esteemed track record of research, teaching and service. news.fsu.edu/news/universit…
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@PaulCottlePhys Ah, it makes sense. I'd be curious to see the course outline.
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@KarimDiff No - PHY 2048C is separate. Harry's course is PHZ 1140C, "Computational Physics Laboratory". It's so new that it isn't even in the bulletin for the 2023-24 academic year.
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Mostly teaching by storytelling & lecturing. Nothing revolutionary about that in 2023
Physics In History@PhysInHistory
Richard Feynman: The Revolutionary Approach to Teaching and Learning medium.com/cantors-paradi…
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@PaulCottlePhys A large % of the students in my physics with calc courses here at Santa Fe College are out of district.
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Every student has the opportunity to excel at every large high school in Seminole County. Unfortunately, that’s not true in every Florida school district. bit.ly/3Bq0qru
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Was at @Powells earlier today and saw a lone hardback copy of Arnold Arons’ blue book, Teaching Introductory Physics. Someone at #AAPTWM23 had better give it a home! #ITeachPhysics
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Early bird registration ends today for the 2022 Physics Congress! PhysCon is the largest in-person gathering of undergraduate #physics and #astronomy students and will be held in Washington, DC, October 6-8. Stop by the AAPT booth while you're there! ow.ly/7A1i50KCrNR
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This is the beginning of an exciting project. If you teach physics in a TYC you have to join us! 😎
Glenda Denicolo@glenda_denicolo
We are starting the TYC PER-Interest Group virtual program this Fall 2022 with 3 journal club meetings: Sep 30, Oct 28, Dec 2. Please register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… The TYC PER-Interest Group is an initiative of OPTYCs (Supported by NSF-DUE-2212807).
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@PaulCottlePhys "even high school counselors do not see higher-level courses like physics and calculus as necessary."
This is one the most dangerous practices. Without parents standing up to these counselors students get pushed on a track that is very difficult to correct once in college
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The underrepresentation of Blacks and women in physics is among the most stubborn and frustrating issues facing the physics community. Here are two points of light in the effort to overcome this tragedy. bit.ly/2WDY739
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@adiastra99 Yes I can understand that. If you decide to dig in a little deeper into Javascript I would recommend p5js.org it's a fun and easy library to work with for animations. Not meant for heavy duty calculations though.
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Reading the responses to this initial tweet is a wonderful experience with lots of interesting comments and references
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I wonder how that would compare with universities (or countries) that did not push intro physics to focus more on conceptual understanding.
UCD_DBER@DberUcd
Interesting paper. Maybe we need to reflect on how we design and the purpose of introductory courses.
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@brianwfrank What platform do you use to deliver the questions? I tried that on Canvas once but it did not work that way. They could go back and revisit the questions.
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@brianwfrank What do you mean by "they can only go forward in the exam" or rather how do you enforce it? And what kind of feedback do they get after their first attempt? Total score only?
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@MBurnsKaurin I would include the dimensions, just not the names of the units.
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Very random question. Has anyone ever experimented with doing away with named units and working solely in physical dimensions instead?
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Former data scientist at Florida Dept of Health, who charges she was fired for refusing to manipulate C-19 data, says state police raided her home this morning.
Rebekah Jones@GeoRebekah
1/ There will be no update today. At 8:30 am this morning, state police came into my house and took all my hardware and tech. They were serving a warrant on my computer after DOH filed a complaint. They pointed a gun in my face. They pointed guns at my kids..
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I'm gonna need a bigger curve to pass this class....
math prof@mathematicsprof
First day of a physics Zoom class.
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@fruney @actualdrdoctor What happened in 1999 (?) with those huge uncertainties?
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