As I reflect upon my 13th year of teaching and #teach180, I realized that this was the closest I’ve ever come to working to my contracted time and not going way over. Having a 3rd kid and trying to find a better balance with sharing a parenting mental load was the toughest thing this year. Cont

Day 176 - 180 Physics: ended with a short research CER on energy mixed use by major population area. Lots of great 1-1 convos to end the year, able to put on some WC games for portions of class. Ended the year with staff of the month award! docs.google.com/document/d/1... #iteachphysics #teach180

Physics Renewable Energy Plan Final

Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Physics Renewable Energy Plan Final Background: Fossil Fuels such as Oil, Gas, and Coal are estimated to run out as ear...

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Day 169 - 175 Physics: this class was mostly seniors and they finished school two weeks early. Left with just three students we focused on renewable energy sources. Developed wind and solar energy sources and determined what made sense for our locality #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 177 - 180 Physical Sci: prepped for and took the final! Last day of school only had a few students so it was uno, yearbooks, and trips to the dumpster #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 172 - 176 Physical Sci: wrapped up climate and preparing for semester 2 Final. Totally lost track so just a dump from some of the lessons #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 164-168 Physics: Students worked on and then presented their thermodynamic projects and models. Great to see students explain processes that seemed like a black box. This was the final for seniors and their last assignment ever so very bittersweet! #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 171 Physical Sci - talked about albedo effect and positive feedback back loops. Used #vernier light sensor to measure reflectivity of different color surfaces #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 168 - 170 Physical Sci: Covered 6 factors that affect climate. Latitude, ocean current, wind, elevation, relief, nearness to water. Started with notes, then analyzing a N American city, then given a fictional continent to describe climates of different regions #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 167 Physical Sci - Did carbon cycle game today where students move around the room and roll dice to find different carbon sinks and how it shifts. Halfway through make an update to the game so students who previously were stuck in fossil fuels get released far faster #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 166 Physical Sci - warm up on Owen’s Beach park in Tacoma that had to be shifted uphill due to sea level rise. Talked about properties of warming water and what causes sea levels to rise. Lots of demos and observations and modeling interactions bw water and heat #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 165 Physical Sci - Today we modeled the greenhouse effect and collected some data using #vernier sensors by heating up an atmospheric air bottle vs a CO2 bottle. #iteachphysics #teach180

Started climate with an adapted lesson from the @perimeterinstitute.ca lots of graph analysis and whiteboarding greenhouse effect. Honestly not a great lesson coming back from a 4 day weekend 😖 #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Carbon Dioxide

Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere Part 1: Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere How does carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect climate? To investigate, analyze the Keeling Curve Graphs, created from data ...

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Day 163 Physics - Final week for seniors next week so ending with a project where they model applications of thermodynamics (fridge, heat pump, combustion engine, etc) #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

HVAC & Thermodynamics Summative

Name: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Date: _______________________________________ Modeling Thermodynamics in HVAC Systems & The Real Worl...

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Day 162 Physics - wrapped up thermo lab and had students complete a CER to determine what material of block they had according to the specific heat capacity chart. Only one that was way off was the iron block which I think got thrown off due to it having a coating on in. #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 163 Physical Sci - Discussed hot spots and Hawaii and how the sea floor volcano chain provides evidence for theory of plate tectonics #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

7.7 - Hot Spots

7.7 - Hot Spots (Hawaii) Phenomenon Is Hawaii Growing or Shrinking? Stimulus Article: WHAT DOES KILAUEA’S ERUPTION TELL US ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON MORE WIDELY GEOLOGICALLY? Hawaii’s volcanoes aren’t ...

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Day 162 Physical Sci - last day for one pagers, lots of students will need to take theirs home to finish or come in after school for extra time #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 160/161 Physical Sci - continued working on our plate boundary one pager. Favorite question is asking students to analyze why these regions (PNW, Japan, Pacific Islands, Iceland) have such unique cultures due to their geologic processes #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 160/161 Physics - notes on 2nd and 3rd thermodynamic laws and Carnot Cycle. Today did find the specific heat capacity of mystery block by transferring from ice water and transferring from boiling water #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 159 Physical Sci - wrapping up plate tectonics in a hurry! Ss will create a onepager model diagramming and explaining how a surface feature is formed #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Modeling A Plate Boundary Feature

Modeling A Plate Boundary Feature Intro: In this summative model you will be choosing one unique geologic feature that was formed by a converging, diverging, or transforming plate boundary. The goal ...

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Day 159 Physics - our school had prom on this Friday AND it was senior skip day so in this class of seniors only two showed up! We whiteboarded and modeled heat pump and refrigerator systems with a focus on what compressors and expansion valves do #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 158 Physical Sci - I adapted this NPS resource about Indigenous storytelling about Mt. Tahoma (Rainier). Showing how oral traditions show evidence of past eruptions that match the geologic evidence long before this land was stolen. www.nps.gov/common/uploa... #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 157 Physical Sci - Consolidated our plate boundary learning and had students try to identify what boundary type made some of earths most unique landforms. docs.google.com/document/d/1... #iteachphysics #teach180

Plate Boundaries Summary

Plate Boundaries Summary On our earth we see many geologic features such as Volcanoes, Islands, Mountains, etc. We typically see these unique features where TWO tectonic plates (earth crust) meet form...

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Day 157/158 Physics - Notes on 1st law of thermodynamics. Many demos with syringes beginning with students using them to boil water by rapidly decreasing pressure. Stuck a vernier temp probe in one to observe significant temp rise. Sub day for day 2 to do practice probs #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 156 Physical Sci - Finished our plate tectonic diagrams. Interest starting to click! Lot more google map viewing to see mountain ranges and trenches. I went to Uni in Los Angeles and talked about how often we’d feel earthquakes which blew my Ss minds #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 156 Physics - Charles Law today and discussed compressed air cans and hot air balloons. #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 155 Physical Sci - Revisited the plate tectonic notes since I was out last week. Combining having students annotate their diagrams and find the real world examples of these plate boundaries in Google Maps #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 155 Physics - Did a lab on Boyles law and Gay-Lusaac Law using vernier probes to investigate relationships between pressure temperature and volume #iteachphysics #teach180

Day 154 Physical Sci - following up plate boundary lesson with a helpful self-directed sim. Had another kid begin barfing but luckily had already planned to take the day 🙄 May has been rough. #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

7.6 - Exploring Plate Boundaries

Exploring Plate Boundaries bit.ly/watkinsplatesimulation In this activity you will use a computer simulation to explore the different types of plate boundaries and the landforms created. CONVERGE...

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Day 153 Physical Sci - another barfy kid another sub day. One of my favorite lessons became the sub plan, going over tectonic plate boundaries. Later found out that Canvas was down/hacked so will need to revisit #iteachphysics #teach180 docs.google.com/presentation...

Plate Tectonic Notes & Resources

Earth’s Interior Draw out the labels and descriptions on your paper Convection Currents

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Day 153/154 Physics - Stomach Bug finally caught up to me and all 5 family members. Just a punt on the week. Had students do notes and an interactive activity about Ideal Gas Laws #iteachphysics #teach180