Accelerated Physics
This is a podcast about learning and teaching physics, from someone who's been in the trenches for almost two decades. We'll also discuss how to relate the classroom to big ideas in contemporary research: like what circuits have to do with quantum mechanics, how special relativity impacts us - literally every day - and how the Doppler effect can teach us about the earliest moments - and the farthest reaches - of our universe.
Whether you’re a student or an instructor, you’ll find a wealth of ideas both practical and inspirational. Here at the Pasayten Institute, we’re convinced that like photons, perspectives should be exchanged, and often!
Join the discussion! Drop us a line: [email protected]. We can't wait to talk shop with you.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2021
Physics Friday: g-2, STEAM and Ingenuity on Mars
Physics Friday
Muon g-2
The experiment webpage, and some extra videos and links to the Seminar can be found here.
STEAM > STEM
Brandi's @sciartbro instagram account
Arts at Cern, and their instagram acco…
Teaching Strategies : Good and Bad ways to Grade Exams
Lessons Learned in Grading
1. Grading in groups builds community.
2. Get it done. ASAP. For your own sanity and for closing the feedback loop faster.
3. Go birds eye first: student errors typically fall…
Learning Strategies : Think like a Physicist with... Benzene?
Think like a Physicist?
Physicists have their own culture, and part of that culture is a kind of collective, self reflection. One of the most common targets? Creative problem solving.
If you want to se…
Physics Friday 2: Some physics new from the week that was!
Physics Friday
Majorana Particles : The neutrino may well be a Majorana fermion, experiments are currently underway. In condensed matter, many folks are hot on the trail of a quasi Majorana fermion. A…
Big Ideas : Spin in Classical and Quantum Mechanics
Angular Momentum, Magnetic Dipoles and Quantized Spin
We take ideas in first year physics: angular momentum and current loops, and describe to what extent they can model the magnetic dipole moment of …
Teaching Strategies : The open-homework quiz
Incentive homework without having to grade it
Last week we discussed using quizzes as a poll for student’s comprehension of the material. This week, we’re turning that idea on its head. Let’s discuss …
Learning Strategies : Samir's rule of three : 3 times without looking
Testing your Deliberate Practice
The most impactful advice for learning math and science I ever receive came - unsurprisingly - in a physics class. It was an electrodynamics class. It’s heavy subject …
Physics Friday : Some physics new from the week that was!
Physics Friday
The LHCb experiment reports on new tension with the Standard Model of Particle Physics. Check out our write up on this issue. Also check out our rant about why this absolutely is NOT a …
Big Ideas : Special Relativity and Proxima Centauri C
Applied Special Relativity
Today we explore the classic "Astronaut's Twin" paradox from the time dilation effects of Special Relativity, and comment on how it really makes the prospect of an interste…
Teaching Strategies : Polling with Quizzes
Polling with Quizzes
The usual grading cycle of weekly homework and exams can delay feedback to the instructor by well over two weeks. Assessing student understanding with low stakes quizzes can both …
Learning Strategies: Training the Square Root of 25
Learning as Training
Today I'll relate one of my first "ah ha!" moments of teaching mathematics, where the prescriptive instincts of a traditional education in math fails students.
There’s a strong par…
Trailer : Introducing Accelerated Physics
Sean here from the Pasayten Institute. If you haven’t heard us, we’re an organization devoted to development of physics knowledge, for everyone, without barriers. In our new Accelerated Physics podca…