Joe Cossette

BeeSpi Marble Ramp Materials for a physics classroom kit of BeeSpi velocity probes and marble ramps to measure and quantify acceleration

I also made a post on my website detailing the total set up that we put together to maximize the impact of these probes. These kits quickly became a favorite of ours for making our hands-on kinematics experiences more complete. #iteachphysics

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Arbor Scientific gave me an opportunity to share my favorite ways to use our new BeeSpi self contained photogates! Check out the official blog post for all of the details 😀

I love this.

I designed a little 3D printed laser mount for a diffraction lab to determine the thickness of a hair. I underestimated how much cooler it is for students to use physics to calculate a value that they have personal connection to. 😀

Files on the Blog
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They would work on a whiteboard! (or just tape them to the wall 😉)

Magnetic Projectile Hoop by Passionately Curious MakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models This hoop is designed to use as a target for students to calculate and place so that an angled projectile makes it through. The model requires two 6mm x 3mm magnets press fit into the holes. By doing ...

File for the 3D printed magnetic hoop can be found here:
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magnetic hoop with pom pom streamers

magnetic hoops and projectile launcher

magnetic hoops and projectile launcher

The magnetic hoops made the logistics of aiming and placing a lot easier. Pom pom streamers added to make the success more visible and dramatic 😎

For a little remix of @afreeparticle.com's "Rings of Fire", I 3D printed some magnetic hoops that students could stick to the lockers at any height and distance. For some classes, I gave groups a target time and some I gave a target horizontal distance.

Day 38 Physics & Physical Sci - Did @cossettej.bsky.social newton block lab. Lots of setup so did it with both classes. My old set of blocks were beat up and missing pieces so adapted my set of a million go cars to do the same thing. Great lab to do each year! #iteachphysics #teach180

This video is gorgeous 😍

Topographic Mystery Lab Topographic mystery activity for students to map elevation of an unknown landform and match it to a virtual model by creating a topographic contour map

To make topographic mapping a little more hands-on in our Earth Science classes, we updated the classic shoebox and dowel approach with some 3D Printed mystery landforms. 😏

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This is such an awesome visualization of a black body graph. I can't wait to use this with students!! #iteachphysics

We explored continental drift in my Earth Science with this 3D printed version of the Plate Tectonic Puzzle by the American Museum of Natural History (@amnh.org)
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Patterns in Physics Inspired by the work of the Patterns Approach to Physics , I wanted to start my IB Physics classes with a short exposure to different types of mathematical models that they will see. Due to time...

New blog post!! I wanted to share the mini lab set up that I used to introduce mathematical models in my physics classes. I'm especially proud of the inverse square relationship comparing the diameter and length of a playdough snake 😊 #iteachphysics

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The Game of Science Students must complete this first week science task to determine the rules to a board game just by observing how it is played

Day 1 cont: 12 Ss started with @cossettej.bsky.social's passionatelycurioussci.weebly.com/blog/game-of.... This is a great way to kick-start the 12s and we talked about the challenges of figuring out the rules of the game from within the game #teach180 🎢

There is no better sign that we will be using ramps than walking into the classroom and seeing one of those Holt texts on the lab bench 😅

I'm convinced that playing with dry ice is the most engaging introduction to constant velocity that I've ever tried. I'm looking forward to continually referencing this shared experience when we get to Newton's Laws 😃 #iteachphysics

Based on the conversations people are having about my image, I think yours does a better job connecting to the *true* definition of "precision". Using cutting wood to length makes way more sense to me than variation in multiple digital measurements. Thanks for sharing!

It's tricky because I think precision is typically present as this "deviation" approach. The issue that I have with it is that massing something as "100g" five times in a row doesn't make it more precise. Both ideas have value, but I find this instrumental definition more useful to students.

Looks like you had a busy but engaging week! I can definitely relate with the first week feelings...

haha we confirmed it with that last balance on the right of course 😅

I finally got around to making a new visual for precision and accuracy that doesn't use a target!! I'm looking forward to introducing these concepts alongside uncertainty in a way that is a little more authentic to scientific measurements 🧪

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I've never thought of using MCWordle with intro questions like this. Awesome idea!! 😁

Printable Periodic Table Editable Periodic Table for Printing

It's so nice to have the ability to edit it to include exactly what you want! Here's a version that my colleagues and I made in powerpoint 😅

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If your reality is like mine, you will end up doing that anyway (one group at a time) so I think a preset example is a good idea to give them a model. That way they are more ready to do the thinking that you want then to do

And yes. I am still grieving the loss of what we used to have in terms of a vibrant online community. 😩

I think the magic of this is in the "respond to these student ideas" on the second page. 😊 I could see students getting bogged down in the logistics of the data collection. This could probably be addressed with a general diagram of the set up and maybe a completed velocity direction column.

As a warning, the stuff that I have posted isn't updated yet for the 2025 curriculum yet. I'm hoping to get some of the new stuff up there this summer and during the school year...

I know this is a simple thing but I really like this. 😊

New doppler effect phenomenon just dropped! 😅

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