Wesley Morgan

We've reached the bad place where people are writing things with AI to people who summarize them with AI.

I'm trying to make graphs of every topic on Jeopardy, and this time I did a couple for golf. This is the list of golfers who were mentioned more than once and one a Major. Data is from PGA and J-Archive and I made the graphics in Affinity. #golf #dataviz #jeopardy

President Russell M. Nelson, church president and medical pioneer, dies at age 101 President Russell M. Nelson, a world-renowned heart surgeon, medical pioneer and 17th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints died late Saturday.

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has died. President Russell M. Nelson was 101.

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Science Teachers Rare As “Unicorns”—So Why Cut Their Premier Award? 40-year program honoring America's best STEM teachers paused. 4,000+ past winners wonder: Why eliminate $10K award that costs 1¢ per citizen & addresses teacher shortage?

As proud as I was to add my name to the list of Utah PAEMST winners, I was disappointed to realize I will be the last. Thanks to Talia Milgrom-Elcott for including my thoughts here. And thanks to my wife for reminding me I'm too old to say I made Forbes "under 30."

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I’ve been trying to study every Boxing clue that has shown up on Jeopardy! Based on my research, I decided to make three charts of what I found interesting. The data is from J-Archive, BoxRec, and IMDb. I used DataWrapper and Affinity Designer to make the graphics.

Man, it's bittersweet that in my last year of teaching I finally have almost every student pass the AP Physics 1 test. That new curriculum helped, but I also finally had a good system of test prep.

We found that metronomes are great for time!

What if a college was recruiting a girl who ran a 4:30 mile, but downgraded her scholarship because she ran a 6:30 in 9th grade? That's exactly what they do with GPA, weighing your abilities from 3 years ago the same as your accomplishments today. #edusky #gradingreform

Some other general science channels you probably know are SciShow, Be Smart, Kurzgesagt, and VSauce, who is another creator that has taken a break to focus on his subscription business (Curiosity Box). Let me know if I missed any of your favorites! 19/19

The rest: 3Blue1Brown often brings Physics into his math videos. Slow Motion Guys has excellent clips for a Physics class. Other smaller Physics/Engineering channels worth checking out are Up and Atom, Alpha Phoenix, Science Asylum, Fermilab, Real Engineering, and Engineer Guy. 18/x

YouTube video by Physics Girl How I broke a wine glass with my VOICE (using science!)

Even in her early videos, she had great explanations of Turbulence, Resonance, Mirrors, Polarization, Buoyancy, Touch screens, and Laser cooling. 17/x
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YouTube video by Physics Girl First Update From Dianna (Physics Girl)

The Physics Girl also started with the help of PBS but then became independent. She has been suffering from Long Covid for 2 years, but amazingly she has just returned to walking and talking independently. 16/x
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YouTube video by PBS Space Time The Andromeda-Milky Way Collision

PBS SpaceTime is amazing for Quantum and Astrophysics, just look at any of their playlists. They used to do more questions and answers, and my physics class was featured at the end of this video! 15/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P1x...

YouTube video by Steve Mould This Rod Fountain Finally Proves Me Right

The way chains siphon out of a container was even named after him. He has excellent videos on Tensegrity, Oscillations, Angular Momentum, LEDs, Resonance, Laser Interference, Hearing, Gravitational Waves, and Inverted Bubbles. 14/x
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YouTube video by Steve Mould The Pythagorean Siphon Inside Your Washing Machine

Steve Mould is not as well-known as Derek or Destin, but he should be! His transparent models of siphons and fluid systems are incredible for understanding household objects. 13/x
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YouTube video by Practical Engineering Sand Castle Holds Up A Car! - Mechanically Stabilized Earth

Practical Engineering explains civil infrastructure, like Stabilized Earth, Water Towers, and the Power Grid with physics equations to explain what is happening. I can’t imagine teaching a unit on Pressure without his videos. 12/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=0olp...

YouTube video by The Action Lab Running Off A Vehicle Backwards At The Same Speed That It Is Driving Forward!

The Action Lab has thrived by making short clips with clickbait titles that bring people into his full videos. I really enjoy his simple experiments on Relative Motion, Mirrors, Perpetual Motion, and Infrared. 11/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q4f...

YouTube video by minutephysics Why is the Solar System Flat?

Some of my favorites are about Hollow Earth, Flat Solar System, Bell’s Theorem, Special Relativity, Magnets, Topography, Antimatter, Lasers, Sprinting vs. Falling, Light Bulb Types, and Diffraction Resolution. 10/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmNX...

YouTube video by minutephysics What if the Earth were Hollow?

@minutephysics-bot.bsky.social made short-form videos before it was cool. His videos have gotten longer and much less frequent, but I have really enjoyed the spinoff channels about Earth science and Food. 9/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN-F...

YouTube video by SmarterEveryDay How does a whip break the sound barrier? (Slow Motion Shockwave formation) - Smarter Every Day 207

His excellent videos on physics applications include Bullet & Baseball collisions, Snatch Blocks, Archery, Tempered Glass, Engine Cycles, 2D Treadmills, Laminar Flow, Printed Magnets, Whip Cracks, Curling, Surface Tension, and Fourier Series. 8/x
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YouTube video by SmarterEveryDay Slow Motion Flipping Cat Physics | Smarter Every Day 58

Destin’s SmarterEveryDay video on Cat Flipping made me want to be a teacher! Recently he has focused on his PhD and longer passion projects like manufacturing a grill scrubber. 7/x
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YouTube video by Veritasium The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of

He has made the definitive videos on topics, such as the Magnus Effect, Gyroscopes, Metric Standards, Poynting Vectors, General Relativity, Radioactivity, Bowling, Jumping Robots, Cable Forces, Higgs Field, Origami, Entropy, Analog Computers, and more! 6/x
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YouTube video by Veritasium Khan Academy and the Effectiveness of Science Videos

Derek Muller from Veritasium has a PhD in Physics videos, where his research was on addressing misconceptions. 5/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVtC...

YouTube video by Mark Rober Automatic Bullseye, MOVING Dartboard

I always use his Liquid Sand Hot Tub for Buoyancy and his Auto-Bullseye Dart Board for Projectiles. Be sure to check out his Smallest Nerf Gun and Carnival & Arcade Scams. His videos have become less frequent as he focuses on his Crunch Lab subscriptions. 4/x
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YouTube video by Mark Rober Liquid Sand Hot Tub- Fluidized air bed

Six years ago, Mark Rober was a cool engineer from my local university (BYU) who a few of my students had heard of. With his glitter bomb and squirrel maze videos, he quickly became a household name. 3/x
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Since the advent of YouTube Shorts in 2021, their algorithm has pushed everything to be either 30 seconds or 30 minutes. Videos in class also aren’t as exciting for kids who watch (silent) videos on their phone most of the day, so I have to pick out the best parts. 2/x

I made a graphic of my favorite Physics Youtubers. I feel like the Golden Age of Science YouTube was from about 2011-21, when most of these creators grew and hit their peak. When I first started teaching, most videos were around 5 minutes, which was perfect. 1/x

We debate a lot of teaching strategies, but you're right that a lot comes down to just helping the student and teacher care about the material.
I COMPLETELY agree on the soullessness of hotel conference rooms. Please do PD in schools on weekends/summers so I can be in a real classroom!