Ms. Magary Physics

I know I married the right guy because it’s a 3-day weekend and we’re trash talking how the default Google Slides dark layout is dark gray instead of black. 🖤

Mine are done with different colors for each handout so I can be like “get out the yellow lab sheet” or whatever. Color coding is great.

Rainbow of color coded laptops on a charging cart

Organizing these lab computers might be the most visually pleasing thing I have ever done 🌈 #EduSky

College clubs becoming just as competitive as getting into college On many California campuses, student clubs now require applications and interviews to assess prospective new members.

This article tired me out and it’s only Jan 7 edsource.org/2025/college...

A plaid shirt from one of my favorite games 😅

Me in an N7 plaid shirt

Best thing about getting married in 2024 is saying my husband could get me the ✨most perfect gift✨

You too! I was sorry to hear of your dad’s passing. I don’t think we ever met but I met your dad a few times and visited your parents in CT one time and Christmas cards/letters are a staple of my family (except for me)

@drewmagary.bsky.social Hey. 👋 Your dad was my dad’s cousin with the same name and we are the SF branch of the Magary family, who are admirers of your writing. If you’re ever in SF for work (idk if SFGate makes you travel to the west coast) feel free to reach out.

I also have purple for AP1. Orange for Physics. The students have their own in another color so it’s easy to tell for tests if they are using the right one.

I am mildly obsessive about my handout colors too. “The bright blue handout” (guide to linearization) is the one I refer most to.

Let's think about the disparity of education resources in this country: Which kids are going to get an AI tutor and which kids are going to get a teacher?

I’m still working on it! Got a little delayed in December

@pnwphysics.bsky.social I liked your Vernier sensor applications article! The carseat experiment was great! #ITeachPhysics

The rumor mill continues to run wild. Just had this exchange:
S: I didn't wear my nicest clothes in my video, but if I change into them for class can I get the extra credit bonus for wearing a suit?
Me: 😐

and just like an inverse curve, a lot of the disbelief goes down between x=0 and x=1 😅

*hauls out rubric again, sighing*

It's now 2024 and I had three boys ask if we were doing anything after AP testing and if not, could I shave their heads in class? This also started an unfounded rumor today that students could get a haircut in their final project for extra credit. 🤔

In 2013 after 2 homeroom students finished taking a state test, one of them, a freshman who was an aspiring barber, pulled out his whole haircut set and was about to set up in the corner (while other students finished) just because it was not SPECIFICALLY on the "no talking, no electronics" list 💈

I suppose the sign you've been a teacher for a while is when the weird things that have happened to you before happen again. Like it is now 2x in my career that I have had to tell students "no haircuts in class after standardized testing" 🤷‍♀️ #EduSky

People setting up a prop on a performance stage.

SF Bay Area folks, we are getting ready for our December performances. We do fun physics demos for kids! Get your tickets at www.thephysicsshow.com Our proceeds go to supporting science outreach for Title 1 ("free lunch") schools. Tell your friends!

We did this as our first energy/work lab in AP 1 last spring. I used bottle caps (the plastic kind) and it worked really well!

Physics cookie with Fg=mg written on it

I do not recommend going to school recovering from food poisoning, not even for one period. But my student made me these #iteachphysics cookies (there’s a density one below) and it’s so cute. I just wish I could eat them. 🥺

Bsky team were planning for "future owner is an adversary" not recognising that "current owners are one Peter Thiel phonecall from being an adversary" also should have been a risk on the table.

Need to ask ChatGPT for a response with grace to this request.

If I don’t put a due date on something on Canvas, it might as well not exist for my students. So why am I getting an email asking for a letter of rec by 10pm tonight because the student forgot to add me as a recommender (on Naviance) until now? 😔

Join us Wednesday, 12/11, at 5:00 PM PST for the Physics with Phones @Home free online workshop. LLNL scientist Dave Rakestraw and I investigate rotation. Intended for HS and college intro physics teachers. Zoom link and more info can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1s1BF... #ITeachPhysics

6.022x10^23x10=6.022×10^24. Now you’re just moving the decimal place one more over. 🫠

I carpooled with math teachers for 80 miles/day while I was getting my credential. They thought everything I had to do as a physics teacher was cringey in some way. It’s baffling to me because this is like…most of where students are using HS math outside of math class.

That was actually pretty similar to the science teacher explanation I was going to give with scientific notation that I was sure was going to make a math teacher mad if I posted it 😅

My starter died 😭 but I might get some from our culinary teacher and start again

Just an amazing loaf of sourdough bread

The only good thing to come from the Bad Times in was massive amounts of bread. As a 6th gen San Franciscan, it was finally my time. 🥖