Newton's Minions

A blog about physics education - student work, demonstrations, lesson ideas, and reflections on standards-based grading. Not endorsed by or affiliated with The Tatnall School

Thursday, October 4, 2018

The Universe Tells You If You're Right

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Three recent, easy examples of ways that I've let the students know that they're not trying to please me - that I'm not the fina...

Friday, July 29, 2016

The Power of Student Coding in Physics

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A couple of weeks ago, I gave a 30-minute talk about student coding in physics at the AAPT National Meeting in sunny Sacramento. I'm inc...

Robot Project: Results

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My Electrical Engineering elective ran a term-long project (in the vein of project-based learning) this spring with the goal of building a r...

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Physics and Art: Pollock

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This winter, one of my students came to me with an idea to create an 'art robot' - a robot that could create a piece of art. After s...

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

EE Project: Arduino Project Videos and Specifications Sheets

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Two of the deliverables that students need to submit during the course of my Electrical Engineering robotics project are Arduino project v...

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

EE Projects: Obstacle Sheets

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In my electrical engineering classes, student pairs are hard at work tinkering with Arduino sketches that they think will have some utility...

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Electrical Engineering: A Project-Based Course

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This year, with the new Electrical Engineering elective (prerequisite: electronics), I'm trying out a fully project-based course. With t...

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