Comments on: Why read physics blogs? http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/10/13/why-read-physics-blogs/ science education, communication, and myths Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:29:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Thomas Neil Neubert http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/10/13/why-read-physics-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-2281 Thomas Neil Neubert Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:27:16 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=728#comment-2281 I've written a book titled A Critique of Pure Physics. It is fully viewable at http://books.google.com/books?printsec=frontcover&id=_Le0UwlB-QAC#v=onepage&q=&f=false Written with a different attitude this book could have been title The Ten Most Embarrassing Questions to Ask Your Physics Teacher, or it could have been called The Cracks in the Bedrock of Physics. But I choose to write a scholarly but readable book. It would be a good reference to students to help shake loose the reverence and intimidation with which students often approach physics. Topics of the book could be used to complement discussion of topics like Hubble's law, the nature of time, the reasonable limits of theory, black holes, etc. I’ve written a book titled A Critique of Pure Physics. It is fully viewable at http://books.google.com/books?printsec=frontcover&id=_Le0UwlB-QAC#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Written with a different attitude this book could have been title The Ten Most Embarrassing Questions to Ask Your Physics Teacher, or it could have been called The Cracks in the Bedrock of Physics. But I choose to write a scholarly but readable book. It would be a good reference to students to help shake loose the reverence and intimidation with which students often approach physics. Topics of the book could be used to complement discussion of topics like Hubble’s law, the nature of time, the reasonable limits of theory, black holes, etc.

]]> By: Reginald http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/10/13/why-read-physics-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-1395 Reginald Tue, 19 May 2009 01:24:16 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=728#comment-1395 http://motls.blogspot.com/ You gotta love Lubos!!! http://motls.blogspot.com/

You gotta love Lubos!!!

]]> By: Super Science Fair Projects http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/10/13/why-read-physics-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-1310 Super Science Fair Projects Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:55:43 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=728#comment-1310 Why read science blogs? Well they can be a great source for inspiration for personal projects. Kids working on their science fair projects, for example, can find both great background material and project ideas inside the annals of science blogs. Why read science blogs? Well they can be a great source for inspiration for personal projects. Kids working on their science fair projects, for example, can find both great background material and project ideas inside the annals of science blogs.

]]> By: Thomas http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/10/13/why-read-physics-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Thomas Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:19:12 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=728#comment-775 i find good and interesting physics stuff on physicshandbook.com it includes laws, experiments, videos and different topics on physics. you can visit at http://www.physicshandbook.com you can find different calculators to solve physics equation. you can visit for calculators at http://www.calculatoredge.com i find good and interesting physics stuff on physicshandbook.com

it includes laws, experiments, videos and different topics on physics.

you can visit at http://www.physicshandbook.com

you can find different calculators to solve physics equation.

you can visit for calculators at
http://www.calculatoredge.com

]]> By: Ronald http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/10/13/why-read-physics-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Ronald Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:00:41 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=728#comment-455 Physicsworks.ca works for all of you...I guess =;-/) Physicsworks.ca works for all of you…I guess

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]]> By: Ronald http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/10/13/why-read-physics-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Ronald Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:58:59 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=728#comment-454 It looks like we just need more sciencegeekgirl's! There are plenty of high quality physics links out there and of course physics blogs. Physics on the Net is just great, you can contact more and more physicists with their blogs, websites whatever works..physics works forever! cu around guys It looks like we just need more sciencegeekgirl’s!

There are plenty of high quality physics links out there and of course physics blogs.
Physics on the Net is just great, you can contact more and more physicists with their blogs, websites whatever works..physics works forever!

cu around guys

]]> By: sciencegeekgirl http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/10/13/why-read-physics-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-456 sciencegeekgirl Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:36:05 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=728#comment-456 I want to thank everyone for giving me such useful comments on why you use blogs! You've given me delightful fodder for this article, and it's going to be difficult to keep it to length. Also, thanks everyone for pointing me to Dot Physics, which I hadn't yet discovered. Great stuff! I love this community. I want to thank everyone for giving me such useful comments on why you use blogs! You’ve given me delightful fodder for this article, and it’s going to be difficult to keep it to length.

Also, thanks everyone for pointing me to Dot Physics, which I hadn’t yet discovered. Great stuff! I love this community.

]]> By: Fran http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/10/13/why-read-physics-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Fran Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:36:19 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=728#comment-457 Hi, I have only recently started offering physics blog links on my school website, and currently I have only two: Dot Physics and Twisted Physics. My students can suggest others to me, and if I approve them I will link to them from my blog page. I like the idea of students reading things that will get them thinking and asking questions. Often they ask me about things I haven't seen (one student brought up ITER today, and I still haven't taken the time to read about it), but if it is from a physics blog there is a chance I will have glanced at it. Like Melissa, I hope to help students learn to evaluate material on the internet for reliability and usefulness, and I think that is easier to do if kids are talking to me about stuff they find on the internet. Weldon mentions publishing his lessons on a blog. I would like to suggest the physics teacher wiki "Pretty Good Physics" which welcomes lessons from physics teachers. You must be a member to upload lessons, and to become a member you have to prove you are a physics teacher by providing some way to check: For example, a link to your school's website where you are on the list of faculty. Also, thank you to Ian for the blog link, I like the way you think! I teach using modeling , and I am looking forward to reading your back posts about teaching and learning. I just wish I had more time to think about this stuff! Anyway, I'm looking forward to reading your article in TPT, Stephanie! And do you know Al Bartlett? If you see him, please say hi from me. -Fran Hi,

I have only recently started offering physics blog links on my school website, and currently I have only two: Dot Physics and Twisted Physics.

My students can suggest others to me, and if I approve them I will link to them from my blog page.

I like the idea of students reading things that will get them thinking and asking questions. Often they ask me about things I haven’t seen (one student brought up ITER today, and I still haven’t taken the time to read about it), but if it is from a physics blog there is a chance I will have glanced at it. Like Melissa, I hope to help students learn to evaluate material on the internet for reliability and usefulness, and I think that is easier to do if kids are talking to me about stuff they find on the internet.

Weldon mentions publishing his lessons on a blog. I would like to suggest the physics teacher wiki “Pretty Good Physics” which welcomes lessons from physics teachers. You must be a member to upload lessons, and to become a member you have to prove you are a physics teacher by providing some way to check: For example, a link to your school’s website where you are on the list of faculty.

Also, thank you to Ian for the blog link, I like the way you think! I teach using modeling , and I am looking forward to reading your back posts about teaching and learning. I just wish I had more time to think about this stuff!

Anyway, I’m looking forward to reading your article in TPT, Stephanie! And do you know Al Bartlett? If you see him, please say hi from me.

-Fran

]]> By: Melissa http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/10/13/why-read-physics-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Melissa Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:10:52 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=728#comment-458 Physics blogs that I find interesting and/or useful: http://blog.dotphys.net/, http://www.physicscentral.com/buzz/, http://scienceblogs.com/principles/, and http://nanoscale.blogspot.com/. I'll be interested to read your article. While I find blogs useful for giving me new ideas to try in the classroom or keep me connected with research developments or discussion of funding, findings, and fun facts, I'm not sure whether I would encourage my students to use science blogs. In particular, there has been a lot of focus on the researchblogging.org site, but currently there simply isn't a critical mass of physics blogs there to make me comfortable sending my students to that site. Also, I am always trying to get students to evaluate the content of information on the internet and to appreciate the value of peer reviewed science. As a result, I generally am reluctant to encourage them to browse blogs to get exposure to current research. For that I prefer to direct them to Phys Rev Focus or the new APS Physics on-line journal. I've actually been spending a lot of time thinking about the role of physics blogs in the classroom for the past couple of months. I think appropriate usage might be different depending on whether you are talking about a high school or a college classroom and also depending on what level you want students to gain exposure to new developments in physics. But I certainly think the tips and stories of blogs are useful and entertaining for physics teachers, even if I am hesitant to endorse sending my students to physics blogs. Physics blogs that I find interesting and/or useful: http://blog.dotphys.net/, http://www.physicscentral.com/buzz/, http://scienceblogs.com/principles/, and http://nanoscale.blogspot.com/.

I’ll be interested to read your article. While I find blogs useful for giving me new ideas to try in the classroom or keep me connected with research developments or discussion of funding, findings, and fun facts, I’m not sure whether I would encourage my students to use science blogs. In particular, there has been a lot of focus on the researchblogging.org site, but currently there simply isn’t a critical mass of physics blogs there to make me comfortable sending my students to that site. Also, I am always trying to get students to evaluate the content of information on the internet and to appreciate the value of peer reviewed science. As a result, I generally am reluctant to encourage them to browse blogs to get exposure to current research. For that I prefer to direct them to Phys Rev Focus or the new APS Physics on-line journal. I’ve actually been spending a lot of time thinking about the role of physics blogs in the classroom for the past couple of months. I think appropriate usage might be different depending on whether you are talking about a high school or a college classroom and also depending on what level you want students to gain exposure to new developments in physics. But I certainly think the tips and stories of blogs are useful and entertaining for physics teachers, even if I am hesitant to endorse sending my students to physics blogs.

]]> By: michelle http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/10/13/why-read-physics-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-463 michelle Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:30:16 +0000 http://sciencegeekgirl.com/?p=728#comment-463 I am a high school Physics teacher of 12 years. I LOVE having blogs to read. I feel connected to the Physics community in a way I never experienced before. Invariably there will be material that will be shared that is too specific to one aspect of physics that assumes more background physics knowledge than I have. However, I find most of the time topics are shared in a manner that is summarized in a way that is completely understandable and I can share with my students within the classroom setting. It adds a flavor to my lectures/demonstrations/discussions that I never had before. I like being tied to the physics community and what is topically 'hot' at the moment. I like the fantastic tidbits that are shared that can enhance my presentations to my students. I especially like the You Tube videos that "Swans on Tea" find! I have about a dozen physics blogs that I skim thru each day...including yours! Some include: "Physics and Physicists", "Uncertain Principles", "Cocktail Party Physics". Hope this helps! I am a high school Physics teacher of 12 years. I LOVE having blogs to read. I feel connected to the Physics community in a way I never experienced before. Invariably there will be material that will be shared that is too specific to one aspect of physics that assumes more background physics knowledge than I have. However, I find most of the time topics are shared in a manner that is summarized in a way that is completely understandable and I can share with my students within the classroom setting. It adds a flavor to my lectures/demonstrations/discussions that I never had before. I like being tied to the physics community and what is topically ‘hot’ at the moment. I like the fantastic tidbits that are shared that can enhance my presentations to my students. I especially like the You Tube videos that “Swans on Tea” find! I have about a dozen physics blogs that I skim thru each day…including yours! Some include: “Physics and Physicists”, “Uncertain Principles”, “Cocktail Party Physics”. Hope this helps!

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