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18 July 2020
Note: You may want to read Part 1 first to get some context. Check out the acoustic levitator in action! I was only levitating a small piece of styrofoam in this case, but it’s a promising start! I was able to get to school the other day and had a...
17 July 2020
I was recently reminded of a cool TED Talk I came across several years ago when I was teaching a 7th grade physical science course. After talking about sound waves, the students were learning about the electromagnetic spectrum. Unlike sound, light has both wave and particle behaviour, but it is...
24 June 2020
Update: Check out Part 2! Waves show up in nature all over the place, but the most interesting ones are invisible. One of the many challenges I face in teaching 7th grade science is creating up-close and personal connections for students as they try to wrap their minds around the...