Mar 20 2009
TeachMeet Physics – Perth, 19 March 2009
A bunch of physics teachers met up in Perth last night for what we believe to be the first ever subject specific TeachMeet. We had a great turnout for an evening meeting outside the central belt, with people from Edinburgh, Fife, Dundee, Aberdeen, Helensburgh and Thurso(!) in attendance. The speakers were;
- Drew Burrett (Hermitage Academy) -- Using Glow in the Physics Classroom
- Michael Walker (Robert Gordon College) -- Ruben tube (see video below)
- Sinclair Mackenzie (Thurso High) -- iPod my Physics
- Iain Lawrie (George Watson’s College) - A cup of tea and a chocolate digestive (encouraging pupil engagement with Latent Heat)
- Bob Kibble (Moray House) - ’Just a moment, aren’t they simultaneous equations?’ Impress your maths colleagues with wooden beams
- Drew Burrett -- National Glow Group for Physics teachers
- Dave Spittal (Kinross High) -- things that can be achieved using cheap web cams in demonstrations
- Nick Hood (Glenwood High) - A proposal for “Mathematical Modelling in the new Higher”
We also had Andrew Brown joining us from a Glow Meet that Drew had set up and several people followed proceedings via a flashmeeting. The flashmeeting was recorded, so you can click on that link to watch the event. Dave Spittal captured the sessions on his camcorder, so an edited version may appear at some point in the future. As Physics teachers know, it was compulsory to round a night like this off with a curry. Thanks to Neil Winton for recommending the Manzil.
As promised, here is Michael’s video of the Ruben tube in action
Several teachmeet rules were thrown out the window, few stopped talking after 7 minutes and we took questions. I have grabbed the audio of my own talk from the flashmeeting. You can listen using the player below. Be warned -- it’s longer than 7 minutes and it is a bit loud due to the headset microphone we used so you might want to turn the volume down if you are using headphones!
