Creative Physics Education
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Massachusetts, United States
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My goal here at Creative Physics is to help students think outside the box and have fun. As a tutor of physics and math at the high school and college levels, I am aware of both common pitfalls and opportunities for extension activities. I have made several resources to help my students understand concepts better, get more practice, and play around with real-world applications. I will be sharing them here! :)
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Matching Big Numbers to Words and Dots - Elementary Place Value, Dyscalculia
Contains 54 pages of matching numbers to their word forms and, for numbers up to 60, to a set of dots arranged in rows of 10Difficulty increases as numbers get bigger, from single- and double-digit numbers to millionsMany pages are designed to catch common errors (e.g. 1,000,000 vs. 1,000, 100,000 vs. 1,100)Good for learning to write and spell numbers and to connect the numerals with the number of dots at a glance (e.g. to tell 30 from 31 by seeing one dot outside of the tens) Great for dyscalcu
1st - 4th
Numbers, Place Value
Introduction to Calendars Worksheet - Days of the Week, Months of the Year
I saw a need for this while doing a math problem with second graders who didn't know what a weekday was. So, I made this quick, freebie worksheet. Hopefully this will help others the way it has helped my second graders to fill in basic gaps in their knowledge. Let me know if you want more like this.
PreK - 3rd
Applied Math, Measurement, Telling Time
Jelly Beans, Eggs, and Baskets Worksheet -- Place Value and Powers of 10
This worksheet can be helpful for students who are having trouble with place value and the idea that there are 10 tens in 100 and 10 hundreds in 1,000. By having a visual and understandable example of jelly beans in eggs and eggs in baskets in bright colors, students can see that there are 10 eggs in a basket and 10 jelly beans in EACH of those eggs. Students can look at pictures to count individually or count by 10s or 100s. Great for elementary school students learning about Place valueCount
K - 3rd
Measurement, Numbers, Place Value
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Experience
My goal here at Creative Physics is to help students think outside the box and have fun. As a tutor of physics and math at the high school and college levels, I am aware of both common pitfalls and opportunities for extension activities. I have made several resources to help my students understand concepts better, get more practice, and play around with real-world applications. I will be sharing them here! :)
Teaching style
I meet each student where they are at. This often means explaining a topic in a different way or going back to review prerequisite skills. With more advanced students, I can introduce new, creative applications. In all cases, I challenge students to truly understand what we are doing.
Awards & shining teacher moments
My favorite moments are watching students' faces light up as they say "Ohhhh!" and finally get it!
My own education history
With a Bachelors and Masters in Mechanical Engineering, I understand many applications of physics and math and use these to help my students.
Additional biographical information
Outside of teaching, I love dancing and arts and crafts like sewing, knitting, and crocheting. I sometimes incorporate these into teaching physics and math because they provide great, fun real world applications. (Dance: forces, torque, angular momentum; sewing: thinking in 3D, geometry nets; knitting/crochet: polar vs. rectangular coordinates, counting, skip counting, and multiplication for younger students, surface area and volume, slope (increase/decrease).) I believe there are applications of physics and math all around us, and harnessing those can make these subjects more understandable, relatable, and fun.
I have been tutoring physics at the high school and college levels for three years. I have been tutoring math at the kindergarten through college levels for two years. I have also tutored students in reading at the primary school level, taught environmental science in a second grade classroom, and taught environmental science at an outdoor nature camp to 5-14 year olds. Additionally, I've taught classes I created from scratch on solutions to climate change and on emotional intelligence to high schoolers.
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