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PHYSICS WITH SNAP!

BLENDING 9TH GRADE PHYSICS AND BLOCK PROGRAMMING

Your students can learn physics and basic block programming with Snap! at the same time.  Let's put those Chromebooks to good use!  This is an approach of teaching and learning physics poised to evolve!   Besides this blog, learn more at www.physicswithsnap.com

The Dilemma

Different "Good Stuff"

We are doing the "good stuff" of physics, right now. Students are practicing the skill of interpreting information involving forces and...

Note to Self

I thought today's Snap! assignment would be on-target for student skill level. It was, generally so, but I seem to fall into the same...

Take a BRAKE

Kinematic Equation Solver

I have been surprised with the difficulty my students are having completing the first project (see previous post). I felt that I...

Feedback Time

At the end of our first unit about constant-velocity motion, I tasked students to make a sprite move across the display and return to its...

Use It or Lose It

This week passed with no significant Snap! use in my class. I believe such lulls in coding activities are to be avoided. Student...

The Secret Sauce to Physics Sims

Tailoring Snap! scripts a certain way opens the door to simulating motion in the study of forces, momentum, projectiles, energy and more....

A Critical Lesson

Teaching physics effectively is difficult. Teaching physics and programming (effectively) at the same time is more difficult. This...

Snap! as a Second Language

My wife and I spent almost 10 years doing development work in Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Thailand. We became proficient in the most...

Snap! as Presentation Medium

I am fortunate to have a large panel display connected to my laptop in the classroom. It's a new asset, this year. It allows me to use...

Is this physics class or CS class?

I have now had two opportunities to begin my semester in honors ninth-grade physics with an abundance of Snap! The first time my...

Physics and Snap! - Animating ideas

Here is a very simple Snap! program that makes a car move across a display. Click the green flag and watch what happens. Then, click on...

Resources for learning Snap!

The best thing to do is get to the Snap! on-line editor and start programming. Snap! is VERY similar to Scratch. Any experience with...

Why blog?

I am a high school physics teacher near Reading PA. My first five years out of college I worked as an engineer. I learned to code for...

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