We want to reach as many students as possible. Physical scientists have wonderful careers and solve REAL WORLD PROBLEMS THAT MATTER!
Physics for Everyone!
Author: Professor Wright
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I was so happy to be invited to provide commentary after the movie The Martian at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington. They have this cool grant for scientists to provide commentary after watching a movie to the community. It was a hoot. And it jives with my message in my first community book. Okay…
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Hump Day! Yes it is Wednesday! But it is also the half way point for my summer classes. I am teaching 15 credits right now, trying to get a couple of grants in, and tonight doing the movie with sciencists thing. (I am so exciting and have been reading a lot about Mars.) So I…
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Today we had a nearly full team at Valley Stream Central high school (Rob De La Cruz’s classes) for the last Lab for Kids meeting of the year! Thank you to Dr. Dan, Kylie, Alyssa, Anjali, and Aleeza for all your help today. It was a hoot. Major excitement and brilliant students at Valley Stream…
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I love that Physics Today is still a print magazine! And I can’t wait until I get the version in the mail in July! That being said I am super happy that our new Physics Today article is now available online. My co-authors, Shannon Clardy and Brad Conrad, and I took a look at student…
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Today we are at Hicksville HS for Lab for Kids! Dr. Dan, Kylie, and Dom are with me. (I can’t believe that Kylie and Dom are still doing Lab for Kids even though they are graduated. They are so nice.) We are meeting with all the physics students today! 8 sessions with most of them…
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Is there something in water in the water? I feel I have gotten more minutia from the bean counters in the past few days than I have gotten in years? Every detail has been challenged, debated, and discussed! That’s fine, I am an open book. It just takes time to discuss all the details. Its like…
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I took a break from my summer class for a visit to Dr. Ghada Nehmeh’s physics classes at Bronx Science. I am here with Lab for Kids stars Kylie and Dom! Wow! Bronx Science is a special place. All the students are going to amazing universities all over the world next year. And a lot…
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I love commencement. I am so proud of our graduating seniors! It has been absolutely amazing 3-5 years (depending on the student)! So many good laughs and heartwarming stories! This group of students was amazing! (My pictures weren’t so good this year.)
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On Wednesday Dr Dan, Anjali, and I were at JFK Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School for Lab for Kids! We had an amazing day at the school! And the teachers bought us PIZZA. YUMMY! Honestly it was doing finals time so we were a little disheveled. We ran out of transparency plastic and…
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Finished up my Environmental class with presentations on student projects. Last week I showed you the solar powered hat fan. The last two projects were fun. A Solar powered car and solar powered USB-C phone charger. We didn’t test it on an actual phone because I didn’t want to fry them.Super fun projects! Great students!…