Category Archives: twitter

Rigid bodies, formulation and examples

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Andy Rundquist

My friend Rhett Allain gave me a good challenge recently with this tweet: I had been working on a problem that he posted about regarding a bead sliding freely on a hoop that is spinning about an axis in its … Continue reading →

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Physics Teachers Are Awesome

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Andy Rundquist

I’ve started a project that brings me joy. I’m hoping to help spread that around! I was looking around for ways that I could support physics teachers who were working so hard to teach during this pandemic. I was reflecting … Continue reading →

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Helium whistling

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Andy Rundquist

Earlier today my son asked me a question I didn’t know the answer to. So I took to twitter: son asked if inhaling He raises you whistle. I say yes but I'm not sure. Anyone know? — Andy Rundquist (@arundquist) … Continue reading →

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Can a pendulum save you?

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Andy Rundquist

I’m so thankful to my friend Chija for pointing out this video for me: Here’s her tweet https://t.co/dE3xMo3lRc can't wait to analyze this video in class! #ilovephysics #soexcited — Chija Bauer (@bauerphysics) January 25, 2016 When I saw it I … Continue reading →

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String resonance

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Andy Rundquist

My friend Will posted a cool animation today: GIF of the forced fixed string envelope showing nodes/antinodes for different k values. Driver on left. http://t.co/nCZh93arYa — Will Slaton (@wslaton) October 4, 2014 It got me thinking about the lab we … Continue reading →

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Breadth vs depth

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Andy Rundquist

This tweet really got me thinking recently: @rjallain @orzelc Sorry if you have already discussed this, but I'm interested in a discussion on what college profs want from HS physics. — Casey Rutherford (@rutherfordcasey) May 15, 2014 In the Global … Continue reading →

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Human loop speed

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Andy Rundquist

Rhett Allain’s post about a human running around a loop has really got me (and him!) thinking (click through to see the video). I wondered if there was a more sophisticated way to do the calculation for the minimum speed … Continue reading →

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Building community with #NaBloCoMo

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Andy Rundquist

It seems November means lots of things to lots of people. Writers try to do 50,000 words with #NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and bloggers try to do a new post every day with #NaBloPoMo (National Blog Post Month). I … Continue reading →

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Teaching article reading

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Andy Rundquist

Today my research students and I did a fun activity. We’ve found several papers that are connected to the work we’re doing, and I wanted to sit with my students to pore over them to see where the gaps were … Continue reading →

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GPD vs AAPT

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Andy Rundquist

This week I went to the summer meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). It was great to see so many friends (some of whom I hadn’t met face to face before) and it was fun to brainstorm … Continue reading →

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