iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 18/06/2026

Made a site that takes objects from wikipedia and turns them into endless I Spy > neal.fun/wiki-spy/

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 21/04/2026

Types of Board Game xkcd.com/3235/

Comic: Types of Board Game. [Each panel has a person, a person with a ponytail, a person with shoulder-length hair, and a person with a white hat seated around a table with different board game and pieces on top. (1) Boring: PERSON 3: Each turn, roll a die and move your token. Turns proceed clockwise around the table until we all get tired and go home. (2) Abstract: PERSON 1: Each turn, you can place any number of red triangles or blue squares on a hexagon, or move any hexagon to a... (3) Hyperspecific Theme: PERSON 2: It’s October 2, 1814. The Congress of Vienna convenes. You are each in charge of distributing and lighting candles for the opening ball, which was held at these three locations... (4) Overcomplicated: PERSON 4: It’s a cross between *Twilight Imperium* and *Cones of Dunshhire*, but implemented entirely in category theory. Every cone is a monad, and... (5) Cooperative: PERSON 3: We’re working together to sort these decks of cards using only hand gestures. After that, we’ll silently organize my junk drawer. (6) Branded: PERSON 1: You can play as Phoebe, Chandler, Monica, Rachel, Ross, Joey, or, due to an ill-advised tie-in, Goku. (7) Party: PERSON 2: Each of the cards in your hand has a bad word on it. On the count of three, yell the... (8) Social Deduction: PERSON 3: Remember, per our *find the secret murderer* house rules from last week, discovering that a player has committed a real-life murder does *not* count.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

You have an amazing gift for creating several layers of meaning with the title, art, and even day of posting

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Matt Townsley @mctownsley.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

K-12 grading practices: Competence > Competition.

A visual of a chess board depicting competition among students.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I made some charts to illustrate how the various Winter Olympic Sports, Locations, and Athletes have been mentioned on Jeopardy! over the years. Let me know if you notice any interesting patterns or something I missed!

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I just made a reddit post about two Kickstarter campaigns that compiled a bunch of historical board games into one box. Let me know what you think! www.reddit.com/r/boardgames...

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

My first two thoughts: 1: 4 minutes of correcting a student's behavior now may save 40 minutes later 2: Effective responses should teach the other kids about appropriate behavior and consequences. So I wouldn't see that as a total waste, unless the student just needs an alternative placement.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I made graphs about all the tennis players mentioned on Jeopardy!, comparing how often they were asked about during and after their careers, as well as Singles vs. Doubles success. #tennis #jeopardy #dataviz

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I can't believe those athletes wasted all that time lifting weights. There isn't a single barbell on the field during a game!

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

We've reached the bad place where people are writing things with AI to people who summarize them with AI.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I'm trying to make graphs of every topic on Jeopardy, and this time I did a couple for golf. This is the list of golfers who were mentioned more than once and one a Major. Data is from PGA and J-Archive and I made the graphics in Affinity. #golf #dataviz #jeopardy

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

As proud as I was to add my name to the list of Utah PAEMST winners, I was disappointed to realize I will be the last. Thanks to Talia Milgrom-Elcott for including my thoughts here. And thanks to my wife for reminding me I'm too old to say I made Forbes "under 30." www.forbes.com/sites/taliam...

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Science Teachers Rare As “Unicorns”—So Why Cut Their Premier Award?

40-year program honoring America's best STEM teachers paused. 4,000+ past winners wonder: Why eliminate $10K award that costs 1¢ per citizen & addresses teacher shortage?

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

I’ve been trying to study every Boxing clue that has shown up on Jeopardy! Based on my research, I decided to make three charts of what I found interesting. The data is from J-Archive, BoxRec, and IMDb. I used DataWrapper and Affinity Designer to make the graphics.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Man, it's bittersweet that in my last year of teaching I finally have almost every student pass the AP Physics 1 test. That new curriculum helped, but I also finally had a good system of test prep.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

We found that metronomes are great for time!

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

What if a college was recruiting a girl who ran a 4:30 mile, but downgraded her scholarship because she ran a 6:30 in 9th grade? That's exactly what they do with GPA, weighing your abilities from 3 years ago the same as your accomplishments today. #edusky #gradingreform

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Some other general science channels you probably know are SciShow, Be Smart, Kurzgesagt, and VSauce, who is another creator that has taken a break to focus on his subscription business (Curiosity Box). Let me know if I missed any of your favorites! 19/19

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The rest: 3Blue1Brown often brings Physics into his math videos. Slow Motion Guys has excellent clips for a Physics class. Other smaller Physics/Engineering channels worth checking out are Up and Atom, Alpha Phoenix, Science Asylum, Fermilab, Real Engineering, and Engineer Guy. 18/x

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Even in her early videos, she had great explanations of Turbulence, Resonance, Mirrors, Polarization, Buoyancy, Touch screens, and Laser cooling. 17/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc27...

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How I broke a wine glass with my VOICE (using science!)

YouTube video by Physics Girl

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The Physics Girl also started with the help of PBS but then became independent. She has been suffering from Long Covid for 2 years, but amazingly she has just returned to walking and talking independently. 16/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqeI...

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First Update From Dianna (Physics Girl)

YouTube video by Physics Girl

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

PBS SpaceTime is amazing for Quantum and Astrophysics, just look at any of their playlists. They used to do more questions and answers, and my physics class was featured at the end of this video! 15/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P1x...

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The Andromeda-Milky Way Collision

YouTube video by PBS Space Time

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The way chains siphon out of a container was even named after him. He has excellent videos on Tensegrity, Oscillations, Angular Momentum, LEDs, Resonance, Laser Interference, Hearing, Gravitational Waves, and Inverted Bubbles. 14/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ2l...

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This Rod Fountain Finally Proves Me Right

YouTube video by Steve Mould

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Steve Mould is not as well-known as Derek or Destin, but he should be! His transparent models of siphons and fluid systems are incredible for understanding household objects. 13/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg8K...

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The Pythagorean Siphon Inside Your Washing Machine

YouTube video by Steve Mould

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Practical Engineering explains civil infrastructure, like Stabilized Earth, Water Towers, and the Power Grid with physics equations to explain what is happening. I can’t imagine teaching a unit on Pressure without his videos. 12/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=0olp...

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Sand Castle Holds Up A Car! - Mechanically Stabilized Earth

YouTube video by Practical Engineering

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The Action Lab has thrived by making short clips with clickbait titles that bring people into his full videos. I really enjoy his simple experiments on Relative Motion, Mirrors, Perpetual Motion, and Infrared. 11/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q4f...

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Running Off A Vehicle Backwards At The Same Speed That It Is Driving Forward!

YouTube video by The Action Lab

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Some of my favorites are about Hollow Earth, Flat Solar System, Bell’s Theorem, Special Relativity, Magnets, Topography, Antimatter, Lasers, Sprinting vs. Falling, Light Bulb Types, and Diffraction Resolution. 10/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmNX...

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Why is the Solar System Flat?

YouTube video by minutephysics

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

@minutephysics-bot.bsky.social made short-form videos before it was cool. His videos have gotten longer and much less frequent, but I have really enjoyed the spinoff channels about Earth science and Food. 9/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN-F...

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What if the Earth were Hollow?

YouTube video by minutephysics

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

His excellent videos on physics applications include Bullet & Baseball collisions, Snatch Blocks, Archery, Tempered Glass, Engine Cycles, 2D Treadmills, Laminar Flow, Printed Magnets, Whip Cracks, Curling, Surface Tension, and Fourier Series. 8/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnaA...

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How does a whip break the sound barrier? (Slow Motion Shockwave formation) - Smarter Every Day 207

YouTube video by SmarterEveryDay

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Destin’s SmarterEveryDay video on Cat Flipping made me want to be a teacher! Recently he has focused on his PhD and longer passion projects like manufacturing a grill scrubber. 7/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtWb...

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Slow Motion Flipping Cat Physics | Smarter Every Day 58

YouTube video by SmarterEveryDay

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

He has made the definitive videos on topics, such as the Magnus Effect, Gyroscopes, Metric Standards, Poynting Vectors, General Relativity, Radioactivity, Bowling, Jumping Robots, Cable Forces, Higgs Field, Origami, Entropy, Analog Computers, and more! 6/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgF3...

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The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of

YouTube video by Veritasium

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Derek Muller from Veritasium has a PhD in Physics videos, where his research was on addressing misconceptions. 5/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVtC...

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Khan Academy and the Effectiveness of Science Videos

YouTube video by Veritasium

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I always use his Liquid Sand Hot Tub for Buoyancy and his Auto-Bullseye Dart Board for Projectiles. Be sure to check out his Smallest Nerf Gun and Carnival & Arcade Scams. His videos have become less frequent as he focuses on his Crunch Lab subscriptions. 4/x youtu.be/MHTizZ_XcUM?...

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Automatic Bullseye, MOVING Dartboard

YouTube video by Mark Rober

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Six years ago, Mark Rober was a cool engineer from my local university (BYU) who a few of my students had heard of. With his glitter bomb and squirrel maze videos, he quickly became a household name. 3/x www.youtube.com/watch?v=My4R...

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Liquid Sand Hot Tub- Fluidized air bed

YouTube video by Mark Rober

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Since the advent of YouTube Shorts in 2021, their algorithm has pushed everything to be either 30 seconds or 30 minutes. Videos in class also aren’t as exciting for kids who watch (silent) videos on their phone most of the day, so I have to pick out the best parts. 2/x

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I made a graphic of my favorite Physics Youtubers. I feel like the Golden Age of Science YouTube was from about 2011-21, when most of these creators grew and hit their peak. When I first started teaching, most videos were around 5 minutes, which was perfect. 1/x

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

We debate a lot of teaching strategies, but you're right that a lot comes down to just helping the student and teacher care about the material. I COMPLETELY agree on the soullessness of hotel conference rooms. Please do PD in schools on weekends/summers so I can be in a real classroom!

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

If he does it with a barbell on top, he gets to eat two pies.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

A local think tank made a video complaining about districts who make teachers do 3 days of DEI training and only 1 day of curriculum PD. I asked for a source and got 🦗🦗

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

I have realized that my ideal classroom set up is having a jumbotron I can stand under so that students can all be in a circle, while still seeing me, the slides, and each other.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I hope we find out during a large lawsuit

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

while others will take 50. So how much time do I give in class? In AP I hold them to a higher standard, so they must work quickly. In a general class, I need to give enough time that the 2 students who take 50 minutes can still finish their test, but then the rest of class wastes half a period.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Hey #EduSky, no one prepared me for how much time testing takes (and wastes). The obvious answer to this is more assessing outside of tests, but at some point, you need summative, individual assessments of learning. The dilemma: say a test takes the average student 30 min. Some will finish in 10,

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This would make a great T shirt to sell at Halloween.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

New entry to the list of "do not attempt to draw in front of teenagers": single slit diffraction graph. #iteachphysics

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Making Density Bottles is really cool if you're going over density. This "guess my rule" activity is surprisingly engaging: youtu.be/vKA4w2O61Xo?...

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The Most Common Cognitive Bias

YouTube video by Veritasium

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