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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Here's a quick, addictive(?) game to keep your "6-7 meme" obsessed kids occupied if need be: schwanbeck.org/67/ Sound effects are just me speaking in a deep voice. #sixseven #meme #game #aicoding

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6-7 CHALLENGE!

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I made this total #eclipse countdown for my #astronomy class to 1) make the point that upcoming eclipse timing is known with very high precision, & 2) use as a demo for other teachers showing how easy it is to make simple websites with generative #AI. #AIinEDU #EduSky schwanbeck.org/eclipse/

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Westwood High School Eclipse Totality Countdown

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Today is 9/16/25 which is 3²/4²/5². The next date that will be of the format a²/b²/c² where a, b, & c are consecutive, increasing, integers won't be until January 4th, 2109. The next #date that will be of the format a²/b²/c² where a, b, & c are *any* integers is Jan. 1st, 2036. #math #uselesfacts

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

This "Seasons" simulator from EarthSpaceLab.com is a great tool for students to learn about equinoxes/seasons/etc. in an interactive way. www.earthspacelab.com/app/seasons/ #astronomy #iteachscience #scienceed

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

At the rate #AI is advancing, you can never be too careful. That's why I made these printable CAPTCHAs for folks to pass before our meeting starts.

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

First day of #Astronomy class! The tagline for my course is "By better understanding our #universe we can better understand our place within it... and ourselves." (We'll revisit this slide throughout the course, revealing later on that the period after "ourselves" is the Earth) #space #palebluedot

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

New graph puts death risk from asteroid impact in context with other dangerous events. I’ve long taught my #astronomy students their odds of #death by #asteroid are surprisingly high—rare event, but huge toll. Now I can include quantitative info! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... #science #space

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Awesome to see the weight of a paper airplane recorded as it flies over a scale! Great video for #physics #teachers to use when teaching Newtonian Mechanics/force diagrams/etc. #iteachphysics www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnvt...

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I weighed an airplane... while it was flying!

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Excited to be speaking about innovative ways #teachers can use generative AI to differentiate instruction at UCF's Teaching & Learning with #AI conference next week! How are you using AI for differentiation? I'd love to hear your ideas. #AiEdu #EdChat

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

"What would happen if you ate a small black hole, like, with an even horizon the size of an M&M?" A creative question from an #Astronomy student in class today. We talked about why this wouldn't be possible, but then discussed hypothetically:

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Purported to be the "first #fault rupture ever filmed," this video going directly into the slide deck for my geology unit once I verify it. #geology #earthscience #earthquake www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...

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First fault rupture ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar

YouTube video by 2025 Sagaing Earthquake Archive

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I'm teaching Law of Reflection in Conceptual #Physics & realized I don't have a good understanding of *why* light follows the law. That is, I can explain why θi=θr for a basketball bounce pass w/ Newtonian mech, but I don't have an equivalent explanation for light. Anyone have a good one to share?

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I created this free game for my #astronomy students to get a sense of relative sizes of solar system objects. Adjust moon/planet/comet/etc. sizes, lock in guess, & score accuracy points! Made entirely with #AI Would love your feedback gregschwanbeck.github.io/scale-game/ #AIEDU #EduSKY #edchat

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

It's amazing how easy it is for #teachers to program their own education games/simulations using #AI, without having to know *any* coding at all. Here's a tutorial video demoing how I made an Astronomy game from start to finish in 26 minutes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnAe... #EduSKY #AiEDU #STEM

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Create Educational Games/Programs with AI – No Coding Knowledge Needed At All!

YouTube video by Schwanbeck Physics

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

My #physics department's Airzooka air vortex cannon things were all broken because the elastic cords had all worn out, so I replaced them. There didn't seem to be an already-existing tutorial video on how to do this, so I made one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fUp... #iteachphysics

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How to fix your Airzooka Air Vortex Cannon by replacing the elastic rubber bungee cord

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

This spinning wine glass would make a pretty cool rotational motion demo for #physics classes. #iteachphysics

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Several of my colleagues are using #AI to make educational songs. Often these songs work best when students can read the lyrics while the song plays, so I just made this tutorial for #teachers on making "scrolling lyrics" music videos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP0P... #edusky #edchat #edtech #AiEDU

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How to Make a "Scrolling Lyrics" Video for your AI-Generated songs using slides & iMovie

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I made a very quick tour of Google's "Learn About" tool to introduce it to my colleagues. This #AI tool is helps you learn about whatever topic you are interested in, generating something akin to an interactive, multimedia textbook as you go. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V90z... #AIinEducation #EduSky

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Learn about Learn About: Take a quick tour of Google’s generative AI tool for learning about… stuff.

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I finally made that punk rock song about finding the north star and reckoning latitude that you always wanted! I hope it's the best #video in the "punk rock musical #astronomy education" category that you see today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC0E... #space #iteachphysics #science #STEM #edusky

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Learn to find the NORTH STAR (Polaris) & also North/South/East/West & even LATITUDE (via punk rock!)

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Beautiful quote from #Astronaut William Anders about the famous "Earthrise" photograph that he took during #Apollo 8. #Earth #Space #Astronomy #NASA

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Cool animation shows the relative rotation speeds/periods/directions of our 8 planets. #space #astronomy #nasa #iteachastro #geology

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

View of our #ocean planet in the "rear view mirror" of Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft. Blue Ghost Mission 1 ( #BGM1 ) is part of #NASA 's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. It'll land on the #Moon on 3/2. More info here: fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gh... #space #astronomy #earth

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Cool visualizer by @ssaltman.bsky.social maps habitable-zone #exoplanets within the sphere of humanity's radio signal influence. Includes an "earliest reply date" in case anyone on #exoplanet is listening... booksandstuff.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/index3.html #astronomy #space #nasa #iteachastro

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

#PHYSICS FACT: The range of a trebuchet is independent of the planet/moon on which you fire it. Because it is gravity-powered, an earth-based trebuchet will have exact same range when on the moon. (Air resistance ignored, of course.) michaeldominik.substack.com/p/physics-re... #iteachphysics

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Physics Rediscovered #6: My trebuchet is bigger than yours

We just explored how medieval engineers managed to hurl stones the size of body-positivity activists at people, causing them some mild inconvenience.

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

How old will you be 1 MILLION seconds from now? What about *1 BILLION* seconds from now? For years I've asked these ?s to help kids put the difference between million & billion into perspective. I finally made it a video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jp6... #math #edusky #science #mtbos #iteachmath

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Million vs. Billion: How old will you be 1 MILLION seconds from now?...What about 1 BILLION seconds?

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

"How to make a custom bookplate using #ChatGPT and Google Slides"; a new tutorial video I *just* made! Make a personal bookplate for your classroom #library. I had WAY too much fun making the soundtrack! #GenerativeAI #AI #EduSky #AIedu #AIineducation #EdChat www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQQh...

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How to Make a Custom Bookplate Using ChatGPT & Google Slides - Perfect for your classroom library!

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Soda cans are 94% #soda and 6% can. The #SpaceShuttle external fuel tank was 96% propellant & 4% "can." Amazing that something so large could have such an efficient weight-to-capacity ratio... while also holding cryogenic fuels at 20 K & 60 psi, experiencing 3gs! #science #astronomy #space #NASA

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Quick new video I just released on my SchwanbeckPhysics #YouTube channel. Demonstrates the conversion of kinetic energy into thermal energy by hitting a penny with a hammer and raising its temperature. Features #AI generated power metal. #iteachphysics #physics www.youtube.com/watch?v=56G3...

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Kinetic Energy to Thermal (Heat) Energy Physics Demo - Smashing a Penny with a Hammer

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Made some snow angles with my sons while waiting for the bus this morning. #math #dadjokes

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Made this for my #Astronomy class to convey size of the Green Bank Observatory, the world's largest fully-steerable radio #telescope. Used to use a pic w/ Statue of Liberty, but who has a sense of its size? My #Boston area students all have size sense of #Bruins #Celtics home though #space #science

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I made this graphic to help my #astronomy students visualize roughly how fast the New Horizons #spacecraft was traveling for most of its journey to #Pluto. It's currently 61 AU away from Earth (17 light-hours), deep in the Kuiper Belt. Inspired by @xkcd.com! #nasa #space #iteachastro #physics

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

A scale-of-our-universe fact to consider during breakfast this morning: If the #galaxy were the size of a frozen waffle, the #Earth would be roughly the size of a proton within it. #astronomy #space #science

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Yesterday the #Commanders were warned that the #Eagles would be awarded a touchdown if they kept jumping offsides at the goal line. This is too bad; only a few more "half the distance to the goal line" penalties and we'd have gotten to see the refs break out the micrometers. #NFL #physics #math

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

For friends born in 1980: In 2025 you will turn 45. 45² = 2025. It's pretty rare to be age X in the year X². The last time this was possible was in 1936 for 44 year olds born in 1892. The next time it will be possible will be 2116 for 46 year olds born in 2070. #math #newyear #iteachmath #mtbos

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

#Astronomy Fact of the Day: Voyager 1 will reach a distance of 1 light-day away from Earth sometime around October/November 2026. It has travelled an average of about 29 light-minutes per year since its launch in 1977. #science #space

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

#Astronomy Fun Fact of the Day: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory keeps a small number of railroad maintenance workers on staff. Why? Because the 28 dishes that make up the Very Large Array are positioned via railroad tracks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=24yc... #space #science #iteachastro

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Riding the Rails at the Very Large Array

YouTube video by The National Radio Astronomy Observatory NRAO

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Terrific new buoyancy simulation from PhET has just been released. Tons of new features and lots of different possibilities for virtual labs with students. phet.colorado.edu/en/simulatio... #iTeachPhysics #EduSky #Physics #PhET

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Hi friends! I'm teaching a 10-hour professional development course on #GenerativeAI in #Education this January. The course description and outcomes are below... What should I be sure to include? What should I be sure NOT to include? Would love to hear #EduSky's thoughts. #EdChat #EdTech #AI

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Find #educators and #teachers on BlueSky via this massive spreadsheet. Also there's also a tab for #EduChats. #EduSky docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Bluesky Educators #EduSky be added at tinyurl.com/edusky

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Apologies if your feed has been clogged by me recently. I used a tool to import all of my old tweets, properly dated retroactively. Yesterday BlueSky removed the retroactive dating feature and changed every post to the date I imported them... so now it looks like I made ~2k posts in one day.

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I used @en.blueark.app to import all of my old tweets from Twitter into BlueSky. Nice to have everything available as a reference, to see how my teaching tools, #edtech resources, & thoughts on education have evolved over time. It costs $, but not much; I recommend it. blueark.app/en-us/ #edusky

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The new blue land is waiting for you. Bring your stories with BlueArk.

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Today's Physics Problem of the Day is also an #astronomy problem of the day! The "transit method" is one of several ways astronomers find #exoplanets. The #physics & #math involved is at a level suitable for high school. #physicsPOTD #iteachphysics #edusky

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

"Bed of Nails" stunt from #Physics class today. A pair of beds of nails makes learning about free body diagrams more fun. I lay between and a student stands on top. Both beds have the same # of nails, but the bottom bed is more densely packed. We discuss why using FBDs. #iteachphysics #edusky

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Here's another bonus #puzzle I give to my #astronomy students if they finish a quiz early. Every team has an astronomy-related term in its name. You don't need to know every #sports team; you only need to solve the phrase highlighted in yellow to win. Can you solve it? #edusky #iteachastro

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Here's a bonus puzzle I sometimes give to my #astronomy students if they finish a quiz early. A twist on #star identification; can you ID the #flag using only the stars? (Countries are paired with letters to make it easier for students & for me; the answer spells a phrase.) #edusky #vexillology

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Holding a lighter in front of a speaker is a great way for #Physics students to visualize: • what's happening to the air • the frequency & amplitude of #sound waves, and • the nature of longitudinal #waves in general. #iteachphysics #science #edusky

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Here's my "Physics Problem of the Day" for you! My #Physics POTDs are designed to be interesting, fun and/or challenging for high school physics students, or just physics enthusiasts in general. Feel free to reply with your answers/solutions! #physicsed #edusky #PhysicsPOTD

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Greg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

In #Astronomy class we used the Big Dipper to find Polaris and reckon the latitude of Arendelle in Frozen II. You can kinda-sorta see the Big Dipper during "Into the Unknown." Turns out the latitude is 90°N; North Pole! Fun to practice a real-life task in a fictional context. #iteachastro #edusky

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