American Association of Physics Teachers

Week Eight & Nine: Failing Forward

Friday, August 3, 2018

Krystina Williamson

“Failing forward.” - Matthew Peterie

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Week Seven: Scientists Get Confused and Frustrated Too

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Krystina Williamson

“We are scientists, and often times, scientists don’t know where they’re going sometimes. It’s important to set that tone in a physics classroom.”

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Week Six: Two Cities, One Week

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Krystina Williamson

“Physics is a way of thinking.”

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On a Sunday evening I found myself being told by google maps to walk across a river.

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Week Five: Highkey Bawled in a Museum

Friday, July 6, 2018

Krystina Williamson

“The outside world told blacks that we weren’t anything...but our schoolteachers said it wasn’t so. They believed in us, and we, therefore, believed in ourselves. “ - Marian Wright Edelman

 

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Week Four: The Calm Before The Storm

Friday, June 29, 2018

Krystina Williamson

“Okay okay okay, so what if, let’s just imagine, that this vase and the orbeez was actually a bowl of cereal and if it was a bowl of cereal and you gave it to me I would be like wait theres’ nothing in here and then I would take a bite and I would be like OH MY GOSH THERE'S SOMETHING IN

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Week Three: Lively, Lovely, Lots of Food I Didn't Have to Pay For

Friday, June 22, 2018

Krystina Williamson

"When people come and say, 'I hate math', they're saying, 'I hate my mathematical experience', right?...They're saying, I was devalued in this experience." - Winger & Young, 2018

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Week Two: High Ponytails

Friday, June 15, 2018

Krystina Williamson

“Pro Tips for Women in STEM: Sometimes you need to put your hair in a high pony to feel like a cheerleader--because in machine shops full of men you gotta cheer yourself on.”

- Maria Macardle

 

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Week One: "Hello! Nice to meet you!" Rinse & Repeat

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Krystina Williamson

Krystina begins her adventures in D.C.

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Krystina Williamson

Krystina Williamson

AAPT Teacher Professional Development Intern

Week 10: Final Reflections -- Dear Justine

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Justine Boecker

For my final blog post, I decided reflect on all the changes in my thoughts, perspectives and plans from May to August. Below is a letter to Justine a few days before I left for DC from Justine now as I am going home.

 

Dear Justine in May 2017,

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