Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Pleasantly Surprised

Sometime cool things happen that you would never predict.  On the last day before spring break I wanted to give one of my physics classes a fun, boost-your-grade "quiz".  As I was making up questions, I ended with this one:

If Physics were a food, what food would it be?

In this particular class (designed for students who are having trouble with the mainstream physics curriculum), open ended questions tend to be met with blanks or minimal effort.  However, look at some of these really interesting, creative answers I got:











I'm already looking forward to reading this post years from now and hearing these particular students' voices in my head!