Tag Archives: teaching

Five exam technique tweaks from an AQA A-Level Physics examiner

As an experienced AQA A-Level Physics examiner, there are a few issues I see crop up year after year. Students can gain marks with a little tweaking to their examination technique. Here are five exam techniques tweaks that could get you extra marks and push your grade higher.

AI Slop vs the Human Connection

After a hard day of work or study, some people enjoy a mindless scroll through social media. It’s an opportunity to turn one’s mind off for a few minutes of harmless dopamine, right? Oh dear. Given my job and search history, the social media algorithms think I must really want to see some AI slop about physics education! Read about it in my latest blog post!

Collection of Old Physics Videos

I’ve finished uploading my collection of old videos, dating back as far as 1949 (and of varying quality). These videos are in the public domain, but I think it is good to have an all-in-one-place repository. This would make it easier to find one in the future. Check out my latest blog post for the link!

“Physics is JUST applied mathematics”

“Physics is just applied mathematics”: a statement often given by non-physicists in an attempt to assuage their own feelings of inadequacy. In this blog post, I explore the assertion that mathematics was invented by physicists.