Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime

Math/Physics HS T. @UBCMET graduate. Lover of most things nerdy & @SBChaletMW (she/her) Victoria, British Columbia Joined May 2011

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Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime

4 years ago

Welcome to Victoria, @mattgallowaycbc !!! Restaurant recommendations: Ramen Arashi— nectar of the gods; Vista 18— views from the heavens (fab food, too!) 👍😁

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Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime

4 years ago

Super stoked— a student who wouldn’t do group test for the ENTIRE semester, just did their first group test. They overcame their social anxiety fears. AND they are contributing!!!! #teacherwin

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@MsMagaryPhysics Agreed! Maybe they don’t know that sine90=1? 🤔Also, some folks just want to have the fewest routes possible to get the job done. #sinelawcrutch and our friend, the #quadraticformulacrutch… that one gets my goat, too 🫣😩

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Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime

4 years ago

Am I wrong?? If you teach postsecondary physics, how do you feel about sine law on right triangles? I try… I really do. Yet we are halfway through and one of my top students pulled this out. 😭 Perhaps I am overreacting. What say you? 🤔

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Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime

4 years ago

@MatthewIwama @bctf It was so hard entering teaching, making ends meet. What kept me going was teaching summer school. But now, it is seniority based; top grid Ts get the jobs. I don’t think that’s right. New Ts should get the summer school jobs, imo. Keeping new Ts in the game is critical!

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Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime

4 years ago

@RicciFlat Last year, my son gifted me some of this chalk for Mother’s Day. Last week, a student gifted me some more… my people really know me! #bestchalkever #whiteboardsjustdontcutit

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Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime

4 years ago

This is so good on multiple levels! I would be inclined to award a bonus mark to anyone email complaining about the denominator…

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Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime

4 years ago

@QueerInBC

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Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime

4 years ago

Is this enough for mastery? Maybe not. But over the years, I noticed my strongest students doing extra without me telling them to do it. This system allows ALL abilities to move forward in the course and earn course credit. People do not tend to drop my class. #teacherwin

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Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime

4 years ago

If they can’t get a letter correct before hand in,they can do an unassigned letter instead. If they have reduced practice on their IEP, I allow them to choose half or more of adeiptv. If they fall behind, I allow them to do half of the assigned until they catch up— for FULL marks

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Dana Bjornson @physicsfuntime

4 years ago

One thing I do for math class is allow students to adapt their practice according to their needs. For the Michelson workbook, students do the letters of each assigned number that form the word “adaptive”:aediptv (“tv”are always optional.)