Had my first summative evaluation since 2019 yesterday. It was very positive and I'm grateful, but my evaluator, in an aside said, "the Physics curriculum has been pretty stagnant the last 5 years or so..." It wasn't a big thing, but it did make me wonder about others' experiences.. #iTeachPhysics - ThreadSky

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willyb.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Had my first summative evaluation since 2019 yesterday. It was very positive and I'm grateful, but my evaluator, in an aside said, "the Physics curriculum has been pretty stagnant the last 5 years or so..."

It wasn't a big thing, but it did make me wonder about others' experiences..
#iTeachPhysics

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willyb.bsky.social•2 days ago

We use the AMTA's #modphys curriculum for 9th grade Physics as our framework. In my opinion it's solid. We've made tweaks, rearranged the order of units, etc., but on the whole I feel the backbone of the curriculum is solid and doesn't *need* major revision...
#iTeachPhysics

willyb.bsky.social•2 days ago

(and to be clear, there was no push for us to move away from #modphys) Has anyone else received pushback for not making big changes over 5+ yr timescales? If the curricular bedrock is solid, is there any benefit from making big changes? #iTeachPhysics

willyb.bsky.social•2 days ago

To be transparent - I believe we've been making constant minor changes to improve the curricula but the overarching #modphys "bedrock" is evidence-based & solid, so shouldn't need much change - but I worry that makes us appear "set in our ways." (IMO: fair - but these are good ways!) #ITeachPhysics

randallphysics.bsky.social•2 days ago

Have you made any adaptations to make it align better with NGSS? I’m a lifelong modeler and recently started using the Patterns Curriculum. It has a lot of the same strategies as modeling, such as paradigm labs and data discussions, but also taught me a lot about how to address the NGSS.

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