Raspberry Pi Projects
Dec 26, 2018
I’ve always wanted to find something useful to do with the GPIO pins on a Raspberry Pi. Haven’t found anything useful to do yet, but I have played around with a few non-useful things!
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Cultivating Literacy without Giving up your Physics Curriculum
Apr 21, 2018
In this talk, I share some strategies and my experience integrating these strategies without giving up my prized physics instruction time.
(Read more...) Talks & PublicationsConservation of Intellectual Momentum
Oct 14, 2017
Conservation of Intellectual Momentum: Staying connected to the field of physics even if your job doesn’t make you. My four years of studying physics in undergrad had opened my mind to a way of thinking I had grown to love and didn’t want to give up. Would teaching provide the same intellectual stimulation I had enjoyed in college?
(Read more...) Talks & PublicationsGlowScript Animations
Apr 20, 2017
During the 2017 INAAPT Spring Meeting, I listened to a talk about GlowScript as a way to create VPython animations online. I created the following projects just to learn the programming language and illustrate a couple physics concepts.
Using 3D Glasses to Tie Together Ray Optics, Wave Optics, and Color Mixing
Apr 16, 2016
Talk given at the Spring Meeting of the Indiana Section of AAPT in April, 2016. Links PowerPoint Slides (.pptx)
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I have been teaching physics at Avon High School since 2013.
This website is a collection of projects—some related to my job and many not. Mostly, this website is just a
place for me to play around with html and other programming languages and trick myself into thinking that I
am being productive by doing so.
This website is built using hugo and a custom-coded theme.
Zachary J. Rohrbach
Physics Teacher
Avon High School
zjrohrbach@avon-schools.org