Teaching with fiction
Meet MO, physics teachers and popularizers’ dream come true. MO isn’t just a very obedient machine, it is able to show the invisible. MO has the extraordinary ability to make graphs tangible.
With MO, no more cringing to graphs, make way for surprise and fascination ! A perfect match between design, electronics and coding, to bring to life the 3 sensors and 5 modes that make MO, the Obedient Machine.
Interacting with MO
MO explained by Julien Bobroff
Pictures of MO
MO from every angle
Creating MO
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This project was created by Kugen Ramasawmy, as a collaboration with the “Physics Reimagined” team (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS).
Design and manufacture : Kugen Ramasawmy
Coding : Kugen Ramasawmy and Frédéric Bouquet
Project follow-up : Frédéric Bouquet, Julien Bobroff and Lou-Andreas Etienne
Images : Kugen Ramasawmy and Lou-Andreas Etienne
Video editing : Lou-Andreas Etienne and Kugen Ramasawmy
It benefited from the support of the Chair “La Physique Autrement” of the Paris-Saclay foundation and supported by the Air Liquide group and the Crédit Agricole – CIB.
It was made using the facilities and premises of the Centre d’Expérimentation Pédagogique of the Villebon – Georges Charpak Institute.
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Vous avez envie d’inspirer vos étudiants et de leur présenter une bibliographie sans en passer par un powerpoint ? On vous propose un système simple à fabriquer vous-même pour transformer votre bibliographie en une exposition inspirante.
quelques exemples
comment faire?
Vous avez besoin de quelques feuilles de couleur, un cutter, du scotch et une imprimante…
mode d'emploie
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a quoi ça va ressembler :
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Ce projet a été réalisé par Clara Vardon, en stage dans l’équipe “La Physique Autrement” (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS).
Il a bénéficié du soutien de la Chaire « La Physique Autrement » de la fondation Paris-Saclay et soutenue par le groupe Air Liquide et le Crédit Agricole – CIB.
Merci au Centre d’Expérimentation Pédagogique de l’Institut Villebon – Georges Charpak pour son accueil.
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Clara Vardon
Do you want to take amazing selfies while running, spinning, jumping or screaming? Imagine that physics allows it! Discover 6 new ways to trigger the photo, with something other than your finger.
Discover in this video how it looks like !
An ideal activity for taking original photos, alone, with others, and even in class if you are a teacher, because yes, there is a bit of physics hidden behind all that. Just download the free FizziQ app, and go!
The 6 instruction manuals in english:
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and for fun, gif selfies:
All content may be used freely under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license.
This project was developed by “Physics Reimagined” (Paris-Saclay University, CNRS) in collaboration with the creators of the FizziQ app (Trapeze.digital) and the “La main à la pâte” foundation. It has benefited from the support of the “Physics Otherwise” Chair sponsored by the Paris-Saclay Foundation and supported by the Air Liquide group and Credit Agricole.
Illustration and graphics: Camille Debard
Thanks to Aline, Pauline, Christophe, Kugen, Zoé and Lou-Andreas for their ideas! Thanks to Simon, Clara, Marie, Frédéric, Julien and Lou-Andreas for the video.
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Camille Debard
You’ll find no better decoration for a physics classroom than these 5 posters about physics’ star numbers, aesthetically as pedagogically wise ! Download, print and stick up the posters right away, so that your fellow students or any audience discover physics whilst daydreaming !
The 5 posters
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Download your posters here
The 5 posters have been made to be printed in A2 format. In your nearest printing office, you can get your 5 A2 posters for a very reasonable price !
Behind the scenes
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See the posters in BIG !
The project can be used under licence Creative Commons BY-NC-ND.
This project was created by Margaux Pailha, during an internship in the “Physics Reimagined” team (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS).
Illustration : Margaux Pailha
Composition : Julien Bobroff, Lou-Andreas Etienne et Margaux Pailha
It benefited from the support of the Chair “La Physique Autrement” of the Paris-Saclay foundation and supported by the Air Liquide group and the Crédit Agricole – CIB.
Thank you to the Centre d’Expérimentation Pédagogique of the Villebon – Georges Charpak Institute for its welcome.
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Margaux Pailha
Le workshop “Reimagine Physics Teaching” a réuni 35 physiciens pour repenser l’enseignement de la physique. Des formats originaux, des productions inédites, une autre façon d’inventer ensemble !
The workshop in 1 mn
The workshop was created and organized by an enthusiastic team made of Julien Bobroff, Frédéric Bouquet, Lou-Andreas Etienne and Adèle Nyitraï from the “Physics Reimagined” team (Univ. Paris-Saclay and CNRS), Jeanne Parmentier from the Institut Villebon-Georges Charpak, and Fabienne Bernard from the Institut d’Optique.
It was hosted by the Institut Pascal at Universite Paris-Saclay and supported by the “Investissements d’avenir” program (ANR-11-IDEX-0003-01)
The website was designed by Lou-Andreas Etienne, Adèle Nyitraï and DaFox.
9 étudiants en illustration scientifique face à 8 records de physique. Ils ont trois jours chrono pour les illustrer puis les poster sur instagram. Découvrez la physique à travers leurs récits !
RECORD N°1 : LA TEMPÉRATURE LA PLUS BASSE
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L’illustratrice : Emma Blanc-Tailleur
La référence : Deppner, Christian, et al. “Collective-mode enhanced matter-wave optics.” Physical Review Letters 127.10 (2021): 100401.
RECORD N°2 : L'HORLOGE LA PLUS PRECISE
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L’illustratrice : Raphaële Larose
La référence : Bothwell, Tobias, et al. “Resolving the gravitational redshift across a millimetre-scale atomic sample.” Nature 602.7897 (2022): 420-424.
RECORD N°3 : LA LUMIERE LA PLUS LENTE
L’illustratrice : Judith Lorne
La référence : Hau, Lene Vestergaard, et al. “Light speed reduction to 17 metres per second in an ultracold atomic gas.” Nature 397.6720 (1999): 594-598.
RECORD N°4 : L'OBJET QUI TOURNE LE PLUS VITE
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Les illustratrices : Hélène Bocquet et Margaux Pailha
La référence : Ahn, Jonghoon, et al. “Optically levitated nanodumbbell torsion balance and GHz nanomechanical rotor.” Physical review letters 121.3 (2018): 033603.
RECORD N°5 : LE CHAMP MAGNETIQUE LE PLUS ELEVÉ
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L’illustrateur : Aëlig Creno
Les références : Nakamura, Daisuke, et al. “Record indoor magnetic field of 1200 T generated by electromagnetic flux-compression.” Review of Scientific Instruments 89.9 (2018): 095106 et Bykov, A. I., et al. “VNIIEF achievements on ultra-high magnetic fields generation.” Physica B: Condensed Matter 294 (2001): 574-578.
RECORD N°6 : L'EXPERIENCE LA PLUS COURTE
L’illustratrice : Ambre Renault-Faivre-D’arcier
La référence : Ossiander, Marcus, et al. “Attosecond correlation dynamics.” Nature Physics 13.3 (2017): 280-285.
RECORD N°7 : L'OBJET LE PLUS LOINTAIN
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L’illustrateur : Benjamin Eminian
La référence : Harikane, Yuichi, et al. “A Search for H-Dropout Lyman Break Galaxies at z∼ 12–16.” The Astrophysical Journal 929.1 (2022): 1
RECORD N°8 : LE MOUVEMENT LE PLUS FIN
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L’illustratrice : Nina Pelé
La référence : Abbott, Benjamin P., et al. “Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger.” Physical review letters 116.6 (2016): 061102.
Ce projet est issu d’une collaboration entre le DSAA de Design d’Illustration Scientifique promotion 2023 de l’École Estienne et Julien Bobroff (La Physique Autrement, LPS, Université Paris-Saclay). Il a bénéficié du soutien de la Chaire « La Physique Autrement » portée par la Fondation Paris-Saclay et soutenue par le groupe Air Liquide et le Credit Agricole.
Les étudiant.e.s: Emma Blanc-Tailleur, Hélène Bocquet, Aëlig Creno, Benjamin Eminian, Raphaële Larose, Judith Lorne, Margaux Pailha, Nina Pelé, Ambre Renault-Faivre-D’arcier.
Merci à Hervé Dole et Philippe Thébault pour leurs conseils sur le record n°7.
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Marianne Cardon
How does a microprocessor and the transistors in it work? Original response with this project where illustration and stop-motion offer you a new look at the birth of modern electronics. You will discover the scientists, the electrons, the holes, the miniaturization… all thanks to a very old technique, engraving!
The project in 30 sec (in french, sorry)
The physics in 4 minutes
Les gestes de gravure pour expliquer le transistor
L'histoire illustrée des découvertes
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Ce projet a été réalisé par Bérénice Guérin dans le cadre d’un diplôme du DSAA de design d’illustration scientifique de l’Ecole Estienne, en collaboration avec Julien Bobroff de l’équipe “La Physique Autrement” (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS).
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Never knew how to read a graph ? Never understood the axes thing ? Then the “XYZ” project is just the one for you ! Either torture devices or rides for smartphones, these ceramic objects link the movement detected by the smartphone’s sensors to the graph that comes up on the screen. Spin the wheel, stretch the rubber band or keep your ears open, it will all seem much clearer !
See for yourselves
How it works
The big wheel
The catapult
The string phone
Pictures of XYZ
Behind the scenes
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This project was created by Stéven Coëffic, as a collaboration with the “Physics Reimagined” team (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS).
Drawing and making of the pieces : Stéven Coëffic
Concept : Stéven Coëffic, Julien Bobroff and Lou-Andreas Etienne
Images : Stéven Coëffic, Julien Bobroff and Lou-Andreas Etienne
Video editing : Lou-Andreas Etienne
It benefited from the support of the Chair “La Physique Autrement” of the Paris-Saclay foundation and supported by the Air Liquide group and the Crédit Agricole – CIB.
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Stéven Coëffic
