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Physics includes the study of forces and motion, conservation laws, heat, fluids, vibrations and waves, electricity and magnetism, and sound and light.

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Newspaper Physics for First-Year College Students

This article describes and illustrates a physics course for first-year college students whose only knowledge of physics is that they do not like the...

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The Tachyon Nexus

This article describes a website called The Tachyon Nexus (no relation to Tachyon Nexus Inc.), which includes reliable information about the controv...

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Focus on Physics: The Physics of Rainbows

Building an understanding of physical principles. ...

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Moving Around as a Teacher

What other profession gives summers off, with the bonus of teaching in different locations? In this article I’ll tell how taking leaves of absence t...

 

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, March 5, 2024
 

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Concentrating on Cross-Disciplinary Connections: Using reaction rates to help students make connections between chemistry and biology.

Too often, science courses (e.g, biology, chemistry, and physics) are disconnected from one another. When this happens, students often don’t see ho...

 

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Rules of Teaching That I learned in My Student Years

As teachers we commonly learn our subject matter in high school and college. We acquire more knowledge in graduate school and in life experiences. At ...

 

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 9, 2024
 

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, November 7, 2023
 

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Career of the Month: Acoustician

Acoustics involves all aspects of sound, noise, vibration, and perception. It’s a large field that encompasses specialties such as architecture, und...

 

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Teaching Students to Read Equations

The laws of nature are expressed in equation form in all physics courses. How these laws are taught can vary widely. In this article, I expand on prev...

 

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, October 24, 2023
 

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, October 10, 2023
 

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Archive: Exploration Generation: Sensemaking in Elementary Rocketry, November 29, 2023

This web seminar will introduce teachers to the Exploration Generation Elementary School Playlist and Unit Plan. These instructional materials provide...

 

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, August 22, 2023

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