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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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Focus on Physics: The Physics of Rainbows

Building an understanding of physical principles. ...

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A Physics Teaching Approach That Supports Real-World Science by Matt Holsten

Traditional physics education can leave many students confused, bored, or without the conceptual understanding of the equations they are required to m...

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Amusement Park Engineer—Bumper Cars

In this activity, students use PhET simulation to create a proposal for a design of a set of bumper cars that are safe, fair, and fun for children, te...

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Visible Light and Colors

Color theory is an area of physics that can explain how the appearance of colors changes when colors are mixed, for example on a computer screen or wi...

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Freebies for Science Teachers, January 19, 2021
 

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Freebies for Science Teachers, January 5, 2021
 

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Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning

This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the t...
 

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Who Gets Helped?

Although peer interaction in the college classroom may benefit some students by developing peer networks for future collaborations, prior research has...
 

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Freebies for Science Teachers, December 8, 2020
 

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Surface-X
 

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Newton’s Prisms
 

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Science Update: Cosmic Explosions, February 11, 2021

Join us on Thursday, February 11, 2021, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET to learn about the biggest explosions in the universe. The biggest explosions in...
 

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Teaching STEM During a Pandemic
 

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Freebies for Science Teachers, November 3, 2020
 

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In Memoriam: Uri Haber-Schaim
 

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Freebies for Science Teachers, October 20, 2020

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