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Journal Article
This article describes a website called The Tachyon Nexus (no relation to Tachyon Nexus Inc.), which includes reliable information about the controversial subjects of time travel and faster-than-light particles known as tachyons. This compendium of...
By Robert Ehrlich
Web Seminar
Archive: Exploration Generation: Sensemaking in Rocketry, November 9, 2022
This web seminar will introduce teachers to the Exploration Generation Middle School Playlist and Unit Plan. These instructional materials provide equitable STEM experiences to students and increase educator confidence in teaching rocketry. Explore c...
Journal Article
Engaging Students in Scientific Practices With the Notebooks of Alexander Graham Bell
By Peter DeCraene
Journal Article
This article focuses on the impact of a physics class on secondary science teacher candidates’ views of teaching and learning physics. The course was developed and taught by faculty from the Department of Astronomy and Physics and the College of Ed...
By Kadir Demir, Brett Criswell, and William Stoll
Journal Article
Sliding and Colliding Into Physics
By Pamela Lottero-Perdue, Kathryn Blaney, and Cody Sandifer
Web Seminar
The last visible eclipses in the continental U.S. until 2045 will be on Saturday, October 14, 2023 and Monday, April 8, 2024. While the annular eclipse (October 2023) and total eclipse (April 2024) will only be visible in a narrow band about 100 mile...
Journal Article
This study investigated the stability and persistence of prospective elementary teachers’ conceptual understanding of average speed. A questionnaire containing two questions about average speed was administered to the prospective teachers prior to ...
By Karthigeyan Subramaniam, Christopher S. Long, Pamela Esprivalo Harrell, and Nazia Khan
