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High school physics education issues as seen by some American teachers: From content standards to critical thinking

Sunday, October 28, 2007

EggSplash 07 photos added

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Photos from EggSplash 07 (our annual egg toss competition) have been added to the Rio Phyz 08 photo album.
Thursday, October 25, 2007

The Rio Phyz 08 photo album begins

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The first Rio Phyz photos of the years have been posted. More to come... Rio Phyz 2008 Photos The Rio Phyz Photo archive is starting to sho...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

We Are The Champions... Again!

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We dropped a pop fly and let a ground ball go between our legs. We whiffed on a slider. And we caught a break from the ref on a call that co...
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Monday, October 22, 2007

TriviaBowl VII

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Our Rio Americano teacher group has been to Sacramento Brewing Company's TriviaBowls II, III, IV, V, and VI. And we're back for Triv...

Tales of textbook adoptions, part 1

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The San Juan Unified School District here in suburban Sacramento is home to nine (yes nine) comprehensive high schools. This year we are pil...
Sunday, October 21, 2007

A new orbital mechanics lab

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Yes, we're making up for an extended absence here at The Blog of Phyz. Today's third post is a link to a newly developed lab involvi...

New circular motion demonstrations

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If you fortunate enough to amass a well-stocked physics lab, you sometimes stumble across a nice apparatus synergy. The other day, I thought...
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NCNAAPT Fall Meeting cancelled!

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The meeting planned for November 2-3 up at South Tahoe High School has been cancelled. The venue is undergoing some unanticipated remodellin...
Saturday, October 06, 2007

Magnetic battery connectors are back!

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I really like simple circuit labs that explore the basic concepts of what electric circuits do. I know a lot of teachers want students to ge...
Sunday, September 16, 2007

The old kilogram just ain't what she used to be

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The standard kilogram near Paris is losing mass . Either that or the best copies are gaining mass. Thanks to Darren for the link.
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