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My buddy and fellow skeptical photographer, Scott Hurst , sent this along. I see physics. And I see pain. But mostly... WOW! It's 5:38 o...

Alec Hodgins and I go back to 1988, when he joined the faculty at Rio Americano. I was a 1.5-year veteran at Rio at the time. We've had ...

My friend and fellow physics teacher, Dan Burns of Los Gatos High School, mentioned using a large Fresnel lens to burn gum off the pavement ...

...or at least from the throngs of bleevers who just fell from the turnip truck. Matt at The Skeptical Teacher shines a withering light on ...

Trouble looms on the horizon. I attended a session at the 2008 AAPT Summer Meeting in Edmonton regarding the upcoming redesign of the Colleg...

I like to include video clips in my lessons where appropriate. They add nicely to a well-balanced (and well-mixed) lesson. Examples of sci...

Each year since 2003, the California Department of Education has released 15 questions from the physics CST (California Standards Test). The...

Whether times are lean or not, this storage box is a good idea. Handy, simple, and sturdy; these boxes are answers waiting for your small-it...

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I recently added a version of my Newtonian Dart demo to the upcoming Conceptual Physical Science Explorations 2e Lab Manual. The trouble i...