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

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Psychic FAIL

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Like I say, where were the psychics on 9/10? And yes, the title of this post is redundant (or what I like to call a "double redundancy...
Monday, March 29, 2010

I can change your mind with a magnet, or...

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morality is a brain process, not a product of having a soul. Knock me over with a feather!
Saturday, March 13, 2010

GOODWIN LIU APPOINTED TO NINTH CIRCUIT

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My first year of teaching (1986-87) was a blur while it was in progress. I was new to teaching, new to California, new to Sacramento, and ne...
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Friday, March 12, 2010

Confirmed: No RTQs until budget turns around

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There will be no 2010 revision of the Released Test Questions for the CST in Physics or any other subject. The 2009 revision, which include...
Sunday, March 07, 2010

BMW ad: real or fake?

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It's the tablecloth trick. But the cloth puller is not a magician or physics teacher. It's a motorcycle. Objectors suggest the table...
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ExploratoRio Snackbook: Overcoming Resistance

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Here's a new entry to the ExploratoRio Science Snackbook , my homage to the Exploratorium's Science Snackbook . Overcoming Resistanc...
Thursday, March 04, 2010

This Too Shall Pass as a Rube Goldberg device

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Your assignment: identify the energy transformations shown in this OK Go video. Repeated viewings may be required. One thing that's ofte...
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010

CST RTQs continue their backward March

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Each year it seems, the California Department of Education's Content Standards Test Released Test Questions are allowed to mature for mo...
Saturday, February 27, 2010

How to start a brawl at the Physics Bar, Method #7

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Refer to the changes in the speed and wavelength of a wave passing from one medium to another as "refraction." And if you don'...
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

What kind of circuit is this?

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I'm not sure what to call the circuit involving the chain of uninsulated Brainiacs in this clip. See 2:13-4:00. Your ideas? The segment ...
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