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

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Earth Science Week 3: Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes

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Okay, let's take it down a notch. Right down to the crust. Maybe even deeper. After yesterday's behemoth, this series turned out t...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Earth Science Week 2: Atmosphere, Weather, and Climate

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With the prelims out of the way, this series gets straight into it. The atmosphere, weather, storms, and climate. It's only Tuesday, but...
Monday, October 29, 2018

Earth Science Week 1: Science, Mapping, and Water

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I taught a non-lab science Earth Science course a few years ago. I looked for recent-vintage, high-quality documentaries that might compleme...
Friday, October 12, 2018

Banked Turns

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In AP Physics C students deal with forces in two dimensions, on inclines, acting in circles and more. Inevitably during the unit students wi...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

#AAPTSM18: Alternatives to AP Physics 1 and AP Physics 2

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At AAPT's Summer Meeting 2018, I attended session AD: High School, with considerable interest. After a series of College Board-friendly ...
Friday, September 07, 2018

Making Invisible Waves Visible, Near Infrared Imaging - Part 2

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With IR Cut Filter                                                                Without IR Cut Filter In my previous post I showed ...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Making Invisible Waves Visible, Near Infrared Imaging - Part 1

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Simone models her scary giraffe costume in visible and near IR The human eye is not capable of detecting wavelengths much larger than ...
Friday, August 10, 2018

#AAPTSM18: Garbage can smoke rings

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I will post as many gems as I can from the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting held in Washington, DC July 28-August 1, ...
Tuesday, August 07, 2018

#AAPTSM18: Using physics to win a tug-of-war

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I will post as many gems as I can from the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting held in Washington, DC July 28-August 1, ...
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Sunday, August 05, 2018

#AAPTSM18: Google Science Journal

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I will post as many gems as I can from the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting held in Washington, DC July 28-August 1, ...
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