The Blog of Phyz

It was another hair-raising experience when we charged up the Van de Graaff generator this year. The conditions were often less than ide...

Sometimes I go somewhere for spring break. This year I went everywhere on our planet. Our Planet | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix As d...

I should probably ad a subject tag of "better late than never". Maybe later. Somehow this article got past me last year. My abse...

I've been developing "skepticism in the classroom" resources for quite a while. I've posted a bunch of them to The Lesso...

When we study magnetism, we learn that certain animals have awareness of magnetic fields and can use it for navigation. Certain birds are kn...

What I always love about Jearl Walker's work is that it looks at the world, sees something peculiar, and says "why is that?" A...

Here's the latest Phyz playlist, an idea I got from fellow Phyz blogger, Dan Burns. The topic this time is waves and sound. Curiosit...

If your curriculum visits light and color, here's a nice tangent worth traveling. Not sharks with fricken lasers , but mice with night v...

I'm just gonna leave this right here, for the benefit of both of you who aren't on the social media. This is my high school phys...

I have assembled and posted several web video based lessons to The Lessons of Phyz at Teachers Pay Teachers . 1. Dodge Nitro Jump This a...