The Blog of Phyz

You'd think that having a week off might result in post after post of pithy pedagogical prose. But you would wrong. The worst of it is...

The latest edition of  The Rio Mirada  included a "man on the street" photo/quote piece based on the recent school showings of  Ra...

As of 12:00 midnight, the Scientist Valentines had collected a cumulated total of 55,296 views in fewer than 10 days. The Bohr, Celsius, ...

A teacher at my school co-opted one of those ubiquitous door signs that any high school teacher will recognize. The unadulterated sign is to...

Saw it. Liked it. Enough to post it. (I recommend downloading before showing in class so as to avoid pop-up ad distraction. You definite...

Max Planck: "Energy may be quantized, but my love for you is continuous." Nicolaus Copernicus: "My whole world revolves arou...

Teenagers do the darndest things... PTSOSer, John Sphar shared this gem with the group. http://www.wimp.com/swandive Dan Burns asks hi...

Floating some pie tins off my head with the help of our Van de Graaff generator. Notice how the tins repel one another and are repelled by...

Ironic Sans posted this idea years ago. Scientist valentines . Go look; I'll wait. The idea is genius, and my mind spun with ideas fo...

I have administered a student opinion of teacher survey at the end of first semester nearly each year I've taught. Initially the survey ...