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

Friday, January 29, 2016

Dial it down a notch

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As a mom I am surrounded by noisy things. Not just my kids but their accessories. It seems every toy nowadays has a speaker in it and they r...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Scientist Valentines: The Next Generation

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I've been sharing my collection of Scientist Valentines for a few years now . I had a great time producing them. It's a nice mix i...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

Here Lies A Great Lesson

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We've all know those teachers that have their lesson plans set in stone from year to year. I met one once while I was still student teac...

Ninth Planet?!

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I just finished my mini Astronomy Unit in my Conceptual Physics classes so my students are very space-centric right now. Many of them approa...
Saturday, January 23, 2016

Logic Gates: Boolean algebra meets simple circuits

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Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I was slowly but surely amassing the empire of equipment I now leverage in my physics lab. Back then...
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Monday, January 18, 2016

An Object at Rest

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The title of this animated short is a physics reference, but the content is ... well, see for yourself. You won't regret it.
Monday, January 04, 2016

Newly expanded and updated Power Balance lesson

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When transforming all my curriculum documents from Canvas to Keynote , my Skepticism in the Classroom Power Balance lesson was missed. ...
Sunday, December 13, 2015

Periscopes take 2 ... well 3

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After I wrote the " Down Periscopes " post I bought more PVC, more plastic mirrors and planned to make a few variations of more pe...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Engineering A Dart Launcher

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We have five Nerf-obsessed neighbor boys who regularly have team turf wars across our neighborhood. It is adorable and we always find the sm...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

Dank memes

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It's impossible to participate in social media without being inundated with images emblazoned with captions that overlie the images. The...
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