System Schema: How to Teach Newton's Third Law The Right WayTeach with system schema to eliminate misconceptions about Newton's Third Law.
Structuring and Assessing The "Goalless" Inquiry LabA strategy for structuring open inquiry and authentically assessing lab skills at the same. How do we structure open inquiry? My mantra...
Implementing Standards Based GradingUPDATE: Since writing this post two years ago, I have refined my assessment system quite a bit. To see some of the changes I've and my...
Reasoning, Intuition, and the Fundamental Importance of Whiteboarding What the science of human reasoning tells us about our intuitions and the fundamental importance of collaboration.
Why Does Your Graph Look Different from Mine???A Deep Look into The Power of Analyzing Sources of Error in The Lab A Missed Opportunity As a high school science student, I was required...
Can We Teach Special Relativity to HS Students? (Yes, We Can.)Special relativity is one of those branches of physics that wows students. For some, it can even provide that spark of inspiration that...
Using “Shell Equations” to Scaffold Inquiry LabsA practice for guiding the inquiry process in the development of accurate mathematical models. Inquiry vs. Content Are we supposed to use...
Resistivity of ClayA deeper look at some different pedagogical approaches to this classic experiment. Student task sheet is available in classroom...
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