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Stacks of Kinematics Curves as a Card Sort
I’ve been making major updates and changes to my materials in the intro physics course this year. It is the first year we are teaching a yearlong physics class to everyone (10th graders) in my school...
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Multiple Representations of Momentum Transfer — The Card Sort
After my first card sort activity, I was eager to design more. Quick heads up—this card sort is VERY different from the kinematics one that I designed. Some Inspiration I had this tweet from Brian...
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July 29th is the 4th Annual AAPT HS Physics Teacher Camp
In connection with the AAPT summer meeting, the AAPT HS Physics Teacher Camp will be held on Sunday July 29th at the American Center for Physics near Washington, DC.. The cost is $25 for the day and...
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Problem Solving Lab Stations for Balanced Forces
In refreshing the design of my 10th grade Physics course, one thing I have been attempting to do is find new ways to replace worksheets or problem sets with different sorts of activities, especially...
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Problem Solving Lab Stations for Unbalanced Forces
After the success of my balanced forces problem-set-replacing mini lab practicum stations, I wanted to design a similar activity for my unbalanced forces unit. One might think that this would be more...
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Building the Constant Acceleration Particle Model (New Paradigm Investigation)
In my Physics 10 update/upgrades, I built a new paradigm investigation for the Constant Acceleration Particle Model. The activity described here gets at the same things as my older activity, but it...
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Force Diagrams — A Card Sort
One new change to my intro physics class this past school year was to replace the set of FBD practice problems with a card sort that would be done in groups. The card sort gives students a chance to...
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Values and Beliefs about Doing Science and Physics Class
In November, I tried this lesson (below) in my 10th grade physics classes. I’ve joined an “anti-bias task force” at my school made up of teachers from all divisions (lower, middle, and high school)...
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Energy… Part 2 — Science is Sociopolitical
It is impossible to separate science from the sociopolitical. As I think about updating my courses this summer, this idea is one that I keep coming back to and wanting to find additional ways to make...
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Your Own Energy Story Mini Project
This post describes a project that follows the Energy… Part 2 unit. If you haven’t read about that (new!) unit yet, this post will probably be confusing. This project was created in collaboration with...
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