Why do you teach? “I love to interact with the kids and have them get to that point where they have the ‘ aha ’ moment, or ...

Such projects are often fun for students and teachers. Teachers are often intrigued and amazed by students’ ideas and ...

After Carl Wieman won the Nobel Prize for physics in 2001 for, as he puts it, “shining lasers on atoms” in a new way that gave experimental proof to a theory by Albert Einstein, Wieman decided to ...

Leo Shmuylovich knows a lot about how tutoring can take a student from confused to confident. The Washington University graduate student has worked as a tutor for several test-preparation companies ...

Dr Kevin Fong demonstrates a urine recycling system that works using osmosis, concluding by drinking the liquid that is ...

For generations, teaching physics has been more about manipulating math problems than learning the basic principles that guide the discipline. That’s precisely why, according to a growing body of ...

Acceleration and thermal energy are physics concepts that can be applied to stock car racing. Jon Feingersh/The Image Bank via Getty Images America has a physics problem. Research shows that access to ...

Curtis J. Hieggelke was a longtime physics professor at Joliet Junior College who also developed workshops and textbooks to teach physics teachers across the country how to use emerging technologies. ...

The promise is enticing -- a book that explains quantum physics in a way that's so simple to understand, even a dog can learn it. While reading this book did introduce me to some of the general ...