HOUGHTON -- Sports can be tough to understand. There are rules that govern what's going on, but explaining them to someone unfamiliar with the game can be daunting. Physics poses a similar problem. We ...

SANTA BARBARA — Based on research she conducted for her doctoral dissertation several years ago, Jatila van der Veen, a lecturer in the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and a research ...

Twenty faculty members from universities and colleges around the country spent last week at RIT learning how to use digital video as a measurement tool for teaching science. The workshop is the second ...

Physics has its roots in natural philosophy with Aristotle explaining natural phenomena in terms of what he called the “natural place.” According to him, an object’s motion is a result of its effort ...

The physics department offers students many teaching laboratories, where classroom theories are put into practice through real-world experiments and simulations. From electricity and magnetism to ...

Ark Teacher Training wants to attract more physics graduates to support its mission of delivering better educational outcomes for children in disadvantaged communities. This article was updated on 5 ...

Text and drawings prepared by Robert G. Marcley. (Sponsored jointly by the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Institute of Physics under grants from the National Science ...

University of Colorado Boulder physics Professor Heather Lewandowski is one of this year’s CU President’s Teaching Scholars Award winners. Researching both cold molecules and how students learn helped ...