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Orbits of Balls in a Funnel and a Spherical Surface
Many articles have been published concerning experiments with funnels and other curved surfaces to illustrate Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.1–5 The main obj
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The Future of Physics Education: What Federal Funding Cuts Mean for Equity and Innovation
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Are you curious to ex...
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Physics can feel daunting to students. Here’s how a lesson on breathing can help kids internalize tricky graphing concepts! 🫁
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How Meditation Helps Me Teach a Tricky Physics Concept
Physics can feel inscrutable to students; this lesson helps them understand a graphing problem by analyzing their own breathing.
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Physics can feel daunting to students. Here’s how a lesson on breathing can help kids internalize tricky graphing concepts! 🫁
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Used to do this fire tornado in shows for schools in the UK!! SO much fun.
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Best of Physics Education: Vortex of fire
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Ooo... there's a whole YouTube Channel from PhysicsEducation!!
Used to do this fire tornado in shows for schools in the UK!! SO much fun.
#iteachphysics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhoU...
Used to do this fire tornado in shows for schools in the UK!! SO much fun.
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Values Reflected in Energy-Related Physics Concepts
Physics has the reputation of being purely about nature, not about people or culture.1,2 Physics concepts such as time, space, and mass are often considered to
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