Traditionally taught in high schools after chemistry and biology, some students never take a course in physics – but that could be changing. Despite resistance, even among physics teachers, more ...

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 ...

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Two early-career teachers explain how helping school students to understand the beauty and complexity of physics offers a stimulating, fun and rewarding career option Age of enlightenment: Oliver ...

This controversial theory says the universe is subject to an ultimate, higher-order law that we can’t comprehend.

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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 ...

Jesse Goldman received his PhD in experimental high-energy physics in 2000 and, following post-doctoral research on neutrino oscillations, turned his focus to physics teaching. While teaching in the ...

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A teacher from the ed-tech platform Physics Wallah has gone viral on social media for his unique approach to explaining the chemistry concept of chirality during his class. Chirality refers to a ...