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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 ...

The beginning of the 2015-2016 academic year marked the start of Needham resident John Sherry’s start as a physics teacher at Needham High School. This is Sherry’s second career. Having spent 26 years ...

Encouraging students to repeatedly make decisions about data collected during introductory lab courses improves their critical thinking skills, report physicists. Introductory labs are often seen as ...

Physicists and educators have developed a curriculum for college-level students that shows promise in helping students in introductory physics classes further practice and develop their calculus ...

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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 ...

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 ...

In this guest blog Artur Donaldson – a physics undergraduate at Imperial College London – reflects on his experience of teaching physics in Africa and explains how digital technology can be used to ...

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Frank Paul Calaprice, an emeritus professor of physics, died on June 30, days before his 86th birthday. Over the past 55 years, Calaprice’s research, discoveries, global collaborations, mentorship and ...