On the matter of textbooks
A number of modelers have described the dilemma they face convincing school officials that textbooks are the not best way to spend limited funds. Who needs textbooks? is a two-page document by Larry...
View ArticleModeling Method & NGSS Practices
Modeling teachers are often asked how well Modeling Instruction aligns with the NGSS Science & Engineering Practices. A group of modelers worked on such a document and now it’s ready for members...
View ArticleA role for physicists in STEM education reform
Here is a link to David Hestenes’ editorial which appears in the Feb 2015 edition of AJP. Posted with the permission of AAPT Am. J. Phys. 83, 101 (2015); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.4904763+ If you...
View ArticleMaiden Voyage of a Kinematics Robot
Matt Greenwolfe, a long-time physics modeler, recently had an article published in The Physics Teacher (April 2015) describing a robotic kinematics apparatus he designed. Students program the robot by...
View ArticleProfessional Development-2016
Summer 2016 Workshops by State Follow this link to transfer to the Workshops 2016 page. Some Modeling Workshop organizers post additional details at the physTEC website. Further Information The primary...
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