STEM Educators and Teaching Forum

Post thread
For science and math teachers, professors, instructors, tutors to discuss pedagogy, technology, teaching methods, lesson ideas, class management. Find advice on how to best prepare your students for success.
Lessons with electron beam deflection tube and teltron tube
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
4K
Simple overestimate of slope uncertainty in regression
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11
Views
5K
Make a test based on online available exercises (looking for websites)
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
4K
Anybody hear of this Spintronics game/teaching-tool?
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Views
5K
How to lower one's expectation in teaching college algebra
  • · Replies 50 ·
2
Replies
50
Views
9K
Ideas for group theory for high school math project
  • · Replies 35 ·
2
Replies
35
Views
8K
NOAA resources for primary and secondary schools - ocean currents
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
4K
Where to Find mH Inductors for Banana Plugs in Basic Electronics Labs?
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11
Views
4K
MHB Trachtenberg Speed System of Arithmetic
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15
Views
10K
Virtual Physics Labs - giving some resources and asking for some
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
5K
MHB Useful Derivation for Labs Involving Rolling Balls Down an Inclined Plane
  • · Replies 50 ·
2
Replies
50
Views
13K
When will universities disappear?
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
3K
  • Poll Poll
Physicists Debate: Hardest Upper Division Subject to Teach
  • · Replies 14 ·
Replies
14
Views
5K
MHB Solve Sign Issues in Elec. Potential, Energy, Force, Field, Work
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
8K
MHB AC Method for Factoring Trinomials
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
13K
MHB Physics Labs: What Works and What Doesn't
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
14K
An issue to think about My new favorite Feynman interview.
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
3K
Education articles about Astronomy helping learning Math and Physics
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
3K
Is Feynman the "wise guy" in Zee's QFT book?
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Views
3K
Critique my Physics History Primer (Maxwell's Equations)
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Views
3K
So, I Accidently Made Friends With The Meanest Math Teacher....
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
3K
The Education of a Physicist (1965)
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
3K
Writing a Physics laboratory worksheet, Inspired by Inquiry
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
3K
Asking the student to use a tablet in online tutoring
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Views
4K
Approaches for teaching Modern Physics in Grade School and University
  • · Replies 37 ·
2
Replies
37
Views
9K
What is the best way to introduce Laplace transforms for Engineers?
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Views
3K
Worth learning complex exponential trig derivations in precalc?
  • · Replies 22 ·
Replies
22
Views
3K
Parents' frustration with distance learning -- "Common Core Math Methods"
  • · Replies 97 ·
4
Replies
97
Views
15K
Help: Frequently asked AP Physics or PHY 101 questions bank?
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
3K
In search of a non-linear way to prepare students for this unique exam
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
3K
How to Build a Supercapacitor Dragster on a Budget?
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
3K
Video lecture demonstrations for an online class
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
5K
Is it good etiquette for a student to write down his|her own notes?
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Views
3K
Widgets for Visualizing Engineering
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15
Views
4K
W. P. Thurston, "How do mathematicians advance understanding of math?"
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
3K
High School Chemistry: Stoichiometry Readings?
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
3K
Are Introductory Algebra and Geometry the Only Foundational Mathematics Courses?
  • · Replies 19 ·
Replies
19
Views
3K
Where to purchase laboratory samples?
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
2K
Geometric Construction (bisecting an angle with a compass and straightedge)
  • · Replies 55 ·
2
Replies
55
Views
8K
Mainstream math and physics teaching/education journals
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
3K
YouTube Playlists for Solving Math and Physics Exercises?
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
3K
Is there a forum for NYC physics standards K-12?
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
Is Variable-Based Physics Problem-Solving Beneficial or Detrimental?
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
3K
Physics 'challenge' type problems, High School (16-18) level
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
3K
Question re interpreting MarkScheme - Moments (Edexcel A-level)
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
2K
Are there places that still do "Core Math"?
  • · Replies 21 ·
Replies
21
Views
3K
Advice for students who want to start research in Civil Engineering
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
5K
Media Literacy assignment: suggestions?
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11
Views
2K
Using a Problem Solving Technique for a simple word problem
  • · Replies 24 ·
Replies
24
Views
3K
Teaching approximation techniques in basic courses
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Views
4K
In Canada, 80% is an A-, in the States, it's a B-. Does that mean....
  • · Replies 31 ·
2
Replies
31
Views
5K
Does any classical mechanics textbook solve Kepler's Problem?
  • · Replies 22 ·
Replies
22
Views
4K
Would Math professors ace PhD qualifying exams?
  • · Replies 32 ·
2
Replies
32
Views
6K
AAPT Virtual 2020 Summer Meeting
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
Who has already taught with Inspire Physics by Zitzewitz?
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
3K
Are good note takers usually good comprehenders?
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12
Views
2K
Making physics exciting for 5th graders
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12
Views
3K
Puzzled about the non-teaching of Monte Carlo method(s) for error analysis
  • · Replies 67 ·
3
Replies
67
Views
7K
Looking for used physics lab/demo equipment
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
Dedekind Cut, as stated by Richard Dedekind
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Views
2K
Buy Physics Classroom Demo Equipment: Quality & Cost Guide
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
2K
Physicist and Data Scientist in Ed Tech
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Views
3K
Teaching about electromagnetic radiation & struggling
  • · Replies 39 ·
2
Replies
39
Views
7K
International students may need to leave US if their universities transition to online-only learning
  • · Replies 26 ·
Replies
26
Views
4K
"Power reading" for learning physics?
  • · Replies 39 ·
2
Replies
39
Views
5K
Selective learning via backwards traversal
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
2K
Attention High School Students and Teachers
  • · Replies 0 ·
Replies
0
Views
2K
The coming revolution in physics education
  • · Replies 233 ·
8
Replies
233
Views
23K
Finding a good descriptive model of the electric circuit (for 8th graders)
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11
Views
3K
Books on teaching and education
  • · Replies 13 ·
Replies
13
Views
3K
Science-Blind: Opinions based on research vs personal
  • · Replies 51 ·
2
Replies
51
Views
6K
Is Education Merely Imposing Professors' Beliefs on Learners?
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
2K
Make half and full adder without chips
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15
Views
5K
Substitute vs Full Time Teacher: Requirements and Licensing in Massachusetts
  • · Replies 16 ·
Replies
16
Views
6K
What is your experience with estimating student workload?
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
2K
Modelling Rutherford Scattering - in the school lab
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
2K
Photon emission in electronic transitions
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
How common is it for math majors to teach low level courses?
  • · Replies 18 ·
Replies
18
Views
4K
Insights Why Bother Teaching Mechanical Energy Conservation?
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Views
3K
New Visa Restrictions on International Students
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Views
2K
China's PISA Performance: Talent or Education System?
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
2K
Data Plotting Software for HS Students
  • · Replies 22 ·
Replies
22
Views
4K
Does anyone remember the Eureka Physics cartoons, from the early '80s?
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
What Are the New Degree Costs in Australia?
  • · Replies 22 ·
Replies
22
Views
3K
What Have Educators Learned About Distance Learning?
  • · Replies 160 ·
6
Replies
160
Views
16K
What is this mysterious piece of equipment found in my store room?
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
2K
Learning/Teaching Strategies for PF
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
3K
How is physics knowledge used in everyday life?
  • · Replies 66 ·
3
Replies
66
Views
16K
SCIC Science Is Cool Unconference (video posted)
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
Are There Any Alternative Brass Weight Sets for Lab Equipment?
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
2K
Teaching Thermodynamics with minimal math
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Views
2K
Teaching science (high school and seniors) post coronavirus
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Views
3K
Any good education journals, magazines, etc.?
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15
Views
3K
A Record Setting Thirteen Hour Graduate Level Physics Lecture
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Views
3K
Drawing the Line: Learning Metrics and Feynman's Perspective
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Views
2K
Fermi's Application To University
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
2K
Academic journals aimed at education/teaching
  • · Replies 14 ·
Replies
14
Views
2K
Unlock the World of Smartphone Physics Experiments for Remote Learning
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
2K
How do you arrange your work day?
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Views
2K
Teaching Chemistry labs and demonstrations online now -- Suggestions Please
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
2K