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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.
Can YouTube videos be translated on phones for ELLs?
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Quickly Transitioning to Teaching Online Due to COVID-19
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Free easy to use discussion forum for U3A group?
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Students Engaged In Active Learning Think They Learn Less
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Posing interesting questions that make students want to think deeply
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Gauge of wire to use in an induction experiment
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Learning how to formulate scientific reasoning in physics or "physics language"
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Experts' Thinking: How Physics Experts Think Differently
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Upcoming AAPT Meetings: Call for Papers & Dates
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Kinematics in High School Physics: Reasons to Teach Equations
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Question for STEM high school teachers — What do you like and dislike?
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Teaching high school students for the first time
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How to search for research students?
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How Can We Encourage Scientific Thinking in Children?
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What are the benefits of STEM Learning Education for kids?
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Increasing the number of Questions on the exams and the effects of it
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If you were a linear algebra teacher, would you dock points for this?
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Effect Compton - Experiment (Low Cost)
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Teaching STEM at the Time of Political Distress
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Where to teach auto trades online?
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Thoughts on Undergraduate Engineering Research
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Is Lowering School Starting Age To 3 A Good Idea
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Outlets for highly-experienced Teachers and/or Directors?
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Insight into the conceptual gap and how to fill it
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Teaching Forces - Having issues with directions & vectors
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What could elementary school teachers do to better prepare students?
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Questions Regarding my Supervising of an Undergrad Senior Project in Physics
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Lill's method for solving polynomial equations
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Sequencing for Classical Mechanics
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"Lesson study"-method applied to high school physics
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Teaching Physics to Young People: Challenges & Opportunities
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The Signalling Model of Education: Accurate or Misleading?
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How Should I Structure My AP Physics 2 Class?
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Tutoring medical students for their physics exam
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The more decimal places, the better?
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Failing students who are close to passing?
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Thoughts on using the Scratch language as an intro to programming
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Perfect material for trigonometry
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Series of science-themed novels for middle school in 1960s
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Prof. Peter Shor's teaching style is frightening
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Is this a horribly ambiguous A Level Physics question?
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University Subjects At Middle School
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Looking for A Level Physics Tutors in the UK?
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Explaining internal energy (A level physics)
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Can Legos Help Teach Braille? A Look at the Innovative Technique
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Planning an "Intro to lab work" lab?
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Why couldn't the math portion be crammed into entry level physics?
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Looking for an app to demonstrate motion via multiple exposure images
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How to explain collision theory?
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What should be the order of things on an introduction to pure maths?
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How to motivate students to do proofs?
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Establishing a Probability PhD Program: Prerequisites for Research
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Problems with UK A level Physics Marking Schemes
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Tips - physics video experiments
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Experimental Derivations of Pi in Physics
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Measuring one second with a bouncing ball
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Thesis like a scientific article
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Where can I find educational mechanical engineering devices?
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Fun experiments to disprove Flat Earth
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Hall's Marriage Theorem: Math Student Rejected Thesis for "Offense
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Homemade questions on introductory physics
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How to teach modern physics for the visually impaired?
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Order of pre-college (high school) physics textbooks
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If you were a Physics II teacher, what would you do here?
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Questions Regarding a Semester Project
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MHB Effective learning techniques for abstract mathematics?
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How Can Doppler Radar Improve Drag Coefficient Measurements in Physics Labs?
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Certificate in creating virtual labs?
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Efficient Holistic Learning Strategies for College Students: Tips and Advice
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Should I Correct My Professor's Math in an Introductory Physics Course?
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Cellphone Distraction in Classroom Can Lead to Lower Grades
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Are textbook derivations in physics too formulaic?
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What is a clinometer and how can it be used to find the height of an object?
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Helping students transition from High School to University
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Looking for Psychics to Teach Physics
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This teacher has doubts that microwaved food is safe
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Database of physics powerpoint slides?
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Low RPM Toy Motors for Physics Lab - Ideas Needed
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Theoretical Physics should belong in the math department
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Becoming a Teacher: How to Prepare Without Extra Courses
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My HTML5 Physics Apps Collection Age 6-14 - FELP.PL
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How much to invest in tutoring business?
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Dynamics cart systems: Vernier vs. Pasco?
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High school algebra 1 topics - have they changed recently?
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What Unique Microscopy Samples Can Engage Kids in STEM Learning?
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Teaching Economics Without Calculus
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Whiteboard or Slides for Teaching Equations?
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Looking for Website with lots of School Exercises in Maths
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High school physics teacher seeking slide rules
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Is Classroom Behavior Influenced by a Teacher's Attitude?
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Deciphering Labs vs Activities in High School Teaching: A First-Year Perspective
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Robotics/Electronics workshops carried out in England / UK?
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MHB Kid is good at math; too young for area to consider useful; Any suggestions
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Do most textbooks not help their readers?
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How can I teach how a motor works to students effectively?
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Is it generally safe for kids to handle silicon wafers?
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Does the world need more teachers?
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MHB Algebra Not Needed After High School
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Laser Safety Glasses for Class II
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How many of your students actually read the course syllabus?
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