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Is your lab booklet available on internet in English? (please share)
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Is Overly Fundamental Understanding of Physics Concepts Hindering Learning?
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A really cool website for Physics competitions
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Open-access physics education journals?
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Is Common Core Mathematics a Revolutionary Teaching Method or a Passing Fad?
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Where can I get a cheap ceramic (hi temp.) superconductor?
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Insights Is Math Boring Due to Teaching or Student Readiness?
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Common Core Math in Elementary School
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Integrate Physics Teaching with Technology: Get Support
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Book Suggestions for Teaching Conceptual Modern Physics
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Advice on doing the Egg Drop challenge with High Schoolers
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Weird question: is this plagiarism?
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Does computer programming help developing math skills?
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Differences in Teaching Phys Vs. Chem/Bio?
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What Defines Mechanics in Physics Education?
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AAPT 2016 Winter Meeting-New Orleans, LA (Jan 9-12, 2016)
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Education app demonstrating 2nd law of thermodynamics
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Group work in physics and in work-life?
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Teaching Astronomy to 11-16yr Old Boy Scouts
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How to explain the term quantum mechanics in 10 minutes?
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I want to teach "measurement" to grade schoolers
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Ideas for Camp activities/workshops
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How Can We Teach People to Learn from Physics Journals?
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What Should a Week-Long High School Cosmology Class Cover?
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Can you demonstrate EM induction with a transformer and magnet?
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Analytic geometry, proper order for learning and teaching it
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What Role Does Censorship Play in Modern Scientific Research?
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What challenges do science teachers faces when teaching science?
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Book or Course on How to Analyze Scientific Studies?
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Teaching survival skills to endangered wildcats
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Experience with flipping your classroom
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Standardized Tests: Have we gone too far?
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Very good read on the history of the math major in the US
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How Can I Start an Engaging Science Club in a College Where Few Are Interested?
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Teaching Mindfulness - a Benefit
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Impact of question structure on student's performance.
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Quality Erasable Whiteboard Markers.
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Dealing with creepy students as a TA
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Answer: Common Core Math: Multiply & Divide 2-Digit Numbers Intuitively
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Want to teach an online class, but where can I do so?
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Any ideas for a summer program project for high school science students?
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Thermodynamics multiple choice questions
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What criteria are used to evaluate research in academia?
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Creating the student-centered lab
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Probeware Reviews: Vernier LabQuest vs Pasco
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Increase in STEM schools - reasons and thoughts
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What would you present about light if you have 90-sec time?
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How frequency domain topic should be taught in the academic course?
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Becoming an AP high school teacher
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Computer simulation of seismic waves
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Need animation/video to convey rotational speeds
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Find Photogate Magnets for CENCO Launcher Apparatus
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Can one truly master physics or is there always more to learn?
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Tips for Tutoring Math: From College Algebra to Differential Equations
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Bizarre incident today in the class I was teaching
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AAPT 2015 Summer Meeting-College Park, MD (Jul 25-29, 2015)
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Tutoring Physics? (one bad experience, need to improve)
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SketchUp Pro or AutoCAD for K-12 Education?
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Teaching relativity to the general public
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Vendor for Flint Glass Block or Prism
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What are top 10 physics concepts for middle schoolers?
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Why are students permitted to use calculators on AP math?
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New, innovative ideas from youngsters, peer reviewed
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My Physics Teacher Might Be Jealous
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Any ideas to time trolley crashes to simulate crumple zone
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Education needed to teach physics?
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What do you think would be the best way to structure a math course?
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Paying for Masters in Physics Secondary Ed.?
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Is there an Understanding Physics style book for chemistry?
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Looking for feedback on physics animations
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New to AP teaching - AP Physics 1 test help
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Are You Struggling to Navigate the New AP Physics 1 Guidelines?
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Appropriate workload? (number of quizzes specifically)
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Making physics relevant in High School
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How does tension affect sound pitch in 3rd grade sound energy lessons?
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In quite the predicament as a new TA
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Explaining equation to stem class
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Is Technology Revolutionizing Traditional Education Methods?
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How Does a Barcode on Homework Work?
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Is it worth going to lectures and tutorials in engineering?
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A microscope in an electricity laboratory
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Tips for Teaching Assistant for Mechanics Lab Course
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AAPT Conferences: Worth Attending?
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Does Professor Leonardo Susskind teach mainstream physics?
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Teaching finance with Monte Carlo simulation
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How Can AP Physics Enhance Water Rocket Projects?
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Teaching calculus to people who only learned algebra 2.
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Why Do Professors Prefer Online Homework?
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MHB Intelligence vs Hard Work: What Matters More for Success?
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What software should I consider for my physics lab?
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Learning Russian: Self-Teaching Tips & Resources
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MHB Why Didn't Teacher Dismiss Class After Student Explained Why They Didn't Study?
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Rules for Female Teachers (1915)
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Teach Summer School Conceptual Physics in 6 Weeks
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Engaging Textbooks: Making Learning Interesting for Kids
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Do Physics Classrooms Need Gas, Air, and Vacuum Outlets?
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So, iPads in the classroom? What's your take?
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Resources/Info on contributions of minorities and women to science
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Balancing Informal Tone with Acceptable Rigor
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What do University lecturers think of the PF homework forums?
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