Such projects are often fun for students and teachers. Teachers are often intrigued and amazed by students’ ideas and ...

Although computers have dramatically improved productivity in many areas, their use for improving education has been slow and difficult. Online interactive simulations may soon change all that. There ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

We’ve often thought that 3D printers make excellent school projects. No matter what a student’s interests are: art, software, ...

From attention to metacognition and memory, here are 15 tips to apply the latest insights from cognitive science to how students learn.

After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National ...

UC Santa Barbara physicists John Martinis and Michel Devoret have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. Selected for the honor alongside UC Berkeley physicist and former advisor John Clarke, ...

Kevin Fong asks for a volunteer from the audience who would be happy to drink a sample of his urine. He is surprised when some children volunteer and explains that urine is a waste product from the ...

Jon Chase is at Leeds College of Art. The art students here know a thing or two about colour, so they’re taking part in an experiment. Can they work out what happens when light reflects off paints of ...

Why do you teach? “I love to interact with the kids and have them get to that point where they have the ‘ aha ’ moment, or ...

The IAEA has published “Radiation Oncology Physics: a handbook for teachers and students” aiming at providing the minimum level of knowledge expected of a medical physicist specializing in radiation ...