NSTA Press author Bill Robertson has extended his popular Stop Faking It! series with the new teacher resource Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion (Grades 5–9). Teachers have responded enthusiastically to the lively mix of clear explanations and irreverent humor that are the hallmarks of Robertson’s original series. In the new book, Robertson presents 23 classroom activities in which students investigate, discuss, and apply new concepts to everyday situations. Robertson’s wit and illustrator Brian Diskin’s clever illustrations will keep students and teachers entertained while they tackle motion basics, vectors, acceleration, Newton’s laws, net or unbalanced forces, gravitational forces, and mass and weight. Browse the June 2011 issue of NSTA’s Book Beat and download the free chapter “Acceleration,” which includes activities that will help students describe and demonstrate methods for changing the speed and/or direction of a moving object. If you’re in search of more physics resources, these NSTA Press books are also rich in activities (each has a free chapter posted): Force and Motion: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It; Predict, Observe, Explain: Activities Enhancing Scientific Understanding (Grades 7–12); Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science, Volume 1: Force and Motion (Grades K–12); and Take-Home Physics: 65 High-Impact, Low-Cost Labs (Grades 9–12).