Stop Faking It!

William C. Robertson, Ph.D.

Intimidated by inertia? Exasperated by electricity? Puzzled by particle theory? Muddled about what makes music? Mixed up about magnets? Perplexed about air pressure? Queasy about equations? Panicked over the periodic table?

Books

NSTA Press Book

Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion

Never has it been so easy for educators to learn to teach physical science with confidence. Award-winning author Bill Robertson launched his bestselli...

NSTA Press Book

More Chemistry Basics: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It

Overwhelmed by orbitals? Terrified of thermodynamics? Agitated by acids and bases? Have no fear! This follow-up to the award-winning Chemistry Basics ...

NSTA Press Book

Sound: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It

Muddled about what makes music? Stuck on the study of harmonics? Dumbfounded by how sound gets around? Now you no longer have to struggle to teach c...

NSTA Press Book

Light: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It

Why is left right and right left in the mirror? Baffled by the basics of reflection and refraction? Wondering just how the eye works? If you have trou...

NSTA Press Book

Energy: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It

Confounded by kinetic energy? Suspect that teaching about simple machines isn’t really so simple? Exasperated by electricity? If you fear the study...

NSTA Press Book

Force and Motion: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It

Intimidated by inertia? Frightened by forces? Mystified by Newton’s laws of motion? You’re not alone—and help is at hand. The Stop Faking It! Se...

Chapters

Book Chapter

To the Moon, Alice!

You now know enough about force and motion to design a trip to the Moon. After all, if they can get a man on the Moon, you can understand science. In ...

Book Chapter

Waves Do Basic Math--Adding and Subtracting

So far we've been dealing with single sources of sound, and how they produce the pitches you hear. But you don't go to the symphony to hear a single ...

Book Chapter

Waving Strings

Unless you really haven't been paying attention to the world around you, you know that plucked strings produce sounds. Carlos Santana demonstrates th...

Book Chapter

When Light Waves Collide

Light doesn't always travel in straight lines. It can bend around corners, just like sound. When it does change direction like this, you end up with l...