All Physics resources

Keywords

Grade Levels

Resources

Journal Series

Topics

Price

Web Seminar

Sponsored Web Seminar: From Local Data to Global Phenomena: Hands-On Climate Science Investigations, April 21, 2025

Join us on Monday, April 21, 2025, from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM ET, to discover engaging ways to bring meaningful climate science exploration into your classroom all year long!...

Postsecondary High School Biology Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Physics

Reports Article

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, December 17, 2024

By Debra Shapiro

Kindergarten Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Careers Climate Change Climate Science Computer Science Environmental Science General Science Instructional Materials Life Science News Physics STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

Web Seminar

Science Update: The Wonderful World of Plasma Physics: From the Birth of Stars to Building Cell Phones, February 20, 2025

What is inside our sun and other stars? What fills up the interstellar space? What is lightning? Trying to answer similar questions that come to the curious mind expanded our understanding of what happens to matter at high enough ...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Physical Science Physics STEM

Journal Article

Engaging Middle School Students with the Nature of Particles, Waves, and Light

This three-day unit engages students in the exploration of light behavior and makes connections to the advanced idea of the wave-particle duality of light. Students begin by exploring the behaviors of marbles (particles) as they interact with differe...

By Isaiah Kent-Schneider, Jerrid Kruse, Dan Chibnall, Paige Anderson, Emma Richards, Brooke Christenson

Literacy Phenomena Physical Science Physics Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Teaching Physics as the Awesome Rules of Nature

Focus on Physics...

By Paul G. Hewitt

High School Pedagogy Physical Science Physics Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Why is that Pole Wet on One Side and Not the Other?: Transitioning to Phenomenon and Problem-Driven Teaching in Kindergarten

This paper discusses two teachers’ experiences implementing a phenomenon and problem-driven curriculum for the first time in two kindergarten classes. It describes how teachers shifted their teaching to support students’ collaborative sensemaking...

By Mary Short, Nancy Costanzo, Allison Fleming

NGSS Phenomena Physics

Web Seminar

Science Update: Exoplanets: Finding Life in the Galaxy, January 30, 2025

Join exoplanet astronomer Rob Zellem, of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, as he discusses how we find and characterize exoplanets, planets outside of our own Solar System, with the goal of detecting signatures of life. He will also discuss c...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Astronomy Biology Chemistry Earth & Space Science Life Science Physics STEM Robotics

Journal Article

Some Physics of Wheels and Tires

Focus on Physics...

By Paul G. Hewitt

High School Physics Teaching Strategies