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Computational Thinking and Physics

Scientix

Description of the activity: Teaching physics not only requires logical thinking but also provides opportunities for its development. Logical thinking plays a crucial role in coding and programming, making physics lessons essential for fostering computational thinking.

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100th Day of School — It’s about Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

PE Physical activities during winter often become calisthenics or personal fitness, exercises that can be done indoors or in the gym. jumping jacks, sit-ups, and deep knee bends) to learn the concept that 10 sets of 10 equal 100. Another indoor physical activity is walking 100 steps and measuring where you end up.

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Center of mass calculations for AP Physics 1

Jacobs Physics

The revisions to the AP Physics exams for 2025 are imminent. I've posted about the formatting changes , which are truly no big deal for physics 1/2, and are so, so welcome in physics C. The *content* changes are nonexistent in physics C. The *content* changes are nonexistent in physics C.

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AP Physics 1 and AP Physics C - Mechanics Daily Review: Fundamentals check 1

Jacobs Physics

Only four weeks until exam day for AP Physics students. These questions are perfect review for BOTH AP Physics 1 and AP Physics C - mechanics. Is the tension in the rope greater, less than, or equal to m 2 g ? Is the acceleration of m 1 greater than, less than, or equal to g ? What should you do?

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AP Physics 1 and AP Physics C - Mechanics Daily Review: Fundamentals check 8

Jacobs Physics

I'd be happy to talk physics teaching with anyone over coffee or dinner. Yes, I'm primarily talking to physics teachers. but if you have a group of several physics students who'd like to say hello, I'd love to meet youall, too! Is the highest position reached greater than, less than, or equal to 20 m above where I threw it?

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Helping Students Think With Their Whole Bodies

ED Surge

Those who design our tech, she argues, are particularly prone to a brain-bound vision of the mind, forgetting that users of smartphone apps and computers are situated in bodies and move about the world in physical space with others. Situated cognition is the idea that where we are, our physical environment, affects the way that we think.

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AP Physics 1 and AP Physics C - Mechanics Daily Review: Fundamentals check 13

Jacobs Physics

I also will do a Conceptual Physics Summer Institute if I can get at least 10 people committed - send me an email if you'd like to suggest dates for this!) How do we get students to focus on the process of learning physics rather than merely the outcomes of their tests? Effort in physics is a matter of character, not reward.

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