To many people unfamiliar with Invisible Children, the Kony 2012 campaign looked like a brilliant example of “viral” media spread. The center of the campaign is a compelling 30-minute film where a father talks to his son about the evil practices of the Ugandan war lord Joseph Kony. The father makes it clear that his [...]

Exhibit A: Exhibit B: Download the high-quality video clips for each collision. Discuss. Tagged: demonstration, Khan Academy, physics, teaching, technology, video

Following on from the recent blog challenge on raising awareness of disability access issues, I came across the Leonard Cheshire Disability campaign whilst watching Shaun the Sheep dvds with my daughter. The campaign is called “Creature Discomforts” and has very similar aims to the blog challenge – namely to get people to think about the way ...

This must-watch video is from our friend Derek Muller, physics educator and science video blogger. Derek writes: It is a common view that “if only someone could break this down and explain it clearly enough, more students would understand.” Khan Academy is a great example of this approach with its clear, concise videos on science. However it ...

Today we have a guest post from Derek Muller, a physics educator who runs the science video blog Veritasium.  Derek is @veritasium on Twitter. I have made some great pseudoteaching – but it was all in the name of research, let me assure you. My interests in physics, education, and film converged in a doctoral dissertation at the University of ...

1. Stop motion movies and flip books. By taking multiple pictures, students would create a photo flip book or stop motion movie to demonstrate, as accurately as possible, a particular science concept or process. For some examples, see Dale Basler’s post Create stop-motion videos and learn physics. Another way to easily create stopmotion films ...

My last post ended with a slow-motion video of falling rolls of paper towels. Here’s a few other videos we’ve taken with the high speed camera: Ball Bounce Challenge Students had to predict the drop height necessary in order for the ball to bounce back up to the height of the hoop. Each group was given a different ball. They could take any ...

Rotational motion is my favorite topic in AP Physics C: Mechanics. Here’s one reason why: [taken from Why toast lands jelly-side down: zen and the art of physics demonstrations by Robert Ehrlich] We did this as a final problem in our study of rotational energy. After working through a series of long equations from energy and kinematics, we ...

Welcome to the sixth in a series of summer posts dedicated to bringing you the biggest collections of national and international resources you will find anywhere. Summer is a  perfect time to examine what you just might want to include in next year’s lesson plans that will engage your students. I plan to share resources that will cover all the ...

Picture Courtesy of http://www.lumaxart.com/ I am sitting in Wichita, Kansas after providing a day long tech integration in-service to an amazing  and creative group of middle school teachers. While I hope I was able to facilitate technology infusion to a group already at the cutting edge of education reform, I too walked away with new ideas ...