Integrating active recall and synthesis into the process of reviewing for exams helps students study more productively.

These hands-on projects are a highly engaging way for high school students to explore aerodynamics and physics.

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. (WNYT) – A Columbia High School physics teacher is being recognized as a Top Teacher, and students say it’s easy to see why. Thomas Ross is known for his energetic teaching style ...

Knowing Your Home series: LakewoodAlive has announced spring dates for its annual Knowing Your Home series. Led by experts, the free workshops take place March 19 (pest control), April 16 ...

It only takes 28,000 pounds of car batteries, a ton or two of copper, and a bunch of DIY ingenuity to make a rig that produces effects dwarfing most lightning strikes. The currents induced by Drake ...

Champaign Central physics teacher Darren Plattner will retire at the end of the year after 33 years at the school. Multimedia Specialist Champaign Central physics teacher Darren Plattner will retire ...

Basketball shoes on a gym floor, bicycle brakes in need of a tune-up, or the squeal of tires are everyday examples of squeaking sounds. Such sounds have long been attributed to stick-slip friction, or ...

Explore the dynamics of spring-launched projectiles in **“Understanding Spring-Launched Ball Motion And Maximum Height.”** This tutorial breaks down how a ball behaves when launched by a spring, ...

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in school, where we learn about its use in the context of a circle. More ...

A physics teacher is suing the school board of Valley Stream Central High School District, alleging a board trustee used her position to influence district officials to remove him from a science ...

The chain-reaction revolution in high school physics set off by M.I.T.’s Physical Science Study Committee (TIME, July 29, 1957, et seq.) will touch 12,000 students this fall. Latest link in the ...

The University of Scranton’s annual Hayes Family Science Competition highlights competition and hands-on experience. A dozen area high schools and nearly 200 potential engineers and scientists ...