Observations First

This past summer I had the opportunity to attend one week of a three-week workshop in a physics teaching method known as Modeling Instructio...

Happy Holidays! It's been a while since I posted last, and I apologize... I've been busy with some other things, including a nation...

This is a very exciting day for me because the September issue of The Physics Teacher came in the mail... Most exciting of all, a column I ...

All physics teachers make choices concerning the depth and breadth of material they include in their courses. Physics First is a golden oppo...

At an all-girls school in Palo Alto, California, I saw a wonderfully successful example of pure Modeling Instruction employed in the ninth...

Technology can be put to use in ninth grade classes to great positive effect, but the complexity of this technology can sometimes obscure th...

In December, I had a phone conversation with a New York City public school teacher about his experience with Physics First. This teacher ha...