Physicists and educationalists have many theories about why so few girls study physics. Valerie Jamieson goes back to school and asks female pupils what they really think. Vanessa Bennett, Callie ...

Science teachers are still concerned about the attractiveness of physics courses. In 1971, in Victoria, Australia, high school physics enrolments showed an absolute decline for the first time in ...

Five years after the creation of a multi-institution graduate school for physics PhD students, Peter McDonald and James West outline the lessons learned Diligent learning: Mark Patton from Oxford ...

Reyna Pratt spends her days preparing high school students in Virginia for an increasingly competitive world. They learn biology, algebra, English composition, world history, and world cultures. “I ...

The topic of electricity often poses difficulties for many secondary school students in physics lessons. Researchers have now developed and empirically evaluated a new, intuitive curriculum as part of ...

Dive into the fascinating world of electromagnetism with Python Physics Lesson 30! In this lesson, we explore why a long wire generates a magnetic field and how current flow creates magnetic effects ...

As California schools move to implement new science standards, they are under pressure to offer more physics instruction, creating a demand for teachers in a subject area where there is already a ...