Jacobs Physics

Resources for teachers and students of introductory physics

23 July 2020

As we have to cut our courses to the essentials... what are the essentials?

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I've been asked a number of times about what to do if you have to teach a portion of the year online.  What are the most essential eleme...
21 July 2020

Position statement - what is the purpose of teaching conceptual physics?

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The purpose of a first-time physics class is NOT to cover content!  It's to build community through the shared challenge of understandi...
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14 July 2020

No preludes... just dive in to physics. Like in Hamilton.

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Take a cue from Hamilton in how you start your course.  I saw the show live back in February.  Now I've seen it again on video.  Of co...
02 June 2020

Where I stand, and why I focus on physics

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I'm finding it hard sometimes to think about physics while the country burns... when my saying "I am anti-fascist" has someho...
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24 May 2020

Physics professional development summer 2020: Conceptual Physics Summer Institute

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Update July 17 - all participants, for either week, should have today received a welcome letter and zoom link.  If you didn't, please le...
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05 May 2020

Leave checkboxes for last - start with evidence and reasoning.

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In my time teaching, I've coached baseball, football, tennis... and debate . A common way of teaching students to structure an argu...
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04 May 2020

When is something a "point object"?

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I've gotten the question a bobzillion times since I did a show about angular momentum :  I know you said angular momentum is L=Iw* ...
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01 May 2020

2020 AP Physics exams: Type your answers. Really - TYPE YOUR ANSWERS.

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I keep getting questions from people, even people who have read yesterday's post from associate chief reader Matt Sckalor.  They know t...
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29 April 2020

The Word about the 2020 AP Physics 1 exam - from Matt Sckalor

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Folks, you're hearing a lot of stuff about the format of the AP Physics 1 exam this year.  Most is baloney , as I've referenced befo...
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21 April 2020

Come to my AP Summer Institute... from ANYWHERE!

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Folks, I know we're all in AP prep mode and novel-online-learning mode and survive isolation mode... but I'd like you to give a tho...
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