This lesson plan, authored and curated by David P. Stern, introduces the concept of energy through the ideas of conservation and the ability to run machines. A series of both qualitative and quantitative examples are...

This paper, presented at the 2002 Physics Education Research Conference, describes a study intended to understand middle school students' cognitive conflict levels when they were confronted with anomalous situations. In...

New physics teaching resource sites continue to pop up every day, and this one from the University of Minnesota's Physics Education Research Group is a good find. The site is divided into two areas, one covering...

All About Circuits is a website that “provides a series of online textbooks covering electricity and electronics.” Written by Tony R. Kuphaldt, the textbooks available here are wonderful resources for students, teachers,...

Another great student project, created by Make Magazine, is these solar insect robots. One of the great things about these little bots is that you can make them from scavenged materials. Use parts from broken electronics...