For the constant velocity buggy lab, I’m lucky enough to have a pathway behind our physics rooms that is locked off to the general student community. When we run the buggy lab, students work back here. Last year I had papers taped in various places to help students determine their…Read More

This lab engages students in an evidence‑based investigation of what determines wave speed in a spring, emphasizing experimental control and quantitative reasoning. By systematically varying amplitude, tension, distance traveled, and wave type, students test common misconceptions and use measured data to decide which variables meaningfully affect wave speed. The activity…Read More

Many chemistry teachers lead a lab in which students burn food and capture much of the energy in water in an aluminum can. Since so much of the energy is not absorbed by the water in the can (so much just passes around the can and rises into the classroom),…Read More

This question focuses on the traditional grading system were all scores count the same, and a students' final grade is based on the average of all the scores. The alternative presented is to look at trends in a student's scores…looking for growth and allowing for early mistakes/low scores to not…Read More

I’ve collecting photos of the Yolo Bypass during the January 2023 flooding. Photo location is at the east end of the bypass, on the north side along the bike path. I’ll be adding more photos as I take them over the next few weeks. Looking westbound from West Sacramento Click…Read More