Even scientists and educators who have an abiding love of physics acknowledge that much of society at large doesn’t share their affection. The study of force and motion has long been regarded as the ...

As he assesses the small but growing effort to reverse the traditional order of high school science courses, Jay Labov, deputy director of the National Research Council's Center for Education, recalls ...

EGG HARBOR CITY — The lesson in Andrew Ross’ eighth-grade science class at the Egg Harbor City Community School was potential and kinetic energy. Students placed a small car on a flat board and noted ...

Traditionally taught in high schools after chemistry and biology, some students never take a course in physics – but that could be changing. Despite resistance, even among physics teachers, more ...

When Naperville North High School sophomore Jason Xia took the AP physics 1 exam in May, all he hoped for was to have enough correct answers to earn the maximum score of 5. Now a junior, the ...

Students in Hinsdale High School District 86 will follow the same sequence of science courses, starting with physics in freshmen year, at both high schools. District administrators said research, ...

Math, specifically calculus, is a barrier to many natural sciences, technology and engineering fields. Physics, which is math-heavy, often proves similarly challenging to students who wish to pursue ...

A Feb. 4 letter suggested that physics should not be taught before chemistry and biology because it is more abstract. But a first course in physics is the least abstract of any first-year high school ...

General Physics for Majors course designed by CU Boulder Professors Eric Cornell and Paul Beale shows students that the furthest reaches of science are built on fundamental concepts The Nobel laureate ...

Might two bent crystals pave the way to finding new physics? The Standard Model of particle physics describes our world at its smallest scales exceptionally well. However, it leaves some important ...