Physics education research, electronic materials, and the musings of Christopher Moore, Ph.D.
Dec 28th, 2010
Global warming alarmists have spent years blathering on about so-called models and data showing world temperatures rising and the catastrophic consequences. They are obviously full of crap for two reasons: (1) Have you looked outside? It’s snowing. In Myrtle Beach, SC. Blizzards up north. It’s cold. (2) Weren’t they talking about the coming Ice Age [...]
Dec 26th, 2010
I will be at the AAPT Winter Meeting in January where I will give a talk about the conceptual physics course we have been developing (more here and here.) The main point of the talk is to look at the data and answer the question posed in the title. The answer to that question is [...]
Dec 20th, 2010
A while back, I discussed a plan for my Conceptual Physics courses for non-science majors. Well, I taught the course. It was 48 students and me, and we successfully moved through a lot of the Physics by Inquiry (PbI) curriculum.
Dec 19th, 2010
Physicists have a fancy word that we like to use for the study of motion. We call the study of motion kinematics. The purpose of studing kinematics is to develop an understanding of how stuff moves. We see stuff move all of the time. Studing motion helps us to understand not only why objects move [...]