by Raymond Burns | Feb 4, 2025 | General Tips for Teaching Physics
In my years of teaching, I’ve found that the middle and end of February are the toughest times to be in the classroom. Both teachers and students feel like they’ve been in school forever, yet summer break still seems too far away to get excited about. Add in the cold...
by Raymond Burns | Apr 22, 2024 | General Tips for Teaching Physics
We’re all beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel now. Often, students think they’re the only ones looking towards it, but they don’t realize that nobody is gazing at that light more intently than the teachers. Some of us are now jogging...
by Raymond Burns | Apr 22, 2024 | General Tips for Teaching Physics
Let me start by saying that as a student, I absolutely despised summer assignments. Teachers would assign multiple books to read and hand out worksheet packets as thick as a book. Then, two days before summer ended, I’d be frantically calling my friends and...
by Raymond Burns | Jan 6, 2024 | Hacks and Tips for Simplifying Physics Lessons
Teaching the Energy and Work unit offers a refreshing break from the usual routine. Success in this particular unit doesn’t demand extensive prior knowledge of Dynamics or Kinematics. Moreover, both Energy and Work being scalar quantities means less emphasis on...
by Raymond Burns | Jan 3, 2024 | General Tips for Teaching Physics
As a kid in public school, not surprisingly, science was a class I enjoyed more than most. However, I hated how it seemed that almost every year, I felt like I was being lied to. It was very common to hear, “Remember when your teacher told you that a force is a push...
