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Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity - Complete Series BUNDLE

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Questions to accompany Episode 1 of Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity, a three-part BBC miniseries. Though once thought to be a form of magic, electricity is now essential to modern human society. In this series, professor and host Jim

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History, Physical Science, Physics

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The Mechanical Universe - Complete Multiverse Gigabundle

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Question sets to accompany every episode of The Mechanical Universe ever produced: College and High School Adaptations. This is Everything Mechanical Universe.All video episodes stream online. All Google Docs files in this bundle are on Google Drive

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Conceptual Physics Alive - Complete Series MEGABUNDLE

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This megabundle includes question sets for all 34 episodes of Paul Hewitt's Conceptual Physics Alive from Arbor Scientific. The videos can be streamed on Vimeo at Conceptual Physics Alive!The videos are available on DVD at Conceptual Physics

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Chemistry: A Volatile History BUNDLE

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Question sets for all three episodes. See individual product listings for details.

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A Bundle of Phyz: ELECTROMAGNETISM

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Virtual Lab Experiments, skepticism, video lessons, and a documentary all elating to magnetism and electromagnetic induction. This is a big bundle of Phyz! All items are available individually. Some are also included in other bundles. They're

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A Bundle of Phyz: LIGHT AND COLOR

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A PhET and virtual lab experiment, skepticism, and video lessons all relating to light and color. This is a big bundle of Phyz! All items are available individually. Some are also included in other bundles. They're gathered here based on the theme

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A Bundle of Phyz: FLUIDS

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When the College Board added fluids to the AP Physics B exam, I felt like I needed to create a new unit from whole cloth. This bundle includes most of what I subsequently produced over the years.We begin with pressure and its idiosyncrasies,

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A Bundle of Phyz: HEAT + THERMO

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The bundle opens with a virtual demonstration of thermoscopes and a discussion of temperature scales. Next we have the classic ball and ring thermal expansion demonstration guide, followed by a demonstration to see the difference between hot and

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A Bundle of Phyz: ELECTROSTATICS

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Virtual lab activities, demonstrations, and videos relating to electrostatics. All items available separately, but offered at a savings in this bundle. See individual items for complete descriptions.I have also posted a couple of electrostatics

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Our Planet - Complete Season [Netflix] BUNDLE

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Question sets and answer keys to accompany all episodes of the groundbreaking Netflix series, Our Planet. The series includes stunning photography at every level. A companion website can be found at ourplanet.com.Please see individual product

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A Bundle of Phyz: HARMONIC MOTION

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The bundle opens with a PhET-fueled exploration of Hooke's law. "Spring to Another World" utilizes the Masses and Springs simulation.Then its on to a guided classroom discussion on elastic potential energy which works through a side-by-side compare

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Physics

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A Bundle of Phyz: ENERGY

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This busy bundle opens with springboards introducing gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. The Mechanical Universe's episode on "Potential Energy" includes a nice historical perspective via Roger Boscovich. Ranking tasks for potential

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Physics

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A Bundle of Phyz: NUCLEAR PHYSICS

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In the NGSS Three-Course Model, Physics of the Universe is divided into six instructional segments. Segment 4 is Nuclear Processes: Students develop a model of the internal structure of atoms and then extend it to include the processes of fission,

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Physics

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A Bundle of Phyz: MOTION

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Motion may be the most overrated topic in introductory physics. It is often the first topic covered in the course, and in some courses, the pure study of kinematics can linger from August through September and deep into October. That struck me as

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Einstein's Big Idea [PBS NOVA]

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Question set to accompany an episode of NOVA on PBS. EINSTEIN’S BIG IDEA [28 questions]Over 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications of his revolutionary special theory of relativity and came to a startling conclusion: mass and

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A Bundle of Phyz: ROTATION

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The bundle opens with a guided classroom discussion on "A New Kind of Motion": rotation. It's fundamentally different from linear motion."A Question of Balance" is a PhET-fueled lab activity that sets and applies the conditions for balance using the

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Physics

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A Bundle of Phyz: GRAVITY

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The bundle opens with The Mechanical Universe's "Kepler's Three Laws" which set the stage for Newton's work on universal gravitation."Be Newton for a Day" retraces Newton's fabled derivation of F=GMm/R^2 from geometry, Kepler's Rule, and a few

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Physics

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A Bundle of Phyz: WAVES AND SOUND

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Waves: it's difficult to communicate without them. I consider them to be fundamental to the study of physics. This collection opens with two PhET-fueled experience-builders and a virtual demonstration to if it's true that "in space, no one can hear

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Physics

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A Bundle of Phyz: ATOMIC PHYSICS

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This bundle begins with Paul Hewitt's homage to atoms, followed by The Mechanical Universe episode, "The Atom." Different perspectives, indeed. "The Photoelectric Effect" Lab Springboard utilizes a few videoclips and PhET's The Photoelectric Effect

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Physics

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Physics, AP Physics B, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, Conceptual Physics, Physical Science, and Earth Science. High school instructor 1986-2021.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Variety. Primarily laboratory activities, demonstrations, classroom discussions. Also reading, writing, and problem-solving. Videos with question sets are one component of a varied curriculum.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching - American Association of Physics Teachers Fellow - American Association of Physics Teachers Distinguished Service Citation - Northern California and Nevada American Association of Physics Teachers Distinguished Service Citation - San Juan Unified School District Award for Professional Excellence - San Juan Unified School District Citation for Outstanding Service - Rio Americano High School Most Valuable Teacher Award - Rio Americano High School Award for Outstanding Service

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

University of Michigan: BS.Ed (Physics/Mathematics) - National University: MS.IL (with honors)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Author of lab manuals for Conceptual Physics, Conceptual Physical Science, and Conceptual Integrated Science. Appointed by California's State Board of Education to serve on the California Department of Education's Assessment Review Panel. Served on the CDE's Golden State Exam Development Committee and the American Association of Physics Teachers' Examination Editorial Board. ("Show me your test and I'll know what you value.") Advanced amateur nature/wildlife/travel photographer.

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Specialty, Math, Calculus, Science, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics, Social Studies - History, Ancient History, Physical Education, Health, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Foreign Languages, Geology, History, Medicine, Physics, Physiology, Geography, Anthropology, Psychology, General Science, Physical Science, Meteorology, Engineering

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