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The Lessons of Phyz

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Expand your curriculum or just catch your breath. Jury duty? Disruptive schedule (for special events)? Personal situation? Or looking for new ways to teach the classic topics? Whatever the reason, I'm here to help. Experience Physics, AP Physics B, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, Conceptual Physics, Physical Science, and Earth Science. High school classroom teacher 1986-2021. TPT author-creator since 2018. Teaching Credential: https://bit.ly/3U7HwjZ Lessons of Phyz Blog: https://lessonsofphyz.blogspot.com

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Creatures of Light [PBS NOVA]

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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. The Google Docs files provided in this product are suitable for use online for remote instruction and make-up work and/or for printing and photocopying for in-person instruction. They are ready to use whichever way you need to use them.

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Chemistry, General Science, Physical Science

Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 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 Al-Khalili tells the history of electricity and humans' pursuit to master it. Al-Khalili begins with the early achievements and breakthroughs and finishes with more modern achievements, including such milestones as the first commercial adaptation and the di

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Physical Science, Physics

Conceptual Physics Alive MEGABUNDLE

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This megabundle includes question sets for all 34 episodes of Paul Hewitt's Conceptual Physics Alive video lectures. The videos stream freely and can be downloaded from Conceptual Academy. For details of individual episode questions, please see individual episode product descriptions. The Google Docs files provided in this product are suitable for use online for remote instruction and make-up work and/or for printing and photocopying for in-person instruction. They are ready to use whichever

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Physics

Your Brain: Who's In Control? [PBS NOVA]

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Questions to accompany Your Brain: Who’s In Control?, PBS NOVA season 50, episode 10. The video is available through PBS, iTunes, and Amazon Prime. At the time of publication, it also streams on YouTube. [YouTube link embedded in the episode title on Google Docs files.] Not sure how long PBS will keep the YouTube post active. YOUR BRAIN: WHO’S IN CONTROL? (43 questions) Are you in control, or is your brain controlling you? Dive into the latest research on the subconscious with neuroscientist H

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Anatomy

The American Revolution BUNDLE [PBS]

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Questions to accompany all episodes of PBS’s The American Revolution: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt. At the time of publication, the videos streamed on PBS, PBS Passport, Amazon Prime, and iTunes. A link to each PBS stream is embedded in the Google Docs files. Streaming video links can change over time and may require a search to locate. DVD and Blu-ray versions can be found at online retailers such as PBS and Amazon. From PBS: The American Revolution is available to stre

9th - 12th

U.S. History

Ancient Skies BUNDLE [PBS]

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Questions to accompany PBS’s three-part series Ancient Skies.As of the publication of this resource, the video was available via pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio. PBS streaming links are embedded in the student document and answer key. [I have PBS Passport, which often seems to help.] Always make sure you can access the video before purchasing question sets. ANCIENT

9th - 12th

Astronomy, World History

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 energy are one, related by the formula E = mc2. In "Einstein's Big Idea," NOVA dramatizes the remarkable story behind this equation. E = mc2 was just one of several extraordinary breakthroughs that Einstein made in 1905, including the completion of

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Physical Science, Physics

Also included in: Physics: MEGABUNDLE

Your Brain: Perception Deception [PBS NOVA]

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Questions to accompany Your Brain: Perception Deception, PBS NOVA season 50, episode 9. The video is available through PBS, iTunes, and Amazon Prime. At the time of publication, it also streams on YouTube. [YouTube link embedded in the episode title on Google Docs files.] Not sure how long PBS will keep the YouTube post active. YOUR BRAIN: PERCEPTION DECEPTION (45 questions) Is what you see real? Join neuroscientist Heather Berlin on a quest to understand how your brain shapes your reality, an

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Biology, Psychology, Science

Universe Revealed BUNDLE [PBS NOVA]

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Universe RevealedIn this five-part series, NOVA delves into the vastness of space to capture moments of high drama when the universe changed forever. State-of-the-art animation gives us astonishing, photorealistic glimpses of the birth of a star in a stellar nursery, the chaos created as two galaxies collide, and the power of a supermassive black hole as it flings a star across space so violently that it’s still traveling 10 million years later. NOVA even takes viewers back on the ultimate time

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Astronomy, Earth Sciences

Hunt for the Oldest DNA [PBS NOVA]

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Questions to accompany Hunt for the Oldest DNA, PBS NOVA season 51, episode 4. The video is available through PBS/PBS Passport, iTunes, and Amazon Prime. PBS links are provided in the title below and in the Google Docs files. Verify that you have access to the video before proceeding. HUNT FOR THE OLDEST DNA (47 questions) For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. But life’s genetic blueprint is incredibly fragile, and researchers have struggled to find DNA in fos

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Biology, Science

The Mechanical Universe - 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 so they can be assigned online (for remote instruction, perhaps). But they were also designed so that you can print and photocopy them for in-person instruction as well. You need maximum flexibility to deliver solid, NSF-supported content delivery.

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Physics

Human BUNDLE [PBS NOVA]

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Questions to accompany all episodes of PBS NOVA’s Human. Season 52, episodes 12-16 of NOVA. As of the publication of this resource, the video was available via PBS streaming. Amazon Prime, and Apple iTunes. PBS streaming links are embedded in the student document and answer key. HUMANAround 300,000 years ago, Homo sapiens emerged in Africa—one of at least seven human species alive at the time. Now, we are the only remaining human line, and our impact on the planet is undeniable. In this stunni

9th - 12th

Archaeology, Biology

Atomic Cafe

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Question set to accompany a documentary from The Archives Project. ATOMIC CAFE [extensive pre-viewing activity and 10 questions] This darkly humorous documentary consists of archival footage about nuclear warfare. Drawing largely on government propaganda and training films for American soldiers, the movie, presented in collage form, features clips from early in the Cold War era that are filled with alarming misinformation. Some segments address the alleged safety of nuclear radiation, "duck and

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Physical Science, Physics, U.S. History

Also included in: Physics: MEGABUNDLE

Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build [PBS NOVA]

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Questions to accompany PBS NOVA’s Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build. This was season 52, episode 19 of NOVA. Astronauts and Mission Control relive terrifying moments during construction of the ISS. As of the publication of this resource, the video was available via PBS streaming. Amazon Prime, and Apple iTunes. PBS streaming links are embedded in the student document and answer key. OPERATION SPACE STATIONThe size of a football field, the International Space Station hurtles around Earth

9th - 12th

Engineering, Physical Science

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World - BUNDLE

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This bundle includes video question sets for all six episodes of the PBS/BBC series (also available on Amazon Prime Video). The BBC version is titled "Revolution" rather than "Breakthrough". See each bundled product's description for more information. INTERVIEW: ‘Breakthrough’ looks at the ideas that changed the world {Hollywood Soapbox]The Google Docs files provided in this product are suitable for use online for remote instruction and make-up work and/or for printing and photocopying for in-p

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Engineering, Physics, Science

OpenStax Physics: High School Crosswords MEGABUNDLE

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All 23 crosswords. Vocabulary matched to the chapters in OpenStax Physics: High School. See individual product listings for complete details on each. All items are available separately. All include answer keys. Bonus: "Mostly Measures" crossword featuring names of quantities, units, and Greek letters.

9th - 12th

Physics

Creatures of Light [PBS NOVA]

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Questions to accompany PBS NOVA’s Creatures of Light. This was season 43, episode 14 of NOVA. Deep in the ocean, animals that flash, sparkle, and glow use light to survive in the dark.As of the publication of this resource, the video was streaming on YouTube. (It no longer streams on PBS.) Always make sure you can access the video before purchasing question sets.CREATURES OF LIGHT (50 questions)On a summer’s night, there’s nothing more magic than watching the soft glow of fireflies switching on

9th - 12th

Biology, Chemistry, Physics

Lucy Worsley Investigates The American Revolution - 2. A Messy Divorce [PBS]

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Questions to accompany part 2 of PBS’s Lucy Worsley Investigates The American Revolution: A Messy Divorce.At the time of publication, the video streamed on PBS, PBS Passport, Amazon Prime, and iTunes. A link to the PBS stream is embedded in the title below and in the Google Docs files. Streaming video links can change over time and may require a search to locate. I have PBS Passport, which often helps. Always make sure you have access to the video before buying question sets. From PBS: Lucy Wor

9th - 12th

British History, U.S. History

The Megabundle of Phyz

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Everything from all 24 Bundles of Phyz: 251 products in all. The Bundles of Phyz are as follows (click to see their specific contents): 1. Preliminaries2. Motion3. Motion Graphs4. Inertia5. Forces6. Circular Motion7. Gravity8. Momentum9. Energy10. Rotation11. Fluids12. Heat and Thermo13. Electrostatics14. Electric Circuits15. Electromagnetism16. Harmonic Motion17. Waves and Sound18. Light and Color19. Refraction20. Mirrors and Lenses21. Wave Optics22. Atomic Physics 23. Nuclear Physics24. Stars

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Physics

Return to the Moon [PBS NOVA]

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Questions to accompany PBS NOVA’s Return to the Moon This was season 53, episode 7 of NOVA. Follow the Artemis mission to bring humanity back to the Moon for the first time since Apollo. As of the publication of this resource, the video was available via PBS streaming. Amazon Prime, and Apple iTunes. PBS streaming links are embedded in the student document and answer key. RETURN TO THE MOON (48 questions) A half-century after American astronauts walked on the Moon, NASA and its international pa

9th - 12th

Astronomy, Earth Sciences, Engineering

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Experience

Teaching style

Variety. Primarily laboratory activities, demonstrations, and guided classroom discussions with AV presentations. Also reading, writing, and problem-solving. Videos with question sets are one component of a varied curriculum. Crossword puzzles add a colorful thread to the tapestry.

Awards & shining teacher moments

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 Cornell University Merrill Presidential Scholar High School Teacher Designee 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 education 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. Coordinator and leader of Physics Teacher SOS (PTSOS) / New Teacher Workshops for the Northern California and Nevada section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. 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. Mentor: Southern California Alliance of Mentors for Physics Instruction (SCAMPI) in association with the Southern California Area Modern Physics Institute (SCAMPI). Advanced amateur nature/wildlife/travel photographer.