Experimentation, whether it is structured or not, is a fundamental aspect of learning Physics, not only because of the role it plays in the scientific research itself that we must present to our students, but also because of its cognitive importance as it is linked to carrying out experiments...
Scratch is a free visual programming environment. It’s used by students, teachers, parents to create stories, animations, games (serious games and not only). In Scratch you can learn to code without giving up creativity, collaboration (there are over 20 million shared projects), thinkering. But is it possible construct...
Recently, surfing across the net, I came across the dailyTekk blog. This website, founded in 2012, brands itself as “an (…) Internet destination for consumer-focused startup, app, gadget and Internet product content” and specially focuses on lists and reviews for tech addicts. During the last months, the website has...
Image: Shutterstock/Alexandr III_ In this post I would like to share the experiences I had with my students with who I conducted the Eratosthenes experiment. During the implementation of this experiment I ran guidelines of Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) which are available on the ISE portal. To carry out...
ICT literacy and creative thinking is among the key priorities of the P21’s Framework for 21st Century Learning. Students not only should be able to creatively solve problems but also must have a clear understanding of the principles and practices of computer science. In this direction, new and attractive ways...
In this autumn we started an experimental program for our interested students about numerical models in Physics. The idea came from this article and fortunately we could find some material from Hungary too. Our school is not specialized in IT so the students are not highly skilled in IT....
Reading an article about the Mobizen app I came to an idea that I had thought about when I was a 12 year old boy. As a child, I was interested in astronomy. I remember my first use of a telescope. I didn’t have much knowledge about planets and stars...
As part of the recent curriculum reforms in Scotland there has been an increased emphasis on the development of skills in science. Part of these changes has been the introduction of a Researching Physics unit into the Higher Physics course. Higher courses are normally studied by students aged 16-17...
Physics is not a popular subject in Polish schools. It seems difficult and not interesting for many students. This year only about 9% of them have taken leaving high school (matura) examination in physics. How to change it? How to engage students to learn physics? Physics is an experimental...
Image: Shutterstock/Goodluz For those who nostalgically recall childhood and days when they got their first PC, I am going to tell the story of an idea which was done as a school project by my students… One day, while watching a screen saver that showed a flock of fish,...