Math & Science…A New Context Isn’t a New Problem: Strategies to Help Students Transfer Skills

Math & Science…A New Context Isn’t a New Problem: Strategies to Help Students Transfer Skills

Author: Tasha Richardson, Teacher – TDSB, @tadric3EM As a physics teacher, I have always been very interested in students’ abilities to apply previously learned mathematical skills in the classroom. This interest stems from my observations of common mistakes students...
How Special Relativity Makes Magnets Work

How Special Relativity Makes Magnets Work

Magnetism seems like a pretty magical phenomenon. Rocks that attract or repel each other at a distance – that’s really cool – and electric current in a wire interacts in the same way. What’s even more amazing is how it works. We normally think...
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