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Welcome to Twisted Physics! We are designing games to make learning physics more fun! Here we have links to physics education research, physics organizations, teaching suggestions, and a physics news feed. We value your input. Try our games, and give us feedback! Our goal is to completely enable the AP physics games as teaching tools in conjunction with what you already do. To that end, we have developed some independent practice work for the students, and enabled them to ask questions about the games or the physics. Thanks for visiting, and don’t forget to bookmark us! |
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Teacher Handout Pages – if you saw us at CAST 2011Levin : November 22, 2011 6:58 pm : TeachersThank you for visiting us at the CAST 2011 Convention in Dallas. It was wonderful to meet so many teachers excited about using our games in their classroom. Escape from Unitopia Please use the contact form at the bottom of the page if you have any questions or need any help. We look forward to you using the games to teach physics concepts in a fun way! Leave a response »
How can I get funds to buy iPods?cynthia : March 10, 2011 10:34 am : TeachersThis is one of the most frequent questions I get from teachers when I tell them we are designing games to teach physics that will play on the iPod. Fair enough, it’s not like they are standard issue with your other classroom equipment! One of the first things I suggest is to do a technology survey with your students. Find out what devices they already have. Sometimes it can be shocking how many technology tools students already own. Why not capitalize on that! But if you want to consistently be using iPod games like ours in the classroom, another option is to apply for funding to get a set for your classroom. Check out this article about “6 Tips for Grant Writing Tips for Success” by Bridget McCrea who interviews Lana Bellew about her successful grant writing experience. Cynthia Phelps I just returned from the annual CAST (Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching) in Houston, Texas. It was three days of workshops, exhibits, plenary speakers, and meeting old friends, making new ones. It is held each year around the beginning of November, and is one of the largest state science conventions in the U.S.A. I will be sharing some of the ideas and future events I found and getting your ideas, too. I focused on the physics strand as presented by the TSAAPT (Texas Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers). Workshops varied from lasers to supercolliders, iPod application to computer simulations. One thing is certain: there is a lot of technology available to help teach and learn physics. |
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