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Standards Based Grading 2.0: Using Rubrics Based on The AP Science Practices

In this post I outline my new assessment strategy which uses rubrics tailored to the AP Physics 1 & 2 Science Practices within a...

Points Are Bad and You Should Stop Using Them

When discussing grading with other physics teachers, the one thing that I always emphasize the most is the value of getting rid of...

Physics Photo Project

A great way to have your students connect their learning to real-world phenomena and beautify your room at the same time. Want to skip...

VPython Glowscript

Go Straight to The Teaching Resources Follow the link to go straight to my UbD unit "AP Physics: Modeling with Computer Simulations." It...

Implementing Standards Based Grading

UPDATE: Since writing this post two years ago, I have refined my assessment system quite a bit. To see some of the changes I've and my...

Reasoning, Intuition, and the Fundamental Importance of Whiteboarding

*** I pass by a table where three students are huddled around a dry-erase board that is covered in calculations. "Mr Fazio, can you help...

End of Year Enrichment Projects

The AP exam is over, what do we do now? Student Project Guide: Resource given to students with explanations of each project and scoring...

Hey--Why Does Your Graph Look Different from Mine???

A Deep Look into the Power of Analyzing Sources of Error in the Lab A Missed Opportunity As a high school science student, I was required...

Hot Dog Circuits

Which cooks faster: Hot dogs in series or in parallel? I did not come up with this idea. A lot of physics teachers I have spoken to have...

Can We Teach Special Relativity to HS Students? (Yes, We Can.)

Special relativity is one of those branches of physics that wows students. For some, it can even provide that spark of inspiration that...

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About Me

I teach AP Physics 1 and AP Capstone Research at Korea International School. I also have extensive experience teaching AP Physics 2. In this blog, I hope to share the good ideas I've come across with other physics teachers.