Archive for January, 2007

The challenge in teaching electrostatics

Students often have a general sense of what happens with static electricity, but it is common for them to hold onto misconceptions about it. We even found this to be true for us on the seminar presentation! How can you make students understand these concepts better? How do online resources like The […]

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Post Your Questions Here

Hi Everyone,
Please feel free to post questions you may have about static electricity, thephysicsfront.org and teaching about science in general on this blog. I look forward to hearing from you,
Cathy Ezrailson

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Welcome to Our Program

Hi Everyone,
Jan Mader and I are looking forward to our web seminar, January 30th. It will be interactive and I invite you to grab a roll of scotch magic tape, a balloon, if you have one handy and your good questions and meet us online. Meanwhile, be sure to browse the static electricity and other […]

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Web Seminar on electrostatics coming soon….

Learn more about the next upcoming NSDL seminar on January 30th , Charging into Electrostatics with ComPADRE, the NSDL Pathway Portal for astronomy and physics and register today!

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