Category: Teaching / School

I have written before about how I teach physics, and how I love it. I have done this for 20 years (not counting what I did while still in college), and I love it. But there are things I hate about physics and the world. I am talking about using words that add to the…

I have been a college professor for 20 years now, and in that time I have had a wide range of students. From the 13-year-old to the 84-year-old (I think that was it). Most of my students fall into the age range of 18-25, and there seems to be one that that defines a lot…

As the spring 2023 semester gets started, I thought I would write a little bit about what I do. As I mentioned last week I am a physics teacher. I currently teach at Scottsdale Community College (SCC), and as stated last week I have been a teacher for quite a while. I spent 13 years…

Throwing this one in for fun. Yesterday at Scottsdale Community College (SCC) I got to help out (again) with their Math-Science Field Day. This event brings in some of the brightest highschoolers from around the city to compete in a building project and math and science quiz competition. It helps promote SCC to the high…