Modern physics underpins many of the greatest technological discoveries of the past few decades. The cell phones and computers upon which we rely were sewn into reality thanks to a fundamental ...

Based on a survey of physics teachers, the American Institute of Physics estimated that just 39 percent of the class of 2013 took even a single physics class in high school. While this didn’t ...

Yet high schools around the country, while encouraging students to go into STEM fields, aren’t fully preparing them to do so. Based on a survey of physics teachers, the American Institute of Physics ...

In the years when he does not teach high school students, Fish leads workshops at Perimeter Institute to help other teachers bring particle physics into their classrooms. Each year, about 40 or 50 ...

I recently facilitated a workshop for high school physics teachers in South Africa (two workshops actually---one in Johannesburg and one in Cape Town). The goal of the workshop was to introduce ...

An <i>Education Week</i> analysis of federal data reveals that high school students don’t have universal access to physics classes—despite a national push for STEM studies.

A high-school physics teacher has developed his own six-day curriculum that he uses to teach about institutional racism, privilege, and social justice as part of his seniors’ physics classes.

Insights and innovation Student Naeya Mistry (centre left) met quantum-startup founder David Curry (centre right) as part of her work experience at the Institute of Physics, organized by Katherine ...