He has shared his love of physics and of teaching with generations of students, teaching assistants and faculty members. Now, the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) has awarded Department of ...

Learning doesn’t have to be dull. Case in point: the annual Pumpkin Drop at Chico State. Several hundred Chico schoolchildren ...

This is the second in a series of “five amazing physics demonstrations” presented by science-demo guru Neil Downie. In addition to his day job in industrial science, Downie has run Saturday science ...

Science presenter Jon Chase explains friction. He describes how friction opposes or prevents motion, and demonstrates the force in action with an experiment involving two interleaved books. Students ...

Every year, physics teacher David Lapp brings his Korean War era M-1 carbine to school, fires a shot into a block of wood and instructs his students to calculate the velocity of the bullet. It is a ...

When massive open online courses (MOOCs) took off three years ago, many educators had high hopes that these courses could expand and diversify access to education. Early aspirations were soon replaced ...

Tyler McMaken: For outstanding service contributions to the physics department over six years including: Leadership of the CU-Prime Student Group which provides connection and mentorship between ...