I’m No Good At Taking Tests!
I hear people say they aren’t good at taking tests all the time. “I understand the material, but when I take the test, I fail!” I can understa...
Author: capnrefsmmat
The PowerPoint Method
PowerPoint seems to be a popular teaching aid. After all, it saves lots of messy writing on the board or the use of boring overhead projectors. And who doesn...
WordPress Statistics Plugin Installed
For those of you interested in how many people visit your blog, go to your blog admin panel and click Plugins. You should see a plugin called FireStats enabled ...
Understanding
I spend quite a bit of my time helping high school students understand physics and mathematics concepts, so I’ve also spent some time wondering how I can ...
How It Works
Some of you might be wondering how we linked SFN and WordPress together. Others are just glad that it does work. For those of you that wonder, here’s the ...
Science Limericks
Limericks are fun. Science limericks more so. A woman in liquor production Owns a still of exquisite construction. The alcohol boils Through magnetic coils. She...
SFN Blogs Updated
I just updated the SFN blogs to the latest version of WordPress MU (1.3.3, which corresponds to WordPress version 2.3.3) for both security reasons and the new f...
Ye Olde English… Teaching
I’ve been active on the Internet for several years now and I’ve seen my fair share of teenagers and young ‘uns posting on the Internet. I̵...
It’s Mathemagic!
I’m often rather disturbed by how mathematics is taught in school. Take, for example, the way I was taught the following (important) equation: $latex int_...
So Much for “Labs”
Labs are a great idea for teaching students chemistry, physics, and all the other assorted sciences. They allow students to learn for themselves just how variou...