Physicists and educationalists have many theories about why so few girls study physics. Valerie Jamieson goes back to school and asks female pupils what they really think. Vanessa Bennett, Callie ...

Explore Python Physics Lesson 19 and learn how the Monte Carlo method can approximate Pi with simple yet powerful simulations. In this lesson, we break down the Monte Carlo technique step by step, ...

Explore Python Physics Lesson 10 and learn how to visualize a mass on a spring in 3D using Python simulations. This lesson walks you through modeling oscillatory motion, understanding spring dynamics, ...

It’s common for science teachers to try to craft classroom lessons out of things that students see every day and can easily understand. I remember a lot of the science teachers I had during my school ...

Workshops around the world train science teachers to incorporate particle physics into their classrooms. Picture this: A stationary object such as a vase suddenly explodes, sending fragments flying.

At only 78 pages long, Carlo Rovelli's "Seven Brief Lessons on Physics" is certainly that. He speaks with NPR's Linda Wertheimer about modern physics. Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist ...