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Move Over, William Tell: PE students employ technology to refine archery skills

0 Comments Published by Innovation Odyssey March 6th, 2007
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania Legend has it that William Tell's archery skills were so polished he was able to shoot an apple off of his son's head in one swift, fine-tuned shot.

Hitting the Slopes Online: Third-graders follow Olympic action on the Internet

0 Comments Published by Innovation Odyssey March 3rd, 2007
LEXINGTON, Kentucky In the Bluegrass State, renowned for its fleet-footed thoroughbreds, it's fitting that Kara Price would design a project for her third-graders focusing on the fastest humans on snow and ice.

Creative Curators: Students create museum to showcase their own artifacts

0 Comments Published by Innovation Odyssey January 9th, 2007
MONTCLAIR, New Jersey Understanding Greco-Roman art has taken a modern twist at Mt. Hebron Middle School, where students not only act as museum curators but also create the "ancient" artifacts on display.

Connecting Music and Emotions: Students in Peru become more technically literate through music software

0 Comments Published by Innovation Odyssey December 1st, 2006
LIMA, Peru Integrating technology into early elementary grade projects can be challenging, says John Lakatos, a teacher and the lead technologist at Franklin Delano Roosevelt American School in Lima, Peru.

Tricks of Gravity: Students employ varied technologies to track objects in motion

0 Comments Published by Innovation Odyssey November 30th, 2006
AUCKLAND, New Zealand There's seldom a dull moment in Mayada Ghanim's physics classes at Corran School, an independent school for girls in the Remuera district of Auckland. Weights drop from high places. Picket fences...

Learning to Love Physics: An Israeli teacher builds a Web site to share her enthusiasm

0 Comments Published by Innovation Odyssey November 29th, 2006
HAIFA, Israel Learning to love physics doesn't come naturally to all teenagers. Hands-on, discovery learning can help students gain a deeper understanding of key concepts, but teachers often find that setting up...

Seeing the Bigger Picture: Physics students get a boost from handheld devices

0 Comments Published by Innovation Odyssey November 28th, 2006
NASHVILLE, Tennessee In a challenging course like accelerated physics, high school students know that keeping an accurate record of their data is a key to successfully completing a lab.

Physics Society: At a girls’ school in Pakistan, a physics exhibition generates excitement

0 Comments Published by Innovation Odyssey November 27th, 2006
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Putting her students on "the path of learning" is the goal of Assiya Haroon, who teaches secondary students attending Bahria College in Islamabad. She teaches in the girls' wing of the school.

Probing Questions: Probes help science students compare predictions to test results

0 Comments Published by Innovation Odyssey November 22nd, 2006
LYNDEN, Washington Never underestimate the value of an unexpected outcome. That's not a rule you'll find in any physics textbook, but it's a lesson that longtime science teacher Don McQuarrie has taken to heart.

Physics for All: Students gain hands-on experience with science principles

0 Comments Published by Innovation Odyssey November 21st, 2006
LUCAN, Ireland At Lucan Community College, a suburban school west of Dublin, physics teacher Audrey Byrne has noticed that girls are so engaged by their recent study of engineering and design that they are starting to challenge boys from the engineering class for top honors.

A Feel for Physics: Students learn to understand forces of nature

0 Comments Published by Innovation Odyssey November 20th, 2006
BOISE, Idaho Using only electrical wire, magnets, and drinking cups, students in Dr. Larry Neznanski's Conceptual Physics class are busy building loudspeakers.

A Strong Attraction: With hands-on learning, a physics teacher engages learners in the study of physics

0 Comments Published by Innovation Odyssey November 17th, 2006
SEATTLE, Washington While students wait for class to start, they line up to try on a pair of angular goggles that bounce their line of sight sideways.

Emission Impossible: Texas middle-schoolers tackle one of Earth’s hottest topics

0 Comments Published by Innovation Odyssey November 16th, 2006
AUSTIN, Texas Not far from the governor's mansion where George W. Bush lived before he moved to the White House, 20 middle school science students receive an urgent message: The president of the United States has called on them to brief him...
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