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Marc Reif AP Summer Institute Schedule 2024
I will be presenting the following APSIs: AP PHYSICS 1 IN-PERSON @ Woodward Academy Monday, 3 June to Thursday, 6 June Woodward Academy (Google Maps link to workshop location)College Park, GA (Atlanta area) AP PHYSICS C COMBINED (Mechanics/E&M) ONLINETuesday, 18 June … Continue reading
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New SBG Rubric from New Science Practices for AP Physics 1/2
I took the new Science Practices from the College Board’s Draft Course and Exam Description for AP Physics 1 and 2, and turned them in to a draft of a rubric for assessing work in a Standards-Based Grading environment. The … Continue reading
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Marc Reif’s Summer 2023 AP Summer Institute Schedule
In-Person: Woodward Academy, AP Physics 1, June 5-8, Atlanta, Georgia In-Person: Midwest APSI, AP Physics C Mechanics; Electricity & Magnetism, June 11-15, Olathe, Kansas Online: AP Physics C Mechanics, Event 1 June 20-23 (Hosted by Walton High School, Marietta, Georgia) … Continue reading
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Storylines for Mechanics
In modeling instruction, practitioners talk about the “storyline” that we present. This morning I woke up and decided to attempt “stories” for AP1/CM (using the sequence from the AP1 Course and Exam Description). I tried to write them “student-friendly” without … Continue reading
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Tagged AP Physics 1, AP Physics C, modeling instruction, modeling method, physics
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Changes to AP Physics 1/2 Postponed!
John Pinizzotto, one of the two Directors of AP Physics at the College Board, sponsored a reception at the AP Reading in June. He did a Q and A session during the reception. He said that he and Amy Johnson, … Continue reading
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Pros and Cons of AP Classroom
Pros Everything* in there has been checked for alignment with the course Learning Objectives (LOs) and Science Practices (SPs). Everything* in there has been checked for accuracy. Lots of Question Bank Items, including released actual questions and new questions recently … Continue reading
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A plug for Schrodinger’s Class
Quantum Mechanics is endlessly fascinating and confusing. Famously, its implications even troubled Einstein, who helped create it! Last spring I attended a really fascinating (and at times confusing) fully online workshop called Schrodinger’s Class, from the University of Waterloo’s Institute … Continue reading
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Marc Reif 2022 APSI Summer Presentation Schedule
AP Physics C Mechanics, Online Week 1 June 21-24, 2022 (Hosted by Walton High School) AP Physics C Mechanics, Online Week 2 June 27-June 30, 2022 (Hosted by Walton High School) AP Physics 2, In-person, July 11-15, 2022, at Texas … Continue reading
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AP Classroom (selected) Vocabulary
Some basics for those new to the College Board’s Question and Resource Database for AP students and teachers. Possibly easier than reading through the College Board’s FAQs. Please notify me of any errors or omissions. Publicly Available These have been … Continue reading
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Tagged AP Classroom, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, College Board
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From 2-stage to Second Chance Exams
Most of my students in AP Physics 1 struggle with unit tests for a good part of the year. There are lots of reasons for this, including a lack of previous experience with physics, the difficulty of the material, and … Continue reading