CoolStuff Blogs

Our blogs are created with educators from around the country, and offer a fun and engaging way to discover new ideas and inspiration for your classroom.

Finding Community as a Physics Educator
Finding Community as a Physics Educator
In this blog, Bree Barnett Dreyfuss discusses her journey to finding community as a physics educator, and offers a few ways you can find yours.
Upcoming Changes to AP Physics for 2024-2025
Upcoming Changes to AP Physics for 2024-2025
From making the exams more consistent to adding Fluids into AP Physics 1, the AP Physics landscape is undergoing some major changes. Stay informed with this article.
Strengthening Your Students' Physics Identities
Strengthening Your Students' Physics Identities
Read how Bree Barnett-Dreyfuss uses the Everyday Actions Guide to promote positive change for students "who have been historically excluded from physics." 
What Can You Do With A Physics Degree?
What Can You Do With A Physics Degree?
Learn about a new lesson that helps students understand what a future in physics might look like.
4 Ways to Refresh Your Practice This Summer 
4 Ways to Refresh Your Practice This Summer 
Marianna Ruggerio suggests four ways that you can use time in the Summer to balance, rejuvenate your mind, and refresh the joy in your craft.
A Visit to Isaac Newton's Home
A Visit to Isaac Newton's Home
Tour Sir Isaac Newton's home with James Lincoln, who visited Woolsthorpe Manor. The English countryside with its green rolling hills, provides an ideal setting for deep, contemplative thinking.
Captivate Your Students on Valentine's Day
Captivate Your Students on Valentine's Day
Take advantage of the sweetie-filled holiday to capture your students attention and teach some physics in the process.
Back to School: Getting off to a Good Start
Back to School: Getting off to a Good Start
Each new school year offers endless possibilities to captivate your students from the start. Follow these activities that are intended to aid the understanding of the myriad phenomena that surround them.
Haunted Laboratory: Halloween Physics Part II
Haunted Laboratory: Halloween Physics Part II
Make science the "treat" this Halloween with these exhibits that are sure to be eerie.
Haunted Laboratory: Halloween Physics
Haunted Laboratory: Halloween Physics
Put a spooky spin on science with a Haunted Laboratory! Take a look at Physics Teacher Chris Chiaverina's favorite haunted laboratory exhibits and student activities to incorporate at your school.