🚀 go-pugleaf

I would just like to know how long are your classes and do you have
double class
periods?
gheri fouts

On Tue, 21 Feb 1995, Ron Curtin wrote:

> I have been teaching AP Physics for about 10 years and I have heard the
> complaint that there is just too much material to allow labs too. (I've
> even heard the same comment from some people about the teaching of
> regular physics.)  I think that Physics is really a lab science and
> depends a great deal on laboratory work.  I can't imagine teaching AP
> Physics without some laboratory work.  I feel that I can cover all of the
> material and still do labs but, if I couldn't, I am sure that I would
> choose to omit some material and do the labs.
>
> Ron Curtin
> curtin@oven.ccds.charlotte.nc
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Feb 1995, T. Boyd Moore wrote:
>
> > > I have been assigned to teach the AP Physics class at our school next
> > > year.  The current instructor is of the opinion that the amount of
> > > material that must be covered to prepare the students for the AP exam
> > > leaves no time for lab work.  Any comments or suggestions?
> > >
> > That's what I found when I tried teaching it for 2 years in Hanover Co.
> > However, I am not a super-organized type.  Another way to approach it
> > (which you have to do anyway) is to leave out topics.  If the students
> > thoroughly master the most basic concepts, I think they will get a
> > better score than if they are exposed to all of physics.
> >
> > --
> >
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> > T. Boyd Moore - Physics & Math teacher, Caroline High School,
> > Milford, VA 22514.  KO4WK.  Galatians 2:20  e-mail:tbmoore@pen.k12.va.us
> >
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