SANTA BARBARA — Based on research she conducted for her doctoral dissertation several years ago, Jatila van der Veen, a lecturer in the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and a research ...

In a large, empty Dennison lecture hall Friday afternoon, three people wheeled in a large copper Tesla coil, a device that produces high-voltage, low-current electricity. After efficiently setting ...

The physics department offers students many teaching laboratories, where classroom theories are put into practice through real-world experiments and simulations. From electricity and magnetism to ...

Anand Mahindra shared a viral video of a physics teacher creatively explaining Bernoulli’s principle using a plastic bag, saying such animated teaching could have made science more exciting in school.

You can do it: on-the-job training is now an option for those wishing to join the teaching profession. “Before I began my GCSE, physics was my least favourite science. I didn’t have a clue why anyone ...

He has shared his love of physics and of teaching with generations of students, teaching assistants and faculty members. Now, the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) has awarded Department of ...

Science presenter Jon Chase explains friction. He describes how friction opposes or prevents motion, and demonstrates the force in action with an experiment involving two interleaved books. Students ...