Search Results - "Follows, Mike"

Recruiting and retaining good physics teachers by Follows, Mike

“…A response to the careers article by Katherine Skipper (May 2024) about the upcoming “teacher degree apprenticeships” – a new route into teaching in which…”
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Bridging the class divide by Follows, Mike

“…Mike Follows argues that class prejudice can have an equally devastating effect in science as other forms of discrimination…”
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The iron rule of science by Follows, Mike

“…Mike Follows reviews The Knowledge Machine: How an Unreasonable Idea Created Modern Science by Michael Strevens…”
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The Greenhouse Effect: A Primer by Follows, Mike

“…This article offers a concise account of the known science underpinning the greenhouse effect and global warming. The greenhouse effect is described at…”
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Equal rights by Follows, Mike

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Climate hop by Follows, Mike

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The Italian Job: An Exercise in Turning Forces by Follows, Mike

“…The 1969 version of "The Italian Job" is used as context for teaching turning forces and introducing or enhancing the understanding of equilibrium and Newton's…”
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Changing Speed of Comets by Follows, Mike

“…It is shown that highly elliptical orbits, such as those of comets, can be explained well in terms of energy rather than forces. The principle of conservation…”
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Ticked off by homework: letters by Follows, Mike

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Should teachers make the grade with A-levels?: Letters by Follows, Mike

“…Richard Cairns might well be correct in asserting that A-level grades provide a more reliable yardstick of teaching potential than the degree- class someone…”
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Mix and match skills and resources by Follows, Mike

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Mix and match skills and resources: Letters by Follows, Mike

“…[...] we could dish out masters degrees in teaching and learning in recognition of the in-service training that would have been undertaken anyway, making our…”
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How green can nuclear power really be?

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Human attraction

“…How small would something need to be for the gravitational field of a human to significantly affect it? At what point would something be attracted to someone…”
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Silver surfers

“…Recently, my wife's silver car became covered by a swarm of flying ants. This was odd because none of the other cars parked nearby had any on at all. A friend…”
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Ever decreasing circles

“…Solar systems orbit the centre of their galaxies. Planets orbit stars. Moons orbit planets. Does anything orbit moons? If not, why not?…”
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Nudge factor

“…My 8-year-old son is very worried about Earth being destroyed by the sun when it becomes a red giant billions of years from now. I have tried to comfort him by…”
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Silver linings?

“…Should we expect clouds to look different as global warming proceeds?…”
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Hot source

“…If nuclear waste is still so radioactive, why can't we continue to use it as……”
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Fly away home?

“…Why are some small creatures unafraid of humans? If a bee, ladybird or praying mantis……”
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