Some misconceptions about science, and scientists One of the surprises gleamed from our years of tutoring high school students is the misconceptions about what a scientist does, the creativity...
Read moreWritten by Giuseppe Introductory Physics classes will typically cover three important conservation laws: conservation of energy, conservation of momentum and conservation of angular momentum. In this blog post, we...
Read moreWritten by Chris; Chris is available for private tutoring. In this blog we are going to look at how to identify errors and propagate uncertainties present in practical work....
Read moreAs we have done for the last several years after the AP results are in, we have catalogued tweets from Trevor Packer, the College Board® Head of AP, as...
Read moreHigh School Science: Why Some Kids Struggle, and How to Help Them Thinking back to your 8 AM high school chemistry lab, you may remember the kids who breezed...
Read moreAs we did last year, we have catalogued a bunch of tweets from Trevor Packer, the College Board® Head of AP®. These are really important tidbits of information for...
Read moreThis test is no longer being offered Update March 22, 2020: While SAT Subject TestsTM are getting phased out by many colleges and universities (see recent announcements from Cornell...
Read moreLast year at around this time, we posted a blog about physics concepts that you needed to know as you got through the first month or so of the...
Read moreOver the years we have heard a number of supposedly indisputable truths about effective test taking. While it is easy to discount the absurd (always eat protein the morning...
Read moreThis test is no longer offered. Update March 22, 2020: While SAT Subject Tests™ are getting phased out by many colleges and universities (see recent announcements from Cornell and...
Read more