News — Curriculum Planning

If you are a new physics teacher—or an experienced teacher transitioning to the Next Generation Science Standards—you know the overwhelming feeling of staring at a blank calendar in August. Building a comprehensive high school physics curriculum from scratch is a monumental task. You have to balance rigorous mathematical problem-solving with conceptual understanding, ensure alignment with NGSS performance expectations, and somehow find time to prep engaging, hands-on labs that your students will actually remember. Many teachers find themselves piecing together a curriculum late at night, pulling a worksheet from one site, a lab from another, and trying to make a cohesive...