Teacher Definition and 279 Threads

Heyup everyone, Ive been looking into retraining as a teacher, GCSE and possibly A level physics is the level I would love to teach at. Ive been told I would be great at this as I really like to get people excited about learning and really try to engage people at whatever level makes them...

In "material science" we have a terrible teacher. We have no books and a disorderly bunch of pdf files (of which 85% is not in our study material). From the beginning of the semester he's been basically just talking. Not letting us exercise. I complained about him for not giving us proper...

At your 2 year college or 4 year university, does the teacher assign EVERY single problem in your math book? Every semester, the teacher only assigns about 30% of the problems that are in the book for each chapter. Why is this, and also, does anyone else notice that there are some REALLY much...

Homework Statement we did a experiment in class shooting marbles and taking measurements. The size of the Marble is .0019 meters and with a photo gate timed it at .0037 secs. Giving me a initial speed of .5135 m/s2. I am now trying to find time. with the angle being 70 degrees Homework...

I go to a good high school and am in grade 12. Most people here, by far struggle with physics the most out of any subjects. Physics seems to be the one subject that brings down everyone's marks. The final diploma exam is worth 50 % and has consistently had an average grade of about 62% so it is...

Here's the story: I do year 11 physics and we have just finished doing radioactivity. I was quite interested and began privately studying Feynman Diagrams. I, however, had a few questions on the subject and went to ask my teacher. The first response he gave me was "What's a Feynman Diagram?"...

I understand how he got -120 and 360 as zeros, but then there is another zero 240, how did he get that? Check the diagram i have posted (which was done by the teacher) for simpler version A bit of background: we are working with sine functions the equation being y=2sin(x-30)+1 so we re...

Just wondering what you guys thought about my career plan. I plan to major in either education math or physical education and become a math/gym teacher. I figure all of the time off(summer) will allow me to do research; but I just wanted to see how realistic is that goal. I originally wanted to...

Maybe this is not too smart a question, but here is ---- How good an idea is it to use a private or independant teacher for college level Mathematics courses, as a way to both learn with guidance and avoid officially attending university or college courses, at least for the goal of LEARNING...

This has to do with an object falling down in a linear line threw the air towards earth. I was arguing with my physics teacher today on whether or not terminal velocity was true. First, I understand terminal velocity refers to speed and therefore is without direction. My argument was not...

Homework Statement "A beam of electrons in a television tube moves horizontally with a velocity of 1.00 x 10^7 m/s. How far will the electrons drop as they travel a horizontal distance of 20.0cm?" Vx (final velocity) = 1.00 x 10^7 Vox (initial velocity) = 1.00 x 10^7 Ag = 9.8 Xy...

My mom teaches high school physics (standard level and honors/AP). I want to get her a gift that will help her in the classroom. It could be a piece of lab equipment (nothing over a few hundred dollars) or a book of experiments, or even a display that goes on a wall that students would find...

Homework Statement A batter hits a fastball that is traveling at -38 m/s,. The ball has a mass of 0.145 kg. The change in momentum in the ball is 13.1 kg.m/s. what is the balls final momentum? B.) what is the final velocity of the baseball? Homework Equations deltaP = Pf - Pi P...

As title asks, is it possible? I'm eventually aiming for a bachelor's in pure math with minor in philosophy/physics. I could get my master's before or after getting a job. Thanks -F

I want to be a math and physics teacher at the high school level, or possibly teaching adult continuing education courses. The thing is, I'm a quiet person, maybe a little bit shy. A few people have told me that teachers need to be outgoing. The thing is, I can talk loudly and be firm when I...

Homework Statement http://i.imgur.com/7DzVr.pngHomework Equations Kinematics Equations: Vf = Vi + at Δy = Vi(t) + 1/2 * a * t^2 Vf^2 = Vi^2 + 2aΔy Δy = (Vi + Vf)/2 * tThe Attempt at a Solution My teacher and tutor don't know how to do this and some strangers told me that I had to measure the...

Students "Stand and Deliver" for Teacher http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/04/eveningnews/main6267789.shtml Escalente is dying. Former students have stepped up to help provide for his care, until he passes.

As many of the advisors on here are teachers, I was curious what your oppinons were. I have had an ever occurring, and reoccuring issue with my physics instructor. I am trying to stay impartial but in all honesty, its starting to annoy. He has the tendency to require problems to be done a...

Just wondering what some of you guys experienced going through high school... I think it should be a pretty funny thread. My worst high school teacher had to have been my Kinesiology teacher. For our first 'big' assignment we had to make a joint of our choice. So me and my buddy picked the...

How can I make my Chemistry Teacher go, err? Not sure :D He seems to be so clever at Chemistry it's not even funny. How can I catch him out on something? I possibly would like something simple to say but hard to know the answer to. Something like "how can we make our own energy without...

This may be a long read. Giving you a heads up :zzz: I am trying to achieve as many opinions as possible to figure out if this problem is simply my own or the teaching style does not agree with the way I learn, maybe i simply do not belong in science. It is past the drop the course point, so...

Homework Statement Right I won't bore you with a sob story but this is a regular grade 12 class and we've been posed with this problem: Find the arc length of this function across first 5 seconds (t = seconds) s(t) = t3 - 6t2 + 9t + 5 I learned the formula of s = Integral of...

The question is: "Consider an RL circuit with R = 10 ohms, L = 2H, in series with a voltage source with v(r) = 24exp(-t). Find the total solution. Assume the initial current is zero. What does he mean by that?

I am currently in High school looking for colleges to apply for. I want to have a physics major, but the one school I am applying for right now as 3 choices for physics. I am just wondering which one to choose. Physics, Applied Physics: General Physics Physics: Secondary Teacher Education Any...

My friend was moved the way his psychology teacher gives lectures. He is considering writing a few paged essay, detailing why the lectures are so good, and effective. He asked me if it's ok to send the letter to the principal of the universitly. I really don't know. Could it hurt the professor...

Homework Statement A boy throws a ball upward at 2.om/s out a window 2.5m above the sidewalk. The ball accelerates at 9.81m/s^2. How fast is it moving when it hits the sidewalk? Homework Equations i tried to use the equation: d= initial velocityxtime + .5(acceleration) (Time^2) The...

I'm writing this for a friend of mine - really! He has a masters in Physics. He's currently teaching college level lab classes and thinking about becoming a high school Physics teacher. I know that all states have different requirements, but he's kind of at a loss for what to do to make that...

http://i28.tinypic.com/qz54aw.jpg he reduced 2 points and put s on the numerator making it cosine formula. also i clearly transformed sinus

I teach physics and chemistry in English to French students and I've tried to put my courses on line. http://vfsilesieux.free.fr/ProgressionTSeuro.swf" There are undoubtedly many mistakes as I'm not a native speaker. It would be very nice if some colleague could help me to correct them...

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/07/02/crimesider/entry5129869.shtml Hey Teacher. Thanks for the memories. But maybe that's too much information? I wonder how many of the boys have already duped it though?

i don't know if i should post this here , Does anyone know if it is hard to get a job as a math teacher with just a master's in math to be able to teach at a college.

A lot of student textbooks these days seem to have heaps of additional supplementary material to go with the text, both for students and teachers, such as electronic versions, online test banks, solution manuals, quizes etc. My question concerns specifically the teacher solution manuals. From...

Hello :biggrin: I recently am starting college to become a math teacher...I really love Algebra:!) I want to teach it... I am in my late 20's, i did not have a chance to start college because of my two kids but now that they have started school i want to go college to major in Teaching Math. The...

I'm looking for a good book for my teacher. Not a textbook or anything, just a good read. I've had her for the past 2 years in high school.

My math teacher has been extremely helpful over the the last year (Currently I'm in my third class with her and I'm taking another over the summer) She has always been very nice and takes time to answer all my questions she even sets up independent studies for me and wrote a letter of...

Hey, What undergrad marks do you usually need to get into whatever you need to do to become a High School Teacher? Thanks!

Any teachers out there? I'm hoping to get a degree in education, but wish to know the positives and negatives of the job, and different jobs availible. Thank you all!

This may not be a challenge for some of you, but it is hard for me as I just got introduced to the topic, your help will be appreciated. It is about Electric Force. Coulomb's Law. Homework Statement Charges of -1 micro coulomb and -4 microcoulomb are placed at opposite ends of a meter ruler...

I am interested to teaching high schools or colleges (USA), but not in a university, if you know one please advice.

Whoops, I meant to say tact. Hehe, maybe tactons are the gauge bosons for the tact force. My Chemistry teacher, who has a Ph.D in Biology., is teaching us that one can use the Celsius temperature scale for the Ideal Gas Law using (approximate) R = 0.0821 \frac{atm * L}{mol * K} . Where R is...

My teacher told me he calls this a "baseball question"... why?! Homework Statement A tourist being chased by an angry bear is running in a straight line toward his car at a speed of 4.0 m/s. The car is distance d away. The bear is 26 m behind the tourist and running at 6.0 m/s. The tourist...

For my transition into advanced mathematics class, the teacher's-assistant we got for my lab section keeps giving us the answers to the harder proofs that we get as assignments each week. He is clearly not supposed to, in fact today he said something along the lines of "I hope nobody here is...

Besides the PE teacher. I want to major in Engineering or Physics, and I plan on applying to Cornell University. Does it matter which teacher I choose (e.g., precal teacher vs. English teacher)? Should I just stick to the math/science teachers since it'll show I'm more math/science...

when a teacher does some "handwaving" How do you feel when a teacher does some "handwaving" when explaining something?

I recently graduated with a B.S. in Applied physics, and I currently have two possible career routes that could satisfy me: finding a career in the applied sciences, or becoming a high school and/or community college physics and math teacher. This thread pertains to the latter option. I am...

This is a really simple question. My math teacher was explaining how if you drop a ball with some amount of air in it, it will never stop moving because it will always bounce half of the height of its last bounce. Then my science teacher said the force of gravity would eventually stop the ball...

I am trying to decide how to best approach becoming a stronger teacher of Physics at the high school level. I am teaching General Physics for the first time this year. My background is Biology/Env. Sci. I had 8 hours of Physics (w/lab) and 8 hours of Calculus as an undergrad but that was over...

Got a question about fissionable (as opposed to fissile) elements. I vaguely remember the minimum A number for (theoretically) fissionable elements is somewhere in the vicinity of 153 to 156. But I don't recall the exact figure, neither google nor ask.com have been of help and I'd like...

Coming into college, I had a vague idea that I wanted to be an engineer. After the first quarter of engineering classes, though, I realized how "industrial" the profession was. I never considered the business part of it, sitting down in an office and designing parts all day. So I dropped out of...

Hi, I have interviewed for a full-time position 2 times and both times I was told that the only reason that I was not hired was because the person that was chosen had more experience than I do...however the Department heads both times told me that they want me to stick around to teach 10-14...