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>With quizzes, can you use someone else's quizzes? Say another teacher wants to use the same quiz or you're collaborating with someone at another campus.

You can, how easy it is depends on how your school is setting things up how easy it is. If you are collaborating with another AP Physics 1 class, and you want to run pretty much the same stuff, the easiest way would be to share a class with each teacher having their own section. You could share everything, but control your own assignment and due dates, as well as grading only your own stuff.

Otherwise, the way that always works is to have one teacher export the quiz, send it to the other and import it. This however will not allow you to work together on the quiz, just transfer finished quizzes.

Finally, there is also something called Commons, which would allow anyone in the world to share anything, rubrics, assignments, quizzes, whole classes, and everything inbetween. However I am not sure if that is in general release now, or still only in certain districts.

Anyway, here is my go to "New Physics Teacher" list.

Books

TIPERS

• TIPERs: Sensemaking Tasks for Introductory Physics
  
• Newtonian Tasks Inspired by Physics Education Research: nTIPERs
  
• E&M TIPERs: Electricity & Magnetism Tasks
  
• Ranking Task Exercises in Physics
  
  TIPERs are a fantastic resource for including conceptual thinking assignments. Answer keys are generally available if you talk to your school's Pearson Rep. IMO, the E/M book is the weakest, in part because it ignores that circuits are a thing. I would start with the first as it is a general overview, and go from there.
  
  

  General Physics Education
  

  
  

• Five Easy Lessons: Strategies for Successful Physics Teaching
  
• Hands-On Physics Activities with Real-Life Applications
  
• Tutorials In Introductory Physics and Homework Package - This is less helpful as you get further in your career and are more comfortable designing your own assignments, but was very helpful when I first started.
  
• Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality - If you like Hewitt's next time questions you'll love these.
  
• Teaching Introductory Physics - Pretty much all physics teachers should read this at some point, such a fantastic resource.
  
• Teaching High School Physics Volume I - First of a three volume set, I like these, but they were written by one of my college profs, so I am biased.
  
  

  Websites
  

• Pretty Good Physics - While mostly an AP resource, tons of teacher made materials are available. If you want access to the good stuff (tests and such) those are keep in PGP-secure, there are instructions on how you can gain access.
  
• PheT
  
• Compadre - Tends to be hit or miss for me, but a good collection of resources.
  
• AP Physics HTML 5 Sims - A collection of simple simulations written by an AP Physics teacher, good for introductory labs.
  
• New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning - Another collection of materials for all types of courses, particularly handy if you have any ESL students and know none of the language.
  
• Physics Classroom - Pretty much the defacto online physics textbook.
  
  

  Youtube
  

• Lasseviren1 - Great Calc-physics tutorials
  
• Flipping Physics
  
• Minutephysics
  
• Veritasium
  
  If anyone else has suggestions let me know, I will try to keep an up to date list to post for all of the "I'm new to physics help!" posts. I might add an AP section.
  

Hi, I've taught physics and developed curriculum (for better or worse) for the last ten years. I work in an independent school so I may not be able to transfer all of my experiences to you if you work in public school, but the following steps have helped me immensely.

1. Use your standards, but also break them down into actionable (for the student) objectives. I use the NGSS as a framework since my school doesn't use the state standards. Here is an example of what I mean. These are the units for the course I will be teaching next year. This represents the 4th iteration of this course in 5 years! The course is designed for 9th graders as we are a physics first school.
   
   
2. Create your major assessments. This may be difficult since you haven't taught physics before. Here is an example of my WIP unit 1 test (which you are free to pilfer if you like). The books I mention below also come with a wealth of suggested problems that can be altered depending on the level of your students or what you are trying to accomplish.
   
   
3. Check out Arnold Arons and 5 Easy Lessons for a comprehensive guide to student misconceptions and teaching strategies that are backed by research. Arons is expensive, but has more suggested problems. 5 Easy lessons draws heavily from Arons and is much cheaper so if you just want the quick and dirty pedagogy go with that. These books are geared for introductory physics at the college level, but relevant concepts can easily be transferred to the high school level.
   
   
4. The modeling curriculum mentioned is nice because it comes with a ton of stuff ready made, but if you haven't done a workshop you may struggle to implement it well. Check out physport.org for research backed resources that may help you find a curriculum or curriculum plan you like.
   
   
5. Feel free to PM me with questions. I have done lots of curriculum development on my own and it can feel overwhelming. I'd also be happy to look at things you create and offer feedback. I'm no expert by any means, but an extra pair of eyes is always good.

Periodic table with samples of stable elements ~$180, make sure you're getting the one with the actual element samples in it if you go with this, some just have pictures which are neat, but not as good.

Glass Klien Bottle $65

Blue Morpho Butterfly $50

Fun fly stick $25

Megan Lee Studio's Art Prints $5 - $600, she has a lot of great prints if your friend has some favorite scientists. Great decor for home or classroom.

Which science discipline does your friend teach/ majored in?

What are your students' ages and your teaching context?

For upper elementary through high school, I highly recommend attending a session for Project WILD, Project W.E.T. and/or Project Learning Tree. I worked for many years as an environmental educator (outreach and place-based) before becoming a full time school teacher. I used those three curricula as inspiration for a lot of my outdoor ed and continue to do so in the classroom. If you have the opportunity to take kids outside and generating real data, that's powerful stuff.

For older/more advanced students, there are several great labs in [this lab guide] (https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Science-Learning-Laboratories-Applied/dp/0470087676) (college level but scale-able for high schoolers)

If you can get to a gym or playing field and your students aren't too self conscious, the Project WILD activity "Oh Deer!" (lots of variations free online) is bar none the best modeling activity for carrying capacity and sparks a lot of great ecological conversations.

I've got more if you have particular goals!

Here's a CER template that I like.

There are some web pages such as http://sciencearguments.weebly.com/ and http://www.argumentationtoolkit.org/

Have you read the book that likely started it all? McNeill, K. L. & Krajcik, J. (2012). Supporting grade 5-8 students in constructing explanations in science: The claim, evidence and reasoning framework for talk and writing. New York, NY: Pearson Allyn & Bacon.

There is no 'complete' text book on fluid mechanics; it's a massive area of study, and there are thousands of publications every year that move it forward.

I really think your best bet is to pick up an introductory book and go from there. Different sub fields and specialisms apply different areas of fluid mechanics in different ways. And don't forget that turbulence - which is a massive part of fluid mechanics - is still an unsolved problem. If you then start looking at complex materials like slurries, granular materials, and other 2-phase mixtures then you're getting into realms of really rather extraordinary complexity.

I find this to be a pretty good starting place (although I have the 4th edition - I haven't seen the 5th) : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fluid-Mechanics-Pijush-K-Kundu/dp/0123821002/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1496312409&sr=1-1&keywords=kundu

I took a class in college called "Scientific Revolutions" about the shifts in scientific paradigm throughout history. One of the textbooks in the course was The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn. It was rather enjoyable and extremely informative. I wish I kept my copy. Amazon has a bunch of related suggestions as well.
(https://www.amazon.com/Structure-Scientific-Revolutions-Thomas-Kuhn/dp/0226458083)
Perhaps this will spark some ideas?

I'm a physics teacher, and this is one of my favorite books. She might enjoy it.

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0544272994/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_9u9czb74GVC44

If you don't want them to google the answer, are you giving them open-ended enough questions? Just make sure they don't learn about Wolfram Alpha :) that thing can even solve complicated integrals

Edit: As a "yes but how" you could try finding some examples from Randall Munroe's "What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions" https://www.amazon.com/dp/0544272994/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ZcCYxbBM10599

I can't go into much detail for you because the textbook is currently at school and I'm on summer vacation, but when I had to study for the Middle Grades Science test, to qualify to teach 7-9 Science in Arizona, this is the book that I used to study.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0028285794?pc_redir=1405356616&robot_redir=1
Affectionately known as Glencoe Green

If you are working with younger students, I recommend Primary Science: Taking the Plunge by Wynne Harlen (a fellow Brit, too).

One of the profs I worked for as a TA for a university intro astronomy course used Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy. It contains worksheets that are designed to address common misconceptions that students have. The Table of contents can be found going here and clicking the 'table of contents' link on the left had side.

Get the TIPERs books for AP Physics 1. They're not study-guides, per se, but they are chock full of conceptual questions on mechanics.

https://www.amazon.com/TIPERs-Sensemaking-Introductory-Educational-Innovation/dp/0132854589

https://www.amazon.com/Biology-Community-Context-Student-McGraw-Hill/dp/0078306949

Also: bio books
Ernst Haeckel: Art Forms in Nature Coloring Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/0764974718/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_KJQcBbKBS180V
Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel https://www.amazon.com/dp/3791319906/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_vLQcBb6P811G0
The Anatomy Coloring Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321832019/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_VMQcBb9XJGXX9
Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region https://www.amazon.com/dp/0394507606/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_7OQcBb7QBN95M
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders: North America (National Audubon Society Field Guides (Paperback)) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0394507630/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_5PQcBb0PZQYNW

Preserved specimen: Real Bat Specimens Science Classroom Specimen for Science Education https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072BCCTL1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_ZSQcBbE7HYPN2
Real Snake Skeleton Specimen in Acrylic Block Paperweights Science Classroom Specimens for Science Education https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078581LLZ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_OTQcBbN1W3JWE

Models:
Wellden Medical Anatomical Human Skull Model, 3-part, Numbered, Life Size https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EKC5SHS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_YZQcBbCF8D61B

The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan.

An inspiring push for the idea of scientific thinking as a mental tool set for everyone, filled with examples of what can go wrong when it is not applied.