Re: Physics for Ninth Graders?

[Tim O'Donnell <odonnt@CELINA.K12.OH.US>]

> > By far more students of mine have a harder time with
> > chemistry than physics.
>
>   Not an unheard of observation!
>   Any ideas why?  Not to invite abuse but genuinely curious.
John,
I think it is much more abstract then physics.
I can see falling objects and the like. We have some sense
of motion, waves etc. although the understand may be
wrong.

I cannot see atoms or ions reacting or recombining.
Tim
Tim O'Donnell
Instructor of Physics and Chemistry
Celina High School
715 East Wayne Street
Celina, Ohio 45822
(419) 586-8300 Ext 1200 or 1201
odonnt@celina.k12.oh.us

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