Nov. 29, 2019

Teams Up! A student collaboration project

Team Up! was originally developed as an online assessment tool to be used for synchronous group work in a fully online course.

Oct. 25, 2019

What is the point of undergraduate physics labs?

Sept. 26, 2019

Undergraduate Research Fair

Poster session showing research done by Physics undergraduate students in the past year. Posters will be judged and small prizes awarded. Refreshments will be provided.

March 29, 2019

Students' attitudes towards Experimental Physics

Data from a recent E-CLASS survey used in PHY224H1 Practical Physics I will be presented.

March 21, 2019

Meet Physics Professor Nancy Forde from Simon Fraser University

An open discussion with U of T Physics Undergraduates - all welcome!

Feb. 8, 2019

Quercus: the good, the bad and the insufferable

Sept. 21, 2018

TA Training and the Improvisation Workshop: how to make them better?

June 15, 2018

PhySU Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Sale

The Physics Student Union (PhySU) will be hosting a Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream fundraiser sale. We've got 3 flavours: vanilla, cookies n' cream, and cappuccino/coffee! Cups, cones, and various toppings also available.

March 2, 2018

Intersectionality and what it means to implement it in the physics classroom

Jan. 26, 2018

Teaching to different student populations

Nov. 17, 2017

Project-based learning

Oct. 27, 2017

Threshold Concepts in Physics

Sept. 20, 2017

Improvisation Workshop

This workshop is designed to teach and practice communication skills using the tools of improvisation.

Sept. 22, 2017

Teaching ethics in science

April 7, 2017

Undergraduate Research Fair

April 13, 2017

Communicating Science: Do's Don'ts, Can't and Won’ts

A workshop on why you want to talk to the public about science, how to get your story out, some hints about what strategies tend to work, and what usually doesn’t.

March 17, 2017

Teaching and Learning Discussion Group - Issues Associated with having 2 Physics Streams: Physics Majors and Specialist

Jan. 27, 2017

Teaching uncertainty in physics courses

Feb. 17, 2017

The progress, status, and future of computational physics in our program.

Nov. 18, 2016

Panel Discussion: Problem Sets in the Internet Age

The panel will include Ruxandra Serbanescu, John Sipe, Xingxing Xing, and Andrew Meyertholen. All are welcome - staff, graduate students, post-docs, and faculty.

Oct. 18, 2016

First-Year Teaching in Physics at Otago: Cognitive Coherence in Newtonian Mechanics, Abandoning Tradition, and Serving the Needs of Health Sciences

Oct. 6, 2016

Investigative Science Learning Environment (ISLE): Making your students collaborative participants in the practice of physics

Sept. 15, 2016

The Power of the Narrative: Communication with Clarity and Meaning

Special Physics Colloquium and Teaching Event