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Flipping Physics Videos about Teaching

Over the years I have created various videos about teaching and I figured it would be logical to have all of those organized and available in one place. So, here they are!

First Day of School, What do I do?

Just a small thing I do with my students on the first day of class and why I do it.

Teaching Projectile Motion With a Car, a Ball, and a Bucket

Mr. P shares a classroom activity idea for physics teachers: drop a ball out of a moving car at a constant speed so it lands in a bucket, a hands-on way to introduce and then demonstrate projectile motion. He walks through the materials needed (a car that can hold a constant speed, orange cones, a bucket, a ball, and a meterstick), the height and distance measurements required before solving the problem, and two ways to make sure students understand the solution first, working through it together in class or flipping the video and having students solve it on the board, before heading outside to film the demonstration. He also shares practical tips from running the demo himself: even a small change in the car's speed shifts the landing spot by several centimeters, cruise control helps hold a truly constant speed, and timing the ball's release over the last cone is trickier than it looks. He closes with a safety note (the teacher should drive, a student should drop the ball) and a Part 2 extension challenge: finding the ball's velocity, not just its speed, right before it lands.

Want the teacher handout for this demonstration? You can find it in the Teacher Resources and Tips section of my free teacher course.

​A Simple Way to Make Assignments Better

Here I share a simple teaching habit that helped me continually improve my physics assignments over nearly 25 years in the classroom. By updating labs and worksheets immediately after grading them, I kept track of student misconceptions, clarified confusing instructions, and made small changes that led to better learning and less frustration for students. Using a real introductory physics lab as an example, I show how comments, notes, and revisions helped students better understand concepts like density, uncertainty, and showing their work. This video is designed for physics students and teachers who want clearer labs, stronger problem solving, and more effective physics instruction.

If you would like a copy of the lab I refer to in the above vide, my solutions to the lab, and my teacher notes, you can find all of those in my Sample AP® Physics 1 Teacher Resources Course.

AP Physics 1 Worksheets & Guided Notes Explained

This video is for AP Physics 1 teachers: new student worksheets and guided lecture notes are now being written for every AP Physics 1 topic and every Flipping Physics AP Physics 1 video (not all units are finished yet, but production is ahead of where the typical class is right now). They are not free on their own, but they come as a free bonus with bulk orders of the AP Physics 1 Ultimate Review Packet.

The Ultimate Review Packet includes study guides, multiple-choice questions, common stumbling blocks, a full AP-style practice exam, and more than three and a half hours of original video, all organized by unit and aligned with the College Board curriculum, with solutions for everything. The Ultimate Exam Slayer focuses specifically on exam readiness: unit-based multiple-choice quizzes with more than 25 questions each, an Exam Tips and Strategies section, almost two and a half hours of original video, two additional full practice exams, and complete solutions to every applicable released AP Physics 1 free-response question. Every quiz and practice exam in both Ultimate products uses a digital exam simulator designed to mirror the actual May exam experience (not created nor endorsed by the College Board or Bluebook).

Use the links below to sign up for a free teacher preview course, request a bulk-discount estimate, or try free samples of everything in the Ultimate series. Both the Ultimate Review Packet and the Ultimate Exam Slayer are sold with one license per student per school year.

Six Teacher Approaches to Physics Labs

Six teachers share how they approach labs in their physics classes. Thank you very much to Laura Zeller, Shaun Thomas, Will Segal, Janel Morris, and Nick Sourvelis for collaborating with me on this project!

​Showing the Differences between a Traditional and a Flipped Classroom

This video compares a traditional to a flipped class. Two classes were filmed 1 year apart and are shown simultaneously to illustrate the differences.

How to Learn from a Flipping Educational Video

Before you assign flipped videos from which you expect your students to learn, you need to teach them How to Learn from a  Flipping Educational Video. You can assign this video to your students to help them learn how!

Articles about Multitasking:​
​Articles about the importance of taking notes:

​Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning

A detailed look at how my classes were structured during my last ~7 years of teaching, Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning. It's an awesome way to organize a classroom, in my humble opinion. 😀
If you really to more about this, I have two more videos for you:
  • My Journey into Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning
  • 2021 Nov PoLS-T Network Talk & Live Q&A Discussion: Jonathan Thomas-Palmer of Flipping Physics
    • The first 30 minutes of this video were assigned to the attendees to flip the webinar. If you've watched the previous two videos about AFGML, you can skip past that.