Open letter to the president: Physics education
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American high school Physics courses typically fail to address any modern topics in Physics--intriguing topics, like black holes and antimatter, and applications that play a huge role in our everyday lives, like GPS systems and lasers. Why don't these topics get covered in high school courses?
Read the "Dig Deeper" section before responding to this question: What topic did you research? What challenges do you think a teacher would face trying to teach that topic? What might cause a student to struggle to understand the topic?
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