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Peer reviewedClarke, John; Aiken, Judith A.; Sullivan, Mary J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1999
Every year, a Vermont high school teacher uses laws of physics to teach students how to design, field test, and calibrate a weapon that fires tennis balls to 100-yard distances. This article explains how the "physics war" grew to accommodate the new Vermont curriculum standards at various organizational levels. (22 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Discovery Learning, Educational Change, High Schools
