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 * === Grades 11 and 12 Physics ===

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[|It's up to Everyone to Improve Math Scores] - Waterloo math professor Ian Vanderburgh reflects on the state of mathematics education - in The Globe and Mail

[|They're Watching You at Work] - Don Peck writes in The Atlantic Monthly about how "moneyball" influences job recruitment and retention

[|Engineering and Innovation in Canada] - Bruce Hellinga comments on the state of specialization - why don't Canadians pursue advanced degrees in engineering?

[|The Problem with Homework] Why I don't assign homework very often - from the Globe and Mail

[|The Kids Don't Play Anymore] Margaret Wente wonders if over-scheduling does more bad than good

[|Dear Undergrad: Your degree was never intended to land you a job] Todd Hirsch explains the connection between your degree and your career

[|Who's Failing Math] Margaret Wente on discovery vs fundamentals approach to math

[|Classroom Fads and Magic Beans] Educational science or pseudo-science?

[|In Praise of Failure - Does it help students?] Against the tide of educational psychology, there's a growing movement to allowing students to experience failure as a key to long-term growth.

[|The Million Dollar Promise] Is a university degree really worth a million dollars over a lifetime of work? from Maclean's Magazine

[|The Relativity of Wrong in Science] Isaac Asimov explains why it is not helpful to look at scientific progress in terms of being right or wrong. From 1989, but still relevant.

[|Are Droids Taking Our Jobs] Andrew McAfee A TED talk - what does the new economy look like and why should kids stay in school?

[|Ted Talks - a look inside the teenage brain] Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults

[|Why kids need to fail to succeed in school] M Wente interview with Paul Tough, author of //How Children Succeed: // //Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character //

[|Character strengths and indicators] from KIPP.org - success is determined by much more than just IQ; grit is one of the crucial character strengths

[|Coursera.org] open access to free, world-class education. 16 top universities offer amazing online courses - for FREE

[|Why schools kill creativity] and other mind-expanding talks at [|TED.com]

[|Why the Higgs boson matters] Steven Weinberg in the NY Times

[|Obama, Romney, and Iran] public lecture at the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Tools to help grade 11 and 12 students navigate post-secondary university education [|Globe and Mail] [|Macleans]

[|FIRST Robotics] are you interested in joining our club or in mentoring students?

[|You are not special] commencement speach by David McCullough || = =