When Anatoliy Glushchenko took his daughter to her first day of middle school, he was surprised, and a little horrified, to learn that her school did not offer physics in the sixth grade. Glushchenko, who was born and raised in Ukraine, is an applied physicist and professor in the Department of Physics and Energy Science at the University of Colorado. His own instruction in the subject began at a young age.
After his initial shock, Glushchenko did some research and discovered that it is not unusual for students in the US to receive minimal physics instruction in middle school. It doesn’t get much better from there—physics is not required at all in US high schools.
Certain that his daughter and all American students deserve better physics education, Glushchenko created a “game-changing” new program called Physics in a Box through an organization he founded called Physical Science Research Associates, which goes by Physcira.
Today, Physcira offers four different Physics in a Box options that each contain 100 experiments centered around specific topics: mechanics, optics, thermal, and electricity and magnetism. The Morgridge Family Foundation first invested in Physics in a Box in 2022 on behalf of Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Md. The success of the program there led to another grant in 2023—a multi-year, $860,000 investment that will bring Physics in a Box to three DSST public charter schools across the Denver metro area […]
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