Physics
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West Coast Science teachers strengthen physics and astronomy inquiry-based teaching skills
Advancing Knowledge NPC (AK NPC) concluded its 2026 professional development programme for Natural Sciences teachers from the West Coast Education District. The SACE-endorsed…
Inquiry-based training in physics and astronomy for Cape winelands intermediate phase teachers
The Natural Sciences curriculum content taught during the third and fourth school terms was covered in the final training session organized by Advancing Knowledge Non-Profit…
Advancing inquiry-based teaching of physics and astronomy in the Overberg education district
Advancing Knowledge NPC’s professional development sessions for natural sciences teachers concluded their 2025 delivery in the Overberg Education District of the Western Cape…
Advancing Knowledge NPC’s inquiry-based science education training for InterSen (grades 4-7) Natural Science teachers
The first step is walking teachers through the inquiry-based approach to teaching science and improving their pedagogic skills and content knowledge
It is vital to build capacity in the basic sciences in Africa
Basic sciences, such as physics, maths and stats, advance human knowledge and push the frontiers of technology for the benefit of a sustainable society
Nobel prize for physics is a game-changer
The physics 2021 Nobel prize means the conversation is no longer about debating whether climate change is real, but rather what we should do about it
Hawks make arrest in matric maths paper leak
Themba Daniel Shikwambana, who works at a printing company, was granted bail and is due to return to court in January
From Cairo (and jail) to a master’s at Wits
Students in South Africa should never give up hope because anything is possible if they keep on pursuing their dreams
Abel Prize for maths awarded to a woman for the first time
American Karen Uhlenbeck has won the Abel Prize in mathematics for her work on partial differential equations, the first woman to win the prize
Is maths any of their beeswax?
The humble honeybee is catching up to humans in the arithmetic game, but there is quite literally nothing to worry about
Exploring beyond what is obvious
Zama Katamzi tells us what attracted her to science and ionospheric physics.
UWC celebrates science excellence
Bankrupt only a decade ago, the University of the Western Cape is now a research leader.