Wesley Morgan, Springville High School Teacher, is featured in the following Y Magazine story. Morgan has grown and diversified the AP Physics enrollment and class offerings at SHS by making his classes accessible and interactive. In doing so, he has caught the attention of the National Science Foundation in just 5 years of teaching.
https://magazine.byu.edu/article/resonating-lessons/
Photos courtesy of Bradley Slade and Y Magazine
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