Motion Analysis Video Tape Manual
Students will be provided with a copy of the video tape and manual during the course. The electronic version is available in case an extra copy is needed.
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PHYS 635
Curriculum Enhancement I
July 6 - 29, 2005
PHYS 635 is basically a laboratory course for those desiring to be high schoo physics teachers, increase their teaching content knowledge, or work towards our Master of Arts in Physics Education degree. It is a summer residence course at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. It also includes some teaching pedagogy. The course is held in the afternoon, and the companion lecture course, PHYS 631, is in the mornings. PHYS 635 has both homework and quizzes for each laboratory. An inservice project is required for the course which can be done in your local school, school system, or any regional, state, or national teachers meeting.
Instructors:
Stephen T. Thornton, Heather Welch
Abstract:
The course will consist of laboratory-type hands-on activities, physics curricula discussions, pedagogical content knowledge, and inservice activities. During the 3 1/2-week summer component, teachers (students) will complete several different kinds of activities including experiments using probes with both graphing calculators and computers, table-based labs, and video-based labs. Technology will be emphasized. New curricula like will be covered. During the following fall, teachers will have inservice presentations to complete.
Materials:
Motion Analysis Video Tape Manual
Students will be provided with a copy of the video tape and manual during the course. The electronic version is available in case an extra copy is needed.
Daily Workshop/Lab Schedule:
| Date | Title | Pre-workshop assignment |
| July 6, 2005 |
1a. Discussion, WebAssign, MAPE, Inservice Project, Calculator (linear
regression equation), Excel tutorial, Journals, grading, |
No assignment |
| July 7, 2005 | 2a. Introduction to Motion (computer) 2b. Newton's 2nd Law (graphing calculator and CBL) |
Hand-in assignment or See WebAssign |
| July 8, 2005 |
3. Software, Internet Resources, Show and Tell |
No pre-workshop |
| July 11, 2005 | 4a.Velocity and Acceleration (computer) 4b. Free Fall: Uniform Gravitational Acceleration (Video Experiment) |
See WebAssign |
| July 12, 2005 | 5. Projectile Motion (UVa equipment and computer) | See WebAssign |
| July 13, 2005 | 6. Force and Motion (computer) | See WebAssign |
| July 14, 2005 | 7a. Air Resistance (graphing calculator and CBL) 7b. Graviational and Passive Forces (computer) |
See WebAssign |
| July 15, 2005 | 8. Science Olympiad | No pre-workshop |
| July 18, 2005 | 9. Collisions and Momentum - Newton's 3rd Law | See WebAssign |
| July 19, 2005 | 10. Work and Energy | See WebAssign |
| July 20, 2005 | 11. Rotational Dynamics | See WebAssign |
| July 21, 2005 | 12a. Equilibrium of Non-parallel Forces (UVa equipment) 12b. Buoyant Force (Pasco computer experiment) |
See WebAssign |
| July 22, 2005 | 13. Harmonic Motion and the Pendulum | See WebAssign |
| July 25, 2005 | 14.Free, Damped, and Forced Oscillations (computer) | See WebAssign |
| July 26, 2005 | 15. The Ideal Gas Law and the Absolute Zero of Temperature | See WebAssign |
| July 27, 2005 |
16a. Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics (computer) |
See WebAssign |
| July 28, 2005 | 17. Evaluation, Final Exam | See WebAssign |
| July 29, 2005 | No class | No assignment |
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