Physics
636
A Summer Residency Course for Teachers of Physics
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PHYS 636: Curriculum Enhancement II
July 12 - August 6, 2004
Instructors:
S. T. Thornton, K. Traphagen, and R. A. Lindgren
Abstract:
The course will consist of laboratory-type hands-on activities, physics curricula discussions, pedagogical content knowledge, and inservice activities. During the four-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. During the following fall teachers will conduct an inservice.
Daily Workshop/Lab Schedule:
| Date | Title | Pre-workshop assignment |
| July 12, 2004 | The Shocking Truth: Electrostatics | TBA |
| July 13, 2004 | Verifying Coulomb's Law; Electrostatic Force and Coulomb's Law |
TBA |
| July 14, 2004 | Lecture in Afternoon (no lab) | TBA |
| July 15, 2004 | Vectors, Computer Resources, ExploreLearning | TBA |
| July 16, 2004 | Gauss' law; Equipotential and Electric Field | TBA |
| July 19, 2004 | Batteries, Bulbs, and Current; Capacitors (CBL) | TBA |
| July 20, 2004 | Ohm's Law & Kirchhoff's Circuit Rules; Resistance Measurements on Play-Doh (CBL) | TBA |
| July 21, 2004 | Capacitors & RC Circuits; The Magnetic Field of a Permanent Magnet (CBL) | TBA |
| July 22, 2004 | Electron Charge-to-Mass Ragio; Magnetic field (CBL) | TBA |
| July 23, 2004, MORNING | Geometric Optics; Light Lessons with a Laser Pen | TBA |
| July 23, 2004, AFTERNOON | Science Olympiad | TBA |
| July 26, 2004 | Interactive Lecture Demos | TBA |
| July 27, 2004 | Inductors & LR Circuits; D-cell motor | TBA |
| July 28, 2004 | Afternoon Lecture (No Lab) | TBA |
| July 29, 2004 | AC Current & Voltage; Magnetic field in a Slinky (CBL), Emergency Generator | TBA |
| July 30, 2004, MORNING | AC Filters & Resonance | TBA |
| July 30, 2004, AFTERNOON | Transistor lab - CASTLE | TBA |
| August 2, 2004 | Polarization; Variation of Light Intensity, Electromagnetic Waves, Ligth Intensity versus Position | TBA |
| August 3, 2004 | Microwaves & Light Interference; Optical Spectrawith a Diffraction Grating | TBA |
| August 4, 2004 | Peggy Perozzo, Guest Speaker | TBA |
| August 5, 2004 | Final exam, post-lab evaluation | TBA |
| August 6, 2004 | No Lab |
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Updated June 16, 2004