New RTP and ILD Tools and Curricula: Video Analysis,
Clickers and E & M Labs
David
Sokoloff, Priscilla Laws and Ronald Thornton
Half-day
workshop (#W40), Sunday, July 14, 2013, 1:00-5:00 PM, American Assoc. of
Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Portland, OR
RealTime
Physics (RTP) and Interactive
Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs) have been available for over 15 years--so
what's new? The just released Third Edition of RTP includes five new labs on basic
electricity and magnetism in Module 3 as well a new approaches to projectile
motion in Module 1. Some of these new labs make use of video analysis. Also new
are clicker-based ILDs. This hands-on workshop is designed for those who want to make
effective use of active learning with computer-based tools in their introductory
courses. These active learning approaches for lectures, labs, and recitations
(tutorials) are based on physics education research (PER). Participants will
work with new activities as well as original ones. The following will be
distributed: Modules from the Third Edition of RTP, the ILD book, the Physics with Video
Analysis book and CD, and Teaching Physics with the Physics Suite by E.F.
Redish. Partially supported by the National Science Foundation. For more information,
contact David Sokoloff. Pre-registration
required. To register, go to the AAPT Web-Site.
(Workshop is at Vernier Software and Technology,
easily accessible from downtown Portland on MAX light rail.)
Interactive Lecture Demonstrations--WhatÕs New? ILDs Using Clickers and Video Analysis
David
Sokoloff,
Priscilla Laws and Ronald Thornton
American
Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Portland, OR, July,
2013, (Time and Date TBA)
Description: The
results of physics education research and the availability of
microcomputer-based tools have led to the development of the activity-based
Physics Suite. Most of the Suite materials are designed for hands-on learning,
for example student-oriented laboratory curricula like RealTime Physics. One
reason for the success of these materials is that they encourage students to
take an active part in their learning. This interactive session will
demonstrate--through active audience participationâ Suite materials designed to
promote active learning in lecture--Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs).
The demonstrations will be drawn from energy, heat and thermodynamics,
oscillations and waves, electricity and magnetism, light and optics. Results of
studies on the effectiveness of this approach will be presented. This session
should be of special interest to teachers of large lecture classes as well as
those who teach small classes where only one computer is available. For
more information, contact David Sokoloff. No pre-registration
required. For more information on location, go to the AAPT Web-Site.
Activity-Based
Physics in the Advanced Physics High School Classroom
Maxine
Willis, Priscilla Laws, Steve Henning, David Sokoloff and Ronald Thornton
Half-day workshop (#W35), Sunday, July 14, 2013, 8:00 AM-NOON,
American Assoc. of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Portland, OR. (Workshop is at Vernier
Software and Technology, accessible from downtown Portland on MAX light rail.)
This hands-on workshop is designed for
teachers in advanced physics classes such as AP, International Baccalaureate and
honors physics. Teachers attending should be interested in enabling their
students to master physics concepts in mechanics by engaging in inquiry-based
active learning. Participants will work with classroom-tested curricular
materials drawn from the Activity Based Physics Suite materials. These
curricula make creative use of flexible computer tools available from Vernier
and PASCO. These materials have been developed in accordance with the outcomes
of physics education research <http://physics.dickinson.edu/~abp_web/abp_homepage.html >.
Affordable access to the Suite materials for secondary school use is now
available and will be discussed. Pre-registration required. To register, go to the AAPT Web-Site. (Workshop
is at Vernier Software and Technology, easily accessible from downtown Portland
on MAX light rail.) For more information contact Maxine
Willis, Associate Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dickinson
College, willism@dickinson.edu