SMILE PROGRAM PHYSICS INDEX Using A Video Camera In the physics Classroom by Skalinder, Eric Francis W. Parker;A Potpourri of Science Ideas - Finding Pi by Group Mini teach by Foreman http://www.iit.edu/~smile/physinde.html
Extractions: Physics Life is part of the physics.org web site, a search facility that answers your questions about physical science with a list of relevant web sites from its database. The animation begins with a street in which you can explore the buildings, areas and objects that you see. The graphics become animated and make noises when you hover your mouse over them, and you can click to zoom in and enter buildings and places. You can try the playground, where clicking a football activates a pop-up box that tells you about curling a football in flight. Each pop-up box contains general information about the activity, written informally, as well as links for more information from physics.org.
Science Lesson Plans Page for physicsA vocabulary list of common physics terms and Day Night- teach the conceptof the earth spinning Direct Diffuse Light- This activity creates an http://www.luc.edu/schools/education/csipdc/scilsn.htm
Extractions: Biological Rhythms -For grades 3-12, activities to teach the ups and downs of body temperature, built-in stop watch, and more. -http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/clock.html Brain Injury -For grades K-6, an experiment that teaches children how to protect the brian against injury. -http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/injury.html Hearing -For grades K-12, auditory activities on sound localization. - http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chhearing.html -Various activities on chunking, visualization, and chaining. - http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmemory.html Modeling the Nervous System -For grades K-12, various activities on making models of neurons and the brain. - http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmodel.html Reflexes -For grades K-12, reflex activities including the knee jerk reaction and quick thinking. - http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chreflex.html -For grades 3-12, have students keep sleep journals and diaries. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chsleep.html Senses Working Together -For grades K-3, activities involving a sense chart and sensory stations. - http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chtoget.html
McGraw-Hill - Teach Yourself Physics Back to top. teach YOURSELF physics.teach Yourself physics. teach Yourself physics Author(s) Jim Breithaupt ISBN 0071407189DOI 10.1036/0071407189 http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/cgi-bin/pbg/0071407189.html?id=CnWZYuJa
McGraw-Hill Professional | Science & Mathematics book such as physics Demystified. His previous titles for McGrawHill include TheTAB Encyclopedia of Electronics for Technicians and Hobbyists, teach Yourself http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/cgi-bin/pbg/flypage.html?mv_arg=0071382011§ionc
SkyScopes Our Sun Information Page Program (STSP) comprising SOHO and CLUSTER, and the International SolarTerrestrialPhysics Program (ISTP Many of these activities teach you about the Sun itself http://www.skyscopes.com/scope/thesun.html
Extractions: The Earth is one of nine planets orbiting the Sun, and the Sun is one of some 100 billion stars that make up the Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way and about 30 other galaxies comprise the Local Group, which in turn is part of the local supercluster of galaxies. Superclusters seem to be grouped into even larger systems, all of which fit within the visible Universe. -Thomas T. Arny "Explorations An Introduction to Astronomy" 1996 Click here to find out what the rest of the solar system would look like if the sun was only 10 feet tall. ACE Real Time Solar Wind Information Geomagnetic storms are a natural hazard, like hurricanes and tsunamis, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Environment Center (SEC) forecasts for the public's benefit. Severe geomagnetic storms cause communications problems, abruptly increase drag on spacecraft, and can cause electric utility blackouts over a wide area. The location of ACE at the L1 libration point between the earth and the sun will enable ACE to give about a one hour advance warning of impending geomagnetic activity.
Extractions: Complete revision for KS3 SATs. The site contains revision information and tests/questions for the pupils to try. It is probably best given to the pupils to look at in their own time (either at home or in the library), or used for research for class projects. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/game/science_test.shtml
Academic Activities Academic activities. in using appropriate technology to find better ways to teachcalculus to undergraduate students majoring in engineering and physics. http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/users/Murphy/Work.html
Extractions: I am a graduate student in Mathematics Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . My advisor is Kenneth J. Travers . (Ken's advisees generally think he walks on water, and we're a pretty perceptive bunch.) I am particularly interested in using appropriate technology to find better ways to teach calculus to undergraduate students majoring in engineering and physics. I have written a few papers, which are available on the web. These papers are mostly about calculus instruction in one way or another, with a lot of attention to the use of technology to increase understanding. My dissertation is a comparison of two ways of using technology to introduce the derivative in a first-semester calculus course. This is the part of my site that should be changing most rapidly this semesterbut hasn't been. I'll try to do better. Really, Mom, I'm working on it. One of the instructional methods in my study uses a computer and an ultrasonic motion detector, produced by Vernier Software . As the student walks back and forth in front of the detector, the computer displays a graph of the student's motion. Motion detectors have been used successfully to teach graphing concepts to students from middle school through college. I am using the motion detector to help the students see how the speed of the motion is represented by the slope of the distance graph and the height of the velocity graph. Once this conceptual link between the slope of one graph and the magnitude of another is established, it forms a foundation for understanding the derivative.
TOP University Scientists Do Teach in the research. Sixty percent volunteered information about outof-class activitiesessential to Several teach Saturday Morning physics to high http://particleadventure.org/particleadventure/other/top_teachers.html
Extractions: (An edited version of this article appeared on the Editorial pages of the NEW YORK TIMES on June 13, 1995.) *(reprinted with the author's permission) Ten-thousand students were enrolled in courses taught personally by American and Canadian physics professors who worked on the discovery of the top quark announced in March. Night and weekends, via plane flights, computer links and tele-conferencing, faculty at universities across the continent searched for this elementary building block of nature in experiments at Fermilab in Illinois while carrying out a full range of teaching activities at home. No hard evidence exists to support media accusations, but scientists are alarmed. In January, speaking to the Universities Research Association, Neal Lane, director of the National Science Foundation warned that we must improve our teaching. All agreed, but several of us urged him to investigate the validity of the media assertions. D. Allan Bromley, presidential science advisor during the Bush administration and president-elect of the American Physical Society, expressed similar thoughts recently at Rutgers. Again, I objected that no evidence of widespread abuse exists. Dr. Bromley wisely pointed out that it does not matter what I think; the issue is the public's perception. I decided to get some data on the subject. The top-quark discovery identified over 800 scientists from many countries with some claim to excellence in research. I sent questions to all in this group with regular faculty appointments at forty-four U.S. and two Canadian universities. With shameless arm-twisting, I got data about all 123 men and women in this target group. I sought a "snapshot" of their teaching activity when the top-quark was announced. Here are the results:
Using Science Fiction To Teach Science science fiction in unit plans and lessons to teach science. Crosscurricular activitiesfor each book provide theme-based units. The physics of Star Trek. http://www.strangenewworlds.com/teachers/science-fiction-to-teach-science.html
New Faculty Workshop, 6 - 9 November, 2003 article, How We teach and How Students Learn, Vol. 9, 1993.) Our inclass activitiesemploy active Patricia Heller s American Journal of physics articles, Vol http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfp/physics/webphysics/NFW03/
What Can You Do With A Physics Major After Graduation? areas such as statistics, applied physics, electronics, or Accordingly, extracurricularactivities that demonstrate your Students Planning to teach High School http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/undergraduate/whatdo.html
Extractions: Nobody knows what the economic situation will be then, or which fields will be "hot." Attempts to do this kind of forecasting in the past have been notably unsuccessful. The best advice to undergraduates at this stage seems to be, "Do what interests you and what you are good at." If you think you want to go on to Physics graduate school and ultimately be a professional physicist, you should ask yourself two questions: 1) Am I really, really excited by Physics, to the extent that I want to do it more than anything else? 2) Am I good at Physics? If your answers to both questions are positive, you should seriously consider majoring in Physics and then continuing on to graduate school. There will always be openings for good people. If you aren't sure about your answers, you should still consider majoring in Physics, but be thinking about other things to do after graduation.
Awesome Library - Science Provides over a dozen projects to teach basic physics. Problem Solving Activitiesin physics; Science Projects (School.Discovery.com) Provides over a dozen http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Science/Physics/Physics.html
"Top" University Scientists Do Teach I sought a snapshot of their teaching activity when the topquark was announced. whosaid, I love teaching, and I think it important to teach physics from a http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~devlin/op-ed.html
Extractions: "Top" University Scientists Do Teach Thomas J. Devlin An abridged version appeared in the NYTimes, June 13, 1995 Ten-thousand students were enrolled in courses taught personally by American and Canadian physics professors who worked on the discovery of the top quark announced in March. Night and weekends, via plane flights, computer links and tele-conferencing, faculty at universities across the continent searched for this elementary building block of nature in experiments at Fermilab in Illinois while carrying out a full range of teaching activities at home. No hard evidence exists to support media accusations, but scientists are alarmed. In January, speaking to the Universities Research Association, Neal Lane, director of the National Science Foundation warned that we must improve our teaching. All agreed, but several of us urged him to investigate the validity of the media assertions. D. Allan Bromley, presidential science advisor during the Bush administration and president-elect of the American Physical Society, expressed similar thoughts recently at Rutgers. Again, I objected that no evidence of widespread abuse exists. Dr. Bromley wisely pointed out that it does not matter what I think; the issue is the public's perception. I decided to get some data on the subject. The top-quark discovery identified over 800 scientists from many countries with some claim to excellence in research. I sent questions to all in this group with regular faculty appointments at forty-four U.S. and two Canadian universities. With shameless arm-twisting, I got data about all 123 men and women in this target group. I sought a "snapshot" of their teaching activity when the top-quark was announced. Here are the results:
Science Education Web Sites Department. TOYS teach our Youth Science, This site provides activitiesusing toys to teach chemistry and physics. physics Central, http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/chem2/LACTE/ScienceWebSites.html
Extractions: Welcome Last Updated: 5/19/02 Below are a number of linked science education web sites which we have found interesting: Experiment of the Week Robert Krampf's Science Education Company provides a Free Experiment of the Week via email: krampf@aol.com. email him with the massage that you would like to be added to the Experiment of the Week List. NISE The National Institute for Science Education is setting the stage for more productive science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education in the United States. Exploratorium The Exploratorium, located in San Francisco, is a museum of science, art, and human perception with over 500 interactive "hands on" exhibits. Science Education Resource Page This site was created to provide an on-line, ongoing source of science education resources for K-12 teachers. Science NetLinks Science NetLinks is a AAAS sponsored website which offers a comprehensive guide to some outstanding science, mathematics, and technology websites, as well as ideas on how to use these dynamic resources in the classroom. NERDS: Nebraska Educators Really Doing Science This site provides many science activities developed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Secondary Science Department.
The 1995 DOE/NSF/DPF Survey Of U.S. Particle Physics physics activities by Theorists. Page 5 Current Collaborations. Page 6 CurrentFunding Sources; Primary Employer; Percent of Research Time Devoted to HEP; Teachas http://pdg.lbl.gov/survey/doensfdpf1995/95.html
Extractions: The survey covered only particle physicists funded by NSF or by the DOE HEP Division. There were 2494 respondents. We estimate coverage at 70%. Shown below are: Survey questionnaires Graphs of results Tables of results (All files are in PostScript format) Survey Questionnaires Census and Workforce Study of HEP Former Graduate Student and Postdoc Information Graphs of results Number of physicists vs. year Physics Activities Minorities in Particle Physics Women in Particle Physics Tables of results Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Physics Activities by Experimentalists
Professional Development Opportunities definitely get their attention when I teach these lessons us! my kids love theseactivities made me I definitely understand more about elementary physics now http://www.pa.uky.edu/~sciworks/xtra/profdel.htm
Extractions: Physics for Teachers of Grades 4-8 This virtual workshop aims to enhance the physics content understanding for teachers and to improve the way the content is delivered to the students. The teachers learn through inquiry and have the same opportunities as their students to develop greater understanding. Our goals are to have teachers become more comfortable with their own knowledge and way of teaching physics concepts which will ultimately bring more physics into their classrooms. These workshops are geared for teachers. They are meant to be fun and easy to understand as they encourage group discussions among the participants and the instructors. Currently there are three virtual workshop topics: Features of the workshop include: Teachers will be provided with: We give teachers the materials, understanding, and confidence to teach physical science core content in an inquiry mode. Our workshops usually take from 30-40 hours to complete allowing participants the depth of experience and instruction needed to assure immediate and effective implementation in the classroom.
Canadian. Want To Teach In Seoul Want to teach in Seoul. developing lesson plans, curriculum, and other extra circularactivities. September 98 April 00 physics Tutor, Rothermere House http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/esl/index.pl?noframes;read=2108
Extractions: Motion detectors, magnets and rocket help make science fun - by FSU Media Relations Partnership seeks big benefits from small devices - by FSU Media Relations Science Doctoral Students Energize K-12 Classrooms - by FSU Media Relations Kemper honored as Lawton Professor - by Paul Cottle Cottle wins SESAPS Pegram Award - by Mark Riley Dennis appointed to ODDL post - by FSU Media Relations Wyatt promotes national bioterrorism warning system - by FSU Media Relations Measuring a single-component molecular metal at 32 tesla - by James Brooks FSU Award winners FSU Media Relations Special to Resonances A collective sigh of disappointment rang out among the eighth-graders at Fairview Middle School when the fire alarm sounded, interrupting a science class studying the basics of motion. A class of middle school students take a quick break from rocketry and their other activities for a photo in front of the Science on the Move van. "This is so fun," one student said of the experiment she did before teacher Penny Kisiah lined up the children to walk outside as the alarm blared.
NOVA Online | Teachers | Physics Ideas From Teachers | PBS I developed an activity on bridges for my high school physics students that demonstrateshow engineers design a bridge Danger in the Jet Stream I teach a http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/resources/subj_10_04.html
