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July 2015 Workshops and Graphical Solutions for Physics. I am leading two workshops this summer. Both workshops are on teaching graphical solutions in physics. Why are graphical solutions so great in physics classes? Graphical solutions put sense-making at the center of problem.
The rules I use for representing energy changes. Here is what I have been using to teach students how to make pie charts for closed energy systems and LOL diagrams for open systems. I have started to use the Phet energy skate park simulation to get them to teach me about the rules the pie charts follow . tell me what you think! What are the rules we learned about energy pie charts.
Physics teacher and lifting coach keeping track of random thoughts. Just give them the grade they earn.
Unit 0- Scientific Thinking and Graphing. Unit 4- Balanced Force Model. Unit 10- Reflection and Mirrors. Unit 11- Refraction and Lenses. Unit 12- CASTLE and Electricity. Semester 2 Final Exam Review. Welcome to my science website! With questions and feedback.
Just wanted to make a quick post today before I take my students on a weekend trip for fieldwork in the wetlands - so looking forward to this. Someone suggested that a student project can be used as an assessment.
thesis over the past couple months, and have been thinking a lot about the role of culture in how students learn, how teachers teach, and how we prepare students for the world. These three approaches toward education, with a focus on cultures, need to be distinguished and understood. Is forcing a new a culture onto a student whose worldview diverges from that of the culture.