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in Physicsin Physics
Chris MeyerChris MeyerYork Mills C.I.York Mills C.I.
[email protected]@tdsb.on.cawww.meyercreations.com/physicswww.meyercreations.com/physics
The Problem with The Problem with LearningLearning
Many students do not believe science Many students do not believe science is real!is real!
Students don’t relate their ideas to Students don’t relate their ideas to their everyday life.their everyday life.
Nonsense answersNonsense answers Science requires specialty equipment Science requires specialty equipment
CLASSCLASSColorado Learning Attitudes about Colorado Learning Attitudes about
Science SurveyScience Survey
Real World Connections Category: The subject of physics has little The subject of physics has little
relation to what I experience in relation to what I experience in the real world.the real world.
Learning physics changes my Learning physics changes my ideas about how the world works.ideas about how the world works.
76% → 53%
Kinematics
Frame a lesson
Kinematics
Frame the lesson Develop the concepts and
equations Predict a result Verify
Momentum Problem
Design an experiment
Take data Analyze Draw
conclusions
Momentum Problem
Momentum Problem
Circular MotionCircular Motion
Develop ideas A capstone
question: What happens to the force of tension when the pendulum is swinging?
The Rollercoaster The Rollercoaster ChallengeChallenge
one metal bar
The Rollercoaster The Rollercoaster ChallengeChallenge
The Rollercoaster The Rollercoaster ChallengeChallenge
The The Rollercoaster Rollercoaster
ChallengeChallenge
one metal bar
Force Concept Inventory Force Concept Inventory (FCI)(FCI)
Starting 1Starting 1stst year physics at U of T= 57% year physics at U of T= 57%
Starting 1Starting 1stst year physics at Harvard = 70% year physics at Harvard = 70%
Finishing Gr. 12 physics at York Mills = 82.8%Finishing Gr. 12 physics at York Mills = 82.8%
57%57%11stst Year Year PhysicsPhysicsU of TU of T
70 %70 %
11stst Year Year
PhysicPhysicsHarvsHarvardard
Problem-Based LearningProblem-Based Learning
Uses: Uses: Motivation to develop ideasMotivation to develop ideas Confirm new ideasConfirm new ideas Apply ideasApply ideas
Problem-Based LearningProblem-Based Learning
Results:Results: must be immediately testable or must be immediately testable or
verifiableverifiable must be verified by students not must be verified by students not
by authority figureby authority figure can be found by direct can be found by direct
experiments, comparisons to experiments, comparisons to videos or simulationsvideos or simulations
PhET Simulations
PhET Simulations