The Physics Classroom Education trends and analysis from Vicki Davis classroom teacher Vicki Davis on EdutopiaNovember 3, 2015 The sixth annual Global Education Conference 2015 is a free week-long online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world. This year’s conference will take place Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015. The entire conference is virtual and will take place online in webinar format. In A Story of a Young Life Turned Around by Great Teachers, Kevin Honeycutt shared, “I believe you can flip a kid on any given day in one hour.” Can self-publishing change everything? We’re not here to teach, we’re here to change lives. Teachers want to help students improve. You can add Google Drive to Microsoft Office now. How can we improve our lessons? Sketchnoting is big. Annotation, reflection, research! I love how the kids are inspired to be curious and investigate. We don’t just need genius hour. For more on Sketchnoting: How do you fill your students with wonder?
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NOS Overview: STEM-Ready ENSI Lessons ENSI Lessons That Meet STEM, NGSS, and CCSS Click Here for PDF of this page Several of the ENSI lessons contain elements appropriate for STEM teaching (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), as well as NGSS and CCS (Common Core Standards). They deal with scientific argumentation, scientific creativity, functional design, applications of math, and some with the potential for reverse engineering and competitive engineering. Others use molecular data obtained from online data banks; one of these is actually a tutorial so students can find and download desired online data, and use online tools for processing data. For desired lessons, go to the NOS (Nature of Science) index, or the Evolution index, as appropriate. A. B. C. D. E. F. G.
Welcome to a Resource for Physics Teachers | Physics & Physical Science Demos, Labs, & Projects for High School Teachers This site is designed to help physics teachers share their ideas. Many of us are the sole physics teacher in their school. It’s nice to know there are others out there to help develop experiments and demonstrations. I will be listing many of my demos and activities along with a commentary on what works and what doesn’t. The school I teach in is new. 2006/2007 was the first year there was a 12th grade. I’m looking for contributors, even if it’s one or two postings. – Scott Like this: Like Loading... Starlight, Star Bright: Luminosity & Magnitude A glance at the night sky above Earth shows that some stars are much brighter than others. However, the brightness of a star depends on its composition and how far it is from the planet. Astronomers define star brightness in terms of apparent magnitude (how bright the star appears from Earth) and absolute magnitude (how bright the star appears at a standard distance of 32.6 light years, or 10 parsecs). Astronomers also measure luminosity — the amount of energy (light) that a star emits from its surface. Measuring star brightness is an ancient idea, but today astronomers use more precise tools to obtain the calculation. Star Quiz: Test Your Stellar Smarts Though they look serene and silent from our vantage on Earth, stars are actually roiling balls of violent plasma. 0 of 10 questions complete From Greek to modern times Human eyes, however are not very discerning. Using this scale, astronomers now define five magnitudes' difference as having a brightness ratio of 100.
You'll Flip Over Forces & Motion Submitted by Heidi BaitzLudlow Elementary SchoolLudlow, Vermont 05149baitzh@ludlowelementary.org Digital Wish Grant Does Your Classroom Flip? “We are Newtonians, fervent and devout, when we speak of forces and masses, of action and reaction; when we say that a sports team has momentum, when we note the inertia of a tradition or bureaucracy; and when we stretch out an arm and feel the force of gravity all around, pulling earthward.” James Gleick Overview:This intensive course, designed specifically for K-8 teachers, will focus on forces and motion as understood through Newton’s Laws of Motion. Goal:This past summer while co-teaching a course on “Forces and Motion” at Castleton State College, my partner, Dr. Lesson:During the week-long course, students were exposed to a variety of inquiry-based learning and hands-on activities. As a culminating activity of this course, students were put into groups of four and sent on a scavenger hunt using their flip cameras. Forces & Motion Scavenger Hunt
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homepage Roller Coaster - Museum of Science and Industry Learn about energy as you send a marble through a roller coaster that you design. Materials Marbles or small balls About 6 feet of flexible tubing, such as ¾-inch foam pipe insulation Masking tape Plastic cup Scissors Various supports, such as boxes, paper towel tubes or books Directions Cut the tubing in half. This doubles the amount of “track” for the roller coaster.Your “car” (the marble) needs kinetic energy at the beginning of the roller coaster so that it can make it through the entire course. What's happening? A roller coaster demonstrates kinetic energy and potential energy. Extensions Once you get your roller coaster to work, try starting the coaster at a higher point and see what happens. Find the velocity of the marble. Vocabulary Kinetic energyEnergy from motion Potential energyStored energy that transforms into kinetic energy
Wind Turbine - Museum of Science and Industry Build a wind turbine to generate electricity and explore energy transformation. Materials Three PVC pipes, one about 30 cm long and the others at least 15 cm longThree PVC T-jointsOne PVC elbow jointMotorWire (about two feet long)Wire cuttersHub (available from Kid Wind Project)Wood dowelsMultimeterAlligator clipsScissorsTapeHair dryer or fanMaterials for blades, such as balsa wood, aluminum foil, construction paper, popsicle sticks, etc. Directions Insert a 15-cm PVC pipe into the middle hole of a PVC T-joint. Repeat with another 15-cm PVC pipe and T-joint. What's happening? As the kinetic mechanical energy of the moving wind rotates the blades of the wind turbine, a generator inside the turbine is also rotated. Since energy is neither created nor destroyed, the greater the energy input, the greater the energy output will be. Background information Wind is caused by differences in pressure created by the uneven heating of Earth's surface by the sun.
The Physics Aviary CELLS alive! Exploration Education Physical Science Advanced {Homeschool Review} Often when I write a product review, I base my opinion on using the product for six or eight weeks. This year we used nearly all of Exploration Education's Physical Science Advanced program before I finalized the review. I'm just as pleased with the program after more than thirty weeks of lessons as I was when Brennan first started using it last fall. I've had a hard time picking a science program for Brennan. Exploration Education has proven to be the perfect balance of text-based materials, online videos, written assignments and hands-on projects. The material covered in the Physical Science Advanced Version progresses at a steady pace. The curriculum set comes neatly packaged in a small box which contains a Student Logbook, a Teacher's Manual, and the supplies required to complete the daily hands-on activities. Each day's assignment included a brief lesson accessed through the Exploration Education website. After learning the new materials, several questions are asked of the student.