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Fall 2011 Meeting
“Teaching
in Finland”
James F. Sullivan, Physics Department, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH 45221-0011, (513) 556-4872, [email protected]. From January through May of 2011 the author taught Calculus-based Physics courses to Engineering Students at Arcada University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland. This paper will include reports on his teaching experiences pointing out the differences and similarities in the higher education systems in Finland and the United States. Particular items of interest in the Finnish culture will also be mentioned. “Using the Cincinnati Observatory as a Resource for Teaching”Leo Sachs, The Cincinnati Observatory provides cutting edge science education. If you can't visit the Observatory we can come to you. Our Outreach Program has delivered hundreds of programs to area schools, scout meetings, libraries, and nursing homes. An astronomer can visit your class, lead fun and in-depth professional development for your teachers, and delivers hands-on, inquiry-based programs that meet academic content standards. We can also bring telescopes for safe viewing of sunspots and solar flares or even lead a star party at your place. Contributed Presentations Workshop 1: “Modeling Physics: An Appetizer” Kevin McChesney, Pickerington Central High School www.tigerphysics.org Modeling Physics, a research based and proven method to enhance student understanding and learning, will change how you teach physics. If you are interested in learning more about Modeling style of teaching. Sign up for the summer workshop or visit the Modeling Website. The Modeling Workshop will be offered in Workshop 2: “Materials Science in Physics?” Eric Towers, Summit Country Day School Bring relevant, hands-on activities to your physics classroom from the world of Materials Science. |
Contributed Talks Teaching Physics Online Darwin R. Church, University of Cincinnati, Clermont College During the 2010/2011 academic year I created an online physics course on energy. It was offered summer quarter 2011 for the first time. In this talk I will present the reason for the course and how it was structured along with information about my preparation to teach online. My experience teaching online, the results, and future changes will be included. The Effects on Single-Sex Education on the Self-Efficacy of College Students Taking Introductory Physics – Part 2 Mary Elizabeth Mills, Science Education Doctoral Student, Indiana University-Bloomington Jennifer Blue, Department of Physics, Miami University-Oxford Contact: Jennifer at [email protected] Previous research has shown that young women can benefit from taking their science classes in single-sex classrooms and that women’s colleges produce a disproportionate number of female scientists. There had been less research on the effect of single-sex education on young men. In the present study, which was Mary Elizabeth’s MS student with Jennifer, we investigated the effects of single-sex education on the self-efficacy of college physics students by surveying students at four colleges. Quantitative data, as presented at the spring SOS-AAPT meeting, indicate that there is an interaction between the educational system and the sex of the respondent. This talk will briefly review that interaction and then present more detailed results of the five interviews that Mary Elizabeth conducted. Thinking About Anthropogenic Climate Change Gordon Aubrecht, Professor of Physics, Ohio State University, Marion Campus (two talks) There are at least nine reasons to have confidence in anthropogenic climate change Communication of Difficult Science Ideas in Nuclear and Climate Science Unless something is done, millennium-length consequences of the greenhouse gases we have already released will cause harm to the planet. Groups of people supported by political forces and money have decided that denial of scientific data is not only reasonable, but a moral force that opposes that of stewardship. I characterize these people as “denialists,” to distinguish them from true skeptics, scientists who must be skeptical to do their work. Denialists have succored the people who just want the problem to go away by sowing doubt about scientific integrity and distorting the meaning of scientific uncertainty. How scientists can change the framing of the issue and how individual scientists can influence the public through reasoning with fellow citizens and writing letters to their local papers countering misinformation is the focus of this talk. Gordon Aubrecht's web site http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~aubrecht Read Gordon's book Energy (Prentice-Hall, 2006) and visit the PH Energy website http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Companion-Website-for-Energy-Physical-Environmental-and-Social-Impact-3E/9780131403727.page Using the Wii Remote for Physics Lenore Horner, Physics Instructor, Seven Hills Upper School Various uses of the Wii remote coupled with DarwiinRemote software will be discussed and demonstrated. The advantages and disadvantages of the Wii remote as an accelerometer will be discussed. Gordon Aubrecht's web site http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~aubrecht Read Gordon's book Energy (Prentice-Hall, 2006) and visit the PH Energy website http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Companion-Website-for-Energy-Physical-Environmental-and-Social-Impact-3E/9780131403727.page Business Meeting
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