Everything below is subject to revision, but at least you can see that there was some semblance of planning that went into this course. If you aren’t told otherwise, expect the following itinerary to hold true.
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
8:30 – 9:00 |
Introductions |
Problem of the day |
Problem of the day |
Problem of the day |
Problem of the day |
9:00 – 10:00 |
Bubbles: Observations of the natural world |
Discuss Holton & Brush:
Ch. 6-8 |
Discuss Holton & Brush:
Ch. 9-11 |
Discuss Holton & Brush:
Ch. 15-18 |
Conservation of energy: Simple cases |
10:00 – 11:00 |
The biggest: Measuring the sun |
Moving right along: Motion graphs |
Sticky tape and balloons |
Electromagnetism: How to light a light bulb |
Conservation of energy: Collisions |
11:00 – 12:00 |
The smallest: Measuring a molecule |
Debrief FCI |
The problem with everything you know: wave-particle duality |
Conservation of energy: Heat and mechanical energy |
12:00 – 1:00 |
LUNCH |
LUNCH |
LUNCH |
LUNCH |
LUNCH |
1:00 – 2:00 |
What do we know and how do we know what we don’t know? The Force Concept Inventory (FCI) |
Fun with motion: The case of freefall |
Making waves: The case of sound and resonance |
Wave-particle duality: the SEM and Photoelectric effect |
Closing Demonstrations and final debriefing |
2:00 – 3:00 |
Elevator physics |
3:00 – 4:00 |
Break and brainstorm |
Break and brainstorm |
Break and brainstorm |
