Hands-On-Physics
PROJECT INFORMATION
- A Team of
educators at the Concord Consortium is writing Hands-On-Physics with funding
from the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education
program.
- Hands-On-Physics
Units are in development. Several have been written and more are
planned.
- Introduction to Electricity: Security Systems
- Introductory Mechanics: Aircart
- Instrumentation: MBL
- Heat & Temperature: Incubator
- Advanced Mechanics: The Great Bungee Jump
- Introduction to Waves: Sound
- Magnetic Induction: Generator
- Optics: Haze
- Electromagnetic Waves: Radar
- Nuclear Physics: Radiation Detector
- Solid State: IR Motion Detector
- Write Us if you are interested
in working with the Hand On Physics developers. Collaborators, field test
sites, and comments are welcomed.
- Legal Stuff: Copyright
1995, the Concord Consortium, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction and
use for educational evaluation is permitted. .
Hands-On-Physics
Hands On Physics represents a novel approach to learning science that responds
to the new standards by providing a rich, inquiry-based approach. This physics
course features a sequence of hands-on investigations that involve building
sophisticated experiments out of inexpensive apparatus. This course should
be a refreshing alternative to any standard physics course at the high school
or college level. Our immediate goal is to develop and disseminate physics
material for technical programs at the high school and college level that
is adapted to the needs of students preparing for advanced technical careers.
We are responding to the needs of these students by being heavily experimental,
project-oriented, technological, low-cost, practical to implement, and effective
for all students. We see these characteristics as valuable for all students.
Our long-term goal is to develop an approach to experimental science that
is effective over the network in a broad range of settings.
The project is funded by the National Science Foundation from the Advanced
Technological Education program. It is based on work initiated by Professor
John King at MIT and now an integral part of physics teaching at MIT, Cal
Tech, and Harvard. John King and Robert Tinker are co-principal investigators
with Hilton Abbott and Bruce Seiger. The project began work in January,
1995 and has been tested in draft form during the 1995-6 and 1996-7 academic
years. Additional development will lead to extended field tests.
Intro
Electronics || Intro Mechanics ||
Advanced Mechanics || Heat
& Temperature || Sound