Science Education – Page 11 – Science Teaching tips from Lee Trampleasure

July 18, 2007

Riding the human air puck

Today we rode the “Human Air Puck.” You sit on a piece of plywood with a vacuum in your hands. The vacuum blows air through a hole under the plywood, and you float along. You can see a video of me riding it here. Caution: It’s a big file (2 MB). I’m not sure the exact format of the video...

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July 10, 2007

Another day, another whiteboard

Today we did a lab where we examined the variables in the swinging of a pendulum. We changed the length of the string, the mass of the pendulum, and the angle it was released from. We recorded the period (time) for each trial. I won’t spoil it and give you the results, so you can try it yourself if you...

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July 9, 2007

So what is “Physics Modeling” anyway

The bulk of my trip this summer is being spent in a training in the Modeling Instruction in Physics technique. The term Modeling comes from the perspective that physics is a set of models of the physical world. These models can be mathematic (equations), diagrams, and literal. More details from their web site: The Modeling Method of High School Physics...

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Category: Science Education

Riding the human air puck

Another day, another whiteboard

So what is “Physics Modeling” anyway