Please join us on Thiursday January 21, 2021 for  another episode of AMTA's Webinar Series: Modeling Instruction Online with Benjamin Grimes

Description: 
Benjamin Grimes has been using the Modeling approach to the curriculum for the past 10 academic years.  With the recent challenges presented by COVID, he has been working to develop a comprehensive online learning program grounded in the Modeling approach to the curriculum through Google, Canvas and PIVOT platforms, including a series of video experiments which allows students to collect data and construct the corresponding graphical representations using Google Slide whiteboards.  Utilizing these online resources, students have been able to follow approximately the same curriculum as a "normal" academic year both in breadth and depth.  Benjamin would like to share how he has implemented this program in his own school during a one hour session and, following the session, share the entire contents of his Google Drive including guided inquiries, graphical representations through Excel, mastery packets, assessments and the video experiments for use by any fellow Modelers interested in participating.

About the presenter:

Benjamin (Ben) Grimes began his Physics teaching career in 2001 at IUPUI mentoring students in the first semester algebra-based Physics course.  There he discovered his love of teaching, but always believed that his students were still leaving the course without a rich understanding of the underlying principles.  

Benjamin was introduced to Modeling at a Workshop in Indianapolis in 2009.  After learning about the guided inquiry / white boarding approach in his first Mechanics Workshop, Benjamin began implementing Modeling in his classroom, adding more each year while attending workshops every summer.  Benjamin also attended the Modeling Leadership Training Course in New York City in 2017, becoming a certified Modeling Workshop Leader under AMTA.  Since being introduced to Modeling, Benjamin has attended, led or co-led 10 separate workshops in both Mechanics and E&M.

After graduating Purdue University with a Bachelor’s in Physics in 2006, he was hired at Roncalli High School in Indianapolis where he has taught Freshman Physical Science, Astronomy, Introductory Physics, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2 and AP Physics C Mechanics.  Outside of teaching and modeling, Benjamin has also earned his Master’s Degree in Education from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2012 and served on the board to rewrite the State Standards for Physics in 2015.

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