This physics course provides teachers with guidance in the implementation of Modeling instruction in their classrooms.
Cost: $300
Prerequisite: participants must have completed at least one Modeling Workshop
This physics course provides teachers with guidance in the implementation of Modeling instruction in their classrooms. The following topics will be discussed.
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Week
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Date
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Topic
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1
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9/12
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Class Culture - Syllabus building
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2
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9/19
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Whiteboarding Norms
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3
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9/26
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Whiteboarding Strategies
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4
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10/3
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Energy Storage and transfer
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5
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10/10
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System Schemas and Force Diagrams
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6
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10/17
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Graphical representations of kinematics
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7
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10/24
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Facilitating student-led discussions
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8
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11/7
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Optional topic 1
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9
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11/14
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Optional topic 2
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10
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11/21
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Optional topic 3
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Optional topic list:
Advanced Whiteboarding
Circular Motion
Computational Thinking
Momentum
Projectiles
Meeting Time: Tuesdays from 7-8:30 pm (ET)
Duration: 10 weeks, September 12 - November 21, 2023.
Costs: $300
Optional graduate-level credits: 1 credit from University of Pacific is available for $79/hr. EDUP 9118
Instructor: Jess Dykes has been employing Modeling Instruction in the classroom since 2004. Since 2008, Jess has been leading/co-leading Modeling Instruction workshops every summer in Mechanics, Physics First Mechanics, Introduction to Modeling Instruction, Modeling Instruction with C.A.S.T.L.E., Electricity and Magnetism and more recently with Computational Modeling Physics First with Bootstrap (CMPF-B). Since 2017, Jess has been involved in the development and refinement of the CMPF-B materials, and has been leading workshops in CMPF-B since 2018.
Jess teaches in Ridley School District, a small suburb community of Philadelphia, PA, where he has been employed since 2004. At Ridley, Jess has taught using Modeling methods in all levels of Physics/Physical Science from special education courses to Advanced Placement.
