PHYS
580-01
WORLD OF FORCES
March 5 - April 23, 2006
Closed
For 3-8 Grade TEACHERS
Graduate Semester Credit: 1
Time Commitment: 6 - 8 HOURS PER WEEK
Cost: $270
This 1-credit course is designed for K-6 teachers who are using kit-based
science curricula in their classrooms. Its broad purpose is to introduce
elementary and middle school teachers to core ideas about forces, as they
relate to modern hands-on, inquiry-oriented science curricular materials.
The course aims to help teachers use such materials more effectively by
increasing their understanding of physics concepts, especially as those
concepts may emerge in a classroom engaged in hands-on active learning.
It is not a course in how to use particular kits.
The goals of this course are to...
- Gain a thorough understanding of the concept of force and the different kinds of force,
- Develop expertise in representing forces with free-body diagrams,
- Gain a thorough understanding of the relationship between forces and Newton's three laws of motion,
- Understand how forces determine the conditions for balancing,
- Learn how forces explain the operation of simple machines such as pulleys and levers,
- Study how children's concepts of force, torque, and work are developed in classroom settings,
- Become more effective users of inquiry-based curricular materials in teaching about forces,
- Develop your own professional community of course participants, with whom you can share teaching ideas, expertise, and experience.
INSTRUCTOR:
Larry D. Kirkpatrick, Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, Montana State University-Bozeman.
CREDIT:
1 graduate semester credit.
TIME COMMITMENT:
6 to 8 hours per week.
COST:
Tuition is $220 and the materials fee is $50 for the course. Materials
will be shipped out to you. $270 must be paid to NTEN at the time of registration.
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Extra equipment needed for this course? NO
