Teaching Physics with Toys

Teaching Physics with Toys
Author: Beverley A. P. Taylor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1995
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Activity resource book teaching scientific principles in a vivid way with Lego, balloons etc.

Teaching Physics with the Physics Suite CD

Teaching Physics with the Physics Suite CD
Author: Edward F. Redish
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2003-02-03
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Written by one of the leaders of the Physics Education Research (PER) movement, Teaching Physics is a book for anyone interested in learning how to become a more effective physics teacher. Rather than reviewing specific topics in physics with hints for how to teach them and lists of common student difficulties, Teaching Physics presents a variety of tools for improving both the teaching and learning of physics--from new kinds of homework and exam problems, to surveys for figuring out what has happened in your class, to tools for taking and analyzing data using computers and video. Teaching Physics is a companion guide to using the Physics Suite, an integrated collection of research-based instructional materials for lecture, laboratory, recitation, and workshop/studio environments. But even if you don't use a single element from the Suite, Teaching Physics can help you enhance your students' learning experience.

How Toys Work

How Toys Work
Author: Lisa Greathouse
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2009-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1433392925

Readers won't have to disassemble their favorite toys to discover what makes them work. This book explores electric, magnetic, and motion-powered toys from design to function. It introduces readers to the six simple machines and explains how they use force and motion to do work. Not every toy is a technological marvel. Readers learn about time-honored favorites including the rocking horse, Slinky, and rattles.

The Role of Toys in Teaching Physics

The Role of Toys in Teaching Physics
Author: Jodi McCullough
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2000
Genre: Science
ISBN:

This manual contains experiments, demonstrations, and displays involving toys that can be used to introduce most of the major topics covered in a typical introductory physics class. These activities provide a sense that everyday objects are closely related to the topics studied in physics. Using toys in teaching physics will certainly add excitement and enthusiasm to your classroom.

Teaching Einsteinian Physics in Schools

Teaching Einsteinian Physics in Schools
Author: Magdalena Kersting
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2021-08-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000374130

In our world today, scientists and technologists speak one language of reality. Everyone else, whether they be prime ministers, lawyers, or primary school teachers speak an outdated Newtonian language of reality. While Newton saw time and space as rigid and absolute, Einstein showed that time is relative – it depends on height and velocity – and that space can stretch and distort. The modern Einsteinian perspective represents a significant paradigm shift compared with the Newtonian paradigm that underpins most of the school education today. Research has shown that young learners quickly access and accept Einsteinian concepts and the modern language of reality. Students enjoy learning about curved space, photons, gravitational waves, and time dilation; often, they ask for more! A consistent education within the Einsteinian paradigm requires rethinking of science education across the entire school curriculum, and this is now attracting attention around the world. This book brings together a coherent set of chapters written by leading experts in the field of Einsteinian physics education. The book begins by exploring the fundamental concepts of space, time, light, and gravity and how teachers can introduce these topics at an early age. A radical change in the curriculum requires new learning instruments and innovative instructional approaches. Throughout the book, the authors emphasise and discuss evidence-based approaches to Einsteinian concepts, including computer- based tools, geometrical methods, models and analogies, and simplified mathematical treatments. Teaching Einsteinian Physics in Schools is designed as a resource for teacher education students, primary and secondary science teachers, and for anyone interested in a scientifically accurate description of physical reality at a level appropriate for school education.

The Big Ideas in Physics and How to Teach Them

The Big Ideas in Physics and How to Teach Them
Author: Ben Rogers
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2018-04-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1315305410

The Big Ideas in Physics and How to Teach Them provides all of the knowledge and skills you need to teach physics effectively at secondary level. Each chapter provides the historical narrative behind a Big Idea, explaining its significance, the key figures behind it, and its place in scientific history. Accompanied by detailed ready-to-use lesson plans and classroom activities, the book expertly fuses the ‘what to teach’ and the ‘how to teach it', creating an invaluable resource which contains not only a thorough explanation of physics, but also the applied pedagogy to ensure its effective translation to students in the classroom. Including a wide range of teaching strategies, archetypal assessment questions and model answers, the book tackles misconceptions and offers succinct and simple explanations of complex topics. Each of the five big ideas in physics are covered in detail: electricity forces energy particles the universe. Aimed at new and trainee physics teachers, particularly non-specialists, this book provides the knowledge and skills you need to teach physics successfully at secondary level, and will inject new life into your physics teaching.

Five Easy Lessons

Five Easy Lessons
Author: Randall Dewey Knight
Publisher: Pearson
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This widely admired standalone guide is packed with creative tips on how to enhance and expand your physics class instruction techniques. It's an invaluable companion for novice and veteran professors teaching any physics course.

Teaching Introductory Physics

Teaching Introductory Physics
Author: Arnold B. Arons
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 812
Release: 1997
Genre: Science
ISBN:

This book is an invaluable resource for physics teachers. It contains an updated version of the author's A Guide to Introductory Physics Teaching (1990), Homework and Test Questions (1994), and a previously unpublished monograph "Introduction to Classical Conservation Laws."

Toys from Trash

Toys from Trash
Author: Arvind Gupta
Publisher: Scholastic India Pvt Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9789351030058

Get the junk out of the trunk and fashion it into cool toys that promise endless hours of fun. Create over 50 toys- a cool stick figure from ice cream sticks, a snazzy goody bag from an old plastic bottle, a simple spoon propeller from plastic spoons and even a complicated water turbine from a water bottle and drinking straws. All out of readily available material. The step-by-step instructions and simple and clear illustrations make this a handy book to have at home to tide over long vacations.