Session: |
Teacher Training/
Enhancement |
Meeting: |
122nd AAPT National Meeting:
San Diego, CA |
Location: |
Lower Level Exhibit Hall |
Date: |
Jan. 8 |
Time: |
9:30 a.m. |
Author: |
Dean A. Zollman, Kansas
State Univ.
785-532-1619,
dzollman@phys.ksu.edu |
Co-Author(s): |
Kirsten Hogg, Chandima
Cumaranatunge, Waldemar Axmann, Donna Poole |
Abstract:
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The Visual Quantum Mechanics
project has created a series of teaching/learning units to introduce
quantum physics to a variety of audiences ranging from high school
students, who normally would not study these topics, to undergraduate
physics majors. Interactive Engagements (In-Gagements) include computer
visualizations coupled with hands-on experiences. Our goal is to enable
students to obtain a qualitative and, where appropriate, a quantitative
understanding of contemporary ideas in physics. Included in the
instructional materials are student-centered activities that address a
variety of concepts in quantum physics and applications to contemporary
devices. Explorations with inexpensive equipment, scientific model
building, computer visualization, and applications to new situations are
all included. Materials include In-Gagements for high school students,
nonscience students at the college level, preservice teachers, physics
majors, and pre-health professional students, as well as an online
course for in-service teachers. |
Footnotes:
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*Supported by NSF grants
#ESI-9452782 and #DUE-9652888 and by the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute.
Additional Authors: Lei Bao, Ohio State Univ.; Lawrence Escalada and
Michael Thoresen, Univ. of Northern Iowa; and N. Sanjay Rebello, Clarion
Univ. of Pennsylvania |
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