Investigative Science Learning Environment
Investigative Science Learning Environment

Author: Eugenia Etkina

Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1643277804

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The goal of this book is to introduce a reader to a new philosophy of teaching and learning physics - Investigative Science Learning Environment, or ISLE (pronounced as a small island). ISLE is an example of an "intentional" approach to curriculum design and learning activities (MacMillan and Garrison 1988 A Logical Theory of Teaching: Erotetics and Intentionality). Intentionality means that the process through which the learning occurs is as crucial for learning as the final outcome or learned content. In ISLE, the process through which students learn mirrors the practice of physics.

Proving Einstein Right
Proving Einstein Right

Author: S. James Gates Jr.

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 1541762231

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A thrilling adventure story chronicling the perilous journey of the scientists who set out to prove the theory of relativity--the results of which catapulted Albert Einstein to fame and forever changed our understanding of the universe. In 1911, a relatively unknown physicist named Albert Einstein published his preliminary theory of gravity. But it hadn't been tested. To do that, he needed a photograph of starlight as it passed the sun during a total solar eclipse. So began a nearly decade-long quest by seven determined astronomers from observatories in four countries, who traveled the world during five eclipses to capture the elusive sight. Over the years, they faced thunderstorms, the ravages of a world war, lost equipment, and local superstitions. Finally, in May of 1919, British expeditions to northern Brazil and the island of Príncipe managed to photograph the stars, confirming Einstein's theory. At its heart, this is a story of frustration, faith, and ultimate victory--and of the scientists whose efforts helped build the framework for the big bang theory, catapulted Einstein to international fame, and shook the foundation of physics.

Active Learning Guide
Active Learning Guide

Author: Alan Van Heuvelen

Publisher: Pearson

Published: 2005-12-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780805390780

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A series of discovery-based activities focused on building confidence with physics concepts and problem solving by helping to connect new ideas with existing knowledge. The student learns to evaluate, draw, diagram, and graph physics concepts.

Interactive Lecture Demonstrations
Interactive Lecture Demonstrations

Author: David R. Sokoloff

Publisher: Wiley

Published: 2006-09-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780471487746

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Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs) are designed to enhance conceptual learning in physics lectures through active engagement of students in the learning process. Students observe real physics demonstrations, make predictions about the outcomes on a prediction sheet, and collaborate with fellow students by discussing their predictions in small groups. Students then examine the results of the live demonstration (often displayed as real-time graphs using computer data acquisition tools), compare these results with their predictions, and attempt to explain the observed phenomena. ILDs are available for all of the major topics in the introductory physics course and can be used within the traditional structure of an introductory physics course. All of the printed materials needed to implement them are included in this book.

Physics
Physics

Author: Peter Lindenfeld

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2011-03-02

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0813550890

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Today's physics textbooks have become encyclopedic, offering students dry discussions, rote formulas, and exercises with little relation to the real world. Physics: The First Science takes a different approach by offering uniquely accessible, student-friendly explanations, historical and philosophical perspectives and mathematics in easy-to-comprehend dialogue. It emphasizes the unity of physics and its place as the basis for all science. Examples and worked solutions are scattered throughout the narrative to help increase understanding. Students are tested and challenged at the end of each chapter with questions ranging from a guided-review designed to mirror the examples, to problems, reasoning skill building exercises that encourage students to analyze unfamiliar situations, and interactive simulations developed at the University of Colorado. With their experience instructing both students and teachers of physics for decades, Peter Lindenfeld and Suzanne White Brahmia have developed an algebra-based physics book with features to help readers see the physics in their lives. Students will welcome the engaging style, condensed format, and economical price.

Superstring Theory
Superstring Theory

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781598031621

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This course provides a non-technical and accesible description of the central foundational concepts and historical development of the topic in theoritical physics called superstring/M-theory.

Thermal and Statistical Physics Simulations
Thermal and Statistical Physics Simulations

Author: Harvey Gould

Publisher:

Published: 1995-08

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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The Consortium for Upper Level Physics Software (CUPS) has developed a comprehensive series of Nine Book/Software packages that Wiley will publish in FY `95 and `96. CUPS is an international group of 27 physicists, all with extensive backgrounds in the research, teaching, and development of instructional software. The project is being supported by the National Science Foundation (PHY-9014548), and it has received other support from the IBM Corp., Apple Computer Corp., and George Mason University. The Simulations being developed are: Astrophysics, Classical Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, Modern Physics, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Solid State, Thermal and Statistical, and Wave and Optics.

College Physics
College Physics

Author: Eugenia Etkina

Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780321715357

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College Physics is the first text to use an investigative learning approach to teach introductory physics. This approach encourages you to take an active role in learning physics, to practice scientific skills such as observing, analyzing, and testing, and to build scientific habits of mind. The authors believe students learn physics best by doing physics.