Laboratory exercise development for physics teachers
Laboratory exercises and demonstrations are important tools for teaching physics. Depending on how they are designed, they can help students conceptualize and understand important concepts in the course, or help them learn how to formulate and investigate questions of their own.
This course is focused on laboratory exercises and demonstrations for physics teaching at junior high or high school level. The course is adapted for working teachers.
You will get tools to help you analyze, evaluate and develop existing laboratory assignments as well as how to think about selection of content and assessment in relation to the school's governing documents. The rest of the course involves first taking stock of existing lab equipment and manuals at your school, and then developing new or modifying existing labs with modern tools such as commercially available sensors, single-board computers and apps, and basic topics such as measurement techniques, statistical and systematic errors and risk assessment.
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Course structure
Teaching format
The instruction consists of lectures, seminars, laboratory exercises, project work and supervision. The teaching is done remotely, with one or more on-campus meetings. The course may be partially taught in English.
Assessment
The course is examined through written and oral presentation of the laboratory sessions and project work.
Examiner
Samuel Silverstein
+468 553 786 93
silver@fysik.su.se
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Schedule
The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.Please contact our academic advisor for information about the schedule.
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Contact
Teacher
Samuel Silverstein, silver@fysik.su.se
Jakob von Gyllenpalm, jakob.gyllenpalm@su.se
Academic advisor at the Department of Physics: studievagledare@fysik.su.se
Student office: studentexp@fysik.su.se
