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Resources for Teachers
Working together with other researchers and educators is central to the mission of the UMaine PERL. We are working with local teachers to build a community of interaction where information flows between university and school, researcher and instructor, so that the teaching and learning of physics is better understood. To that end, we are active in several areas:
Meetings:
Maine High School Physics Teachers Meeting
Every spring or summer, the UMaine PERL hosts a high school physics teachers meeting. For more information on past and present meetings, click here.
UMaine High School Teachers Collaborative
For years, we have hosted a collaborative of high school teachers who meet on a monthly basis during the school year, discussing issues of physics teaching and learning with each other and with members of the UMaine Physics Education Research Laboratory. For more information, click here.
Curriculum Materials:
Teaching Quantum Physics at the high school level
Interested in teaching wave-particle duality, models of atoms, molecules, and quantum tunneling? Click here for more information about Intuitive Quantum Physics.
Using computer-assisted data gathering tools
Interested in using force probes and motion sensors to help students visualize graphing more easily? Click here for more information about the Activity-Based Tutorials.
Modeling Workshops
Several years ago, Rand Harrington ran workshop on the modeling method. For more information on modeling workshops, please click here.
More curricula
Go to this page to find out more about our curriculum development.
Further Contacts:
The Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research
For more information on outreach programs and the Center, please click here. Check out this link as well!
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