Modeling Workshop Schedule

 

DAILY SCHEDULE:

8:00 Coffee and Discussion

8:30 Begin Morning Session

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Begin Afternoon Session

3:30 End

 

Day

 

Activities

 

Week 1: Kinematics (Motion)

 

Day 1

 

AM

Welcome, Introduction of participants

 

Modeling Instruction Survey (baseline data), Discussion of FCI

Completion of enrollment forms and summer-school paperwork.

Distribution of curriculum materials

Introduction to Modeling Method

 

 

PM

Ground Rules : Teacher Mode/Student Mode

Discussion of Graphical Methods Reading, Graphical Analysis

Unit I - Scientific Thinking in Experimental Settings- Prelab/Discussion

Pendulum Lab, Perform, Analyze

 

Day 2

 

AM

Whiteboarding rules for engagement

Lab report format, grading of labs/lab notebook

Graphing Practice and Significant Figures - Unit 1 Worksheets 1 and 2 - Whiteboard

 

Work on Graphical Analysis worksheets and whiteboard presentations

Constant Velocity Paradigm Lab&endash;pre-lab, data collection and analysis, post-lab discussion

Work on Constant Velocity worksheets, with whiteboard presentations

 

 

PM

Review Unit I Materials

Unit II - Paradigm Lab - Battery Powered Vehicles - Pre lab

Perform Lab, Analyze Data

Whiteboard Lab

Postlab Discussion- Unit II Paradigm Lab

 

Day 3

 

AM

Unit II, WS 1 and 2, Whiteboard

Motion Maps

Unit II WS 3,4,5 Whiteboard

Introduction to MacMotion, Data Logger

Motion Detector Worksheet

Review Unit II Materials

 

 

PM

 

Discussion of remaining Constant Velocity worksheets

Constant Velocity Lab Practicum

Discussion of Constant Velocity Unit Review and Test

Discussion of participants’ current impressions of modeling method

 

Day 4

 

AM

 

Constant Acceleration Paradigm Lab&endash;pre-lab, data collection & analysis, post-lab discussion

 

 

PM

 

Work on Constant Acceleration worksheets and whiteboard presentations

 

Day 5

 

AM

 

Constant Acceleration Lab Practicum

Discussion of Constant Acceleration Unit Review and Test

 

 

PM

 

Research on Student Difficulties in Kinematics

Discussion of Implementation

 

 

WEEK 2: Dynamics (Forces)

 

Day 6

 

AM

 

Introduction to Inertia&endash;dry ice demonstration.

Discussions of force diagrams and Newton’s 1st Law.

Unit IV Free Particle Model

Inertia demonstration - air table version, balloon puck version

Normal force bridging demonstration

 

 

PM

 

Work on deployment worksheets, with whiteboard presentations Gravitational Force Lab&endash;

pre-lab, data collection and analysis, post-lab discussion.

Prelab discussion - Gravitational force vs mass lab

Perform Gravitational Force vs Mass Lab

 

Day 7

 

AM

 

.Whiteboard results of experiment

Postlab discussion

Discussion of Vector Analysis reading

Whiteboard Unit IV WS 2 and 3

 

 

PM

 

Work on deployment worksheets, with whiteboard presentations. Development of
Newton’s 3
rd Law with spring scales.

Work on deployment worksheets, with whiteboard presentations

 

Day 8

 

AM

 

Discussion of Inertia and Interactions Unit Review and Test

Newton’s 2nd Law Paradigm Lab&endash;pre-lab, data collection and analysis, post-lab discussion

 

 

PM

 

Development of systems approach to modeling interactions

Work on deployment worksheets, with whiteboard presentations

 

Day 9

 

AM

 

Friction Lab&endash;pre-lab, data collection and analysis, post-lab discussion.

Work on deployment worksheets, with whiteboard presentations

Work on Newton’s 2nd Law Challenge Problem

 

 

PM

 

Discussion of Newton’s 2nd Law Unit Review and Test

Projectile Motion paradigm lab&endash;pre-lab, data collection and analysis,
post-lab discussion

 

Day 10

 

AM

Horizontal projectile - practicum

 

 

PM

 

Discussion of Student Difficulties

Plans for Follow-up and Implementation