Practical course in school experiments II
The seminar is intended for first-year students of the follow-up Master's program in Physics Education. The seminar covers 8 topics in electricity and magnetism, with a weekly allocation of 4 hours (except during weeks when teaching practice is conducted). Each topic includes a wide range of experiments: from very simple ones that can be done with tools typically available at home to experiments requiring more sophisticated equipment, which cannot be assumed to be available to participants in their future schools.
The main objectives of the seminar are:
- To allow students to try out demonstration experiments in electricity and magnetism and gain proficiency in performing them.
- To try out "student" experiments from the perspective of a student.
- To review and reinforce knowledge in the field of electricity and magnetism.
Finally, students will acquire a "database" of experiments in electricity and magnetism, which they can then use in their future professional work.
Requirements for obtaining credit:
- Actively participate in all eight topics.
- Select 3-5 experiments of your choice (ones that interested you and you would like to include in your teaching) and write (and submit) a written description for each one, detailing how and where you would incorporate them - what would precede them, what would follow them, how they would be used, what would be the purpose of their inclusion, etc. Examples of such processing can be found on a separate page. The assignment must be submitted no later than September 15 of the academic year.
