1. WELCOME TO CONCEPTS OF PHYSICS PHYS 106 Tuesday & Thursday 2:30 – 3:45 Cardwell 103 Fall 2012

2. INSTRUCTOR N. Sanjay Rebello Office:Cardwell CW 503 Office Hours: Wed. 1:30-3:30 (or by appointment) Email: srebello@ksu.edu Phone - Office: (785) 532-1539 Phone - Cell: (785) 537-7543

3. Alternative Web Site Use this web link until ISIS and K-State Online are restored: http://www.phys.ksu.edu/personal/srebello/classes/phys106/

4. COURSE GOALS Understand physics at a conceptual level, so that you can communicate it to others. Learn how children in elementary school think about physical phenomena. Learn what National & State Science Education Standards say about physical science in elementary school Create strategies to help elementary school children learn concepts in physical science. Content Knowledge Pedagogical

5. Views About Teaching Talk to your neighbors & come up with a list: good What are the three most important features of good teaching you have experienced? bad What are the three most important features of bad teaching you have experienced?

6. 3E Learning Cycle E XPLORATION E XPLANATION E LABORATION Make predictions (wrong is okay)Make predictions (wrong is okay) Hands-on.Hands-on. Tuesday thru’ Thursday in Activity Center (CW 216)Tuesday thru’ Thursday in Activity Center (CW 216) Discussed in class on ThursdayDiscussed in class on Thursday Build new ideas based on exploration.Build new ideas based on exploration. Instructor guided.Instructor guided. In class on ThursdayIn class on Thursday Apply newly learned conceptsApply newly learned concepts Hands-on.Hands-on. Friday thru’ Tuesday in Activity Center (CW 216).Friday thru’ Tuesday in Activity Center (CW 216). Discussed in class on TuesdayDiscussed in class on Tuesday

7. Pedagogical 3E Learning Bicycle ELABORATE Physical Phenomena EXPLAIN Physical Phenomena EXPLORE Physical Phenomena EXPLAIN Kid’s Ideas in & Learning of Phenomena ELABORATE Kid’s Ideas & Learning of Phenomena EXPLORE Kid’s Ideas & Learning of Phenomena METACOGNITIVE REFLECTION Bridge WEEK 1 WEEK 2

8. Activity Center (Lab) Exploration Elaboration Download the Activity sheets for the Exploration & Elaboration activities from K-State Online course website. Complete Activities in Activities Center & hand them in there Exploration Tuesday thru’ Thursday : Exploration Activities Elaboration Friday thru’ Tuesday: Elaboration Activities These activities will be graded Exploration Exploration Activities: Graded for completion only Elaboration Elaboration Activities: Graded for correctness This Week This Week: There will be no Activities Center. We will discuss the activities in Lecture. Starting Next WeekMonday, August 27 Starting Next Week: Activity Center starts Monday, August 27. Timings will be posted online later this week.

9. Participation in Lecture I-clicker 2 Answer questions on ‘I-clicker 2’ First answer individually (1 min) Next, discuss with your neighbors and answer (2 mins.) Will have 3-6 clicker questions each lecture. 6 points 6 points per lecture for answering all clicker questions (extra credit for answering some of the questions correctly)

10. Using I-Clicker 2 Purchase ‘I-Clicker 2’: If you use ‘I-Clicker’ then you will be able to answer most, but not all of the questions in class. Register ‘I-Clicker 2’: Go to http://www.iclicker.com/support/registeryourclicker/http://www.iclicker.com/support/registeryourclicker/ Fill out the information in the online form LAST Name: As per Class Roster on K-State Online FIRST Name: : As per Class Roster on K-State Online WID Student ID: K-State WID (NOT e-ID or Social Security#) Remote ID: 8-digit code found on your clicker. Image Code: Verification Code shown on Website Use ‘I-Clicker 2’: We will test it in the next Lecture.

11. Seating in Lecture You can choose where you sit in class, but once you have made a choice, you should not change it for until the next test. After each test you will get a chance to change your seat with someone. You should form groups of two, three or four. You should sit in seats as shown on the next slide, depending upon which group you form.

12. Seating Chart Groups of Three Groups of Two or Four

13. Your Views About Science Please answer the questions on the sheets handed out. Yellow Sheet Yellow Sheet: Write on both sides of sheet. Green Sheet Green Sheet: Write on sheet & Use Scantron. Please answer questions individually and candidly. There are no right or wrong answers.

14. Views of Science 1.As long as experiments are done correctly they will be able to prove a theory to be correct. 2.Developing new science knowledge involves following careful procedures rather than being creative. 3.A hypothesis is an educated guess. 4.Once accepted by the scientific community scientific ideas are considered fact. 5.Scientists are particularly objective, not influenced by their personal experiences or beliefs when they do science. 6.If a new idea is supported by scientific evidence, other scientists usually accept it with little resistance. 7.Science ideas are usually generated by a scientist working alone, with little or no collaboration with other people. Discuss with Group

15. Before the Next Lecture Complete Survey on K-State Online : 3 points 2:30 P.M. Thursday, August 23 3 points Extra Credit if you complete it before 2:30 P.M. on Thursday, August 23. No right or wrong answers, just your opinion. Please answer the questions candidly. Do not discuss your responses with others.