Physics

To turn midterms from a stressful solo judgmental activity into a pedagogical tool, the instructor implemented a team component to the midterm. Goal The goal is to make midterms a learning experience (in addition to an evaluative experience). Before class...

Students learn how to solve practice problems in physics through videos created by the instructor using cheap and simple screencast technology. Goals: To help students progress from understanding physics concepts and formulas to knowing how to apply them...

Students conducted physics experiments aboard a small airplane piloted by the instructor in order to better understand aerodynamics. Goals: To provide students with an understanding of the principles underlying heavier-than-air flight through hands-on...

Goals: Have a good understanding of what the standard deviation is and what it means to diffuse in space. Class: PHYS170: Physics for the Life Sciences Procedure: Prior to the activity, s tudents have just seen in class the basics of probability theory...

In Jacob Barandes' Physics 302, students are driven to learn how to teach and communicate physics by giving small, mini-lessons throughout the semester. They are then driven to perform a longer lesson as a final project to show what they have learned...

The purpose of this assignment is to consolidate knowledge of the weather from class.By making observations and committing to a prediction, it should help you see how weather systems evolve over time. It will also give you a first pass at video making...

With the k nowledge of the motion of the sun, the ability to find solar declination online, and how time can be used to find longitude from previous lectures in class, students must make a device to measure the altitude of the sun using a straw...

This activity was made by John Huth for his Primitive Navigation class, so his students will have practical experience working with primitive navigation tools through this experiment. This activity will help students understand navigational stars. Using a...

Using their knowledge of the use of a compass, triangulation, and uncertainties, students set off to walk to the bridge at the end of JFK Street in Harvard. With a map, handout ( attached), and compass, they walk down a street (JFK street in this...

Students go to the Harvard Chapel and establish a coordinate system of 'easting' and 'northing' using simply their bodies, their environments, and a notepad. From the Chapel, the students are to walk a path that is a series of straight lines, and count...