AP Physics Summer Institute 2013 WKU
T McMurray
Day 1
AM
Introductions & Expectations
AP PHYSICS COURSE
• Intro to courses (including current changes)
• Making a Schedule
• Teaching an AP level course
PM
Lab 1: Ball Drop
Interactive Lecture and Discussion (IL&D):
AP Resources & Student Evaluation
Physics Education Research:
Pedagogy & Strategies for Effective Teaching
IL&D: AP Problem Solving
IL&D: AP Multiple Rep Kinematics
Practice Free Response (FR)
Lab Demo: Graph Match
IL&D: AP LAB EXPERIENCE, Practice FR
TH
AM
PM
TH
Friction Lab (take home)
Day 2
Discussion: System Schema & TH Friction Lab
IL&D: DYNAMICS
Free Body Diagrams, Practice FR
Intro to System Schema
Changes in the AP B course
TIPERs: Changing Representation; Comparison Task
Conflicting Contentions Task; Ranking Task
Lab: Coffee Filter (Air Resistance)
Lab: Going around in circles
IL&D: Circular Motion, Practice FR
Lab: Movie Physics – Pirates
Lab: Toy Helicopter
Lab: 2D video analysis
Schedule Overview
2/23/13
AP Physics Summer Institute 2013 WKU
AM
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T McMurray
Day 3
Let’s take a close look at the CD/flash drive
Context Rich Problems
Interactive Demo: Walking the Spool
IL&D: Lab & Demo Ideas
Lecture/Demo/Discussion: ELECTROSTATICS
Concept Oriented Demonstration Tasks
Electrostatics Problem Set
ELEC FIELD & POTENTIAL, Practice FR
Lab: Electric Field & Potential
TIPERs (E & M)
IL&D: COURSE AUDIT
TH
Find 10 “things” on CD we haven’t looked at. Write down
what you found!
Day 4
AM
PM
Best Practices: Sharing Labs, Demos, Activities
Lecture/Demo: Current flow, capacitors
Lab: Simple Circuits
Lecture/Demo/Discussion: DC Circuits, Practice FR
IL&D: Exam Preparation
Lab: Kirchhoff’s Laws (Multimeter)
IL&D: MAGNETISM, Practice FR
Electromagnetic induction, Practice FR
Day 5
AM
Lab: MonoMotor
IL&D: Waves, Practice FR
Lab: Light Rules And Virtual Optics
Farewell paperwork & workshop evaluation
Schedule Overview
2/23/13