Phys 3071W.001

This course is intended to provide a rich hands-on experience in a selection of elementary physics material especially chosen to be useful for potential elementary teachers. The course is activity-based (performing experiments and working with computers) and discussion-oriented (discussing ideas with your classmates) with four major goals: (1) to help you construct a set of physics ideas that you can apply to explain phenomena that are intrinsically interesting at a level appropriate to an elementary school science curriculum; (2) to help you develop more positive attitudes about science; (3) to help you learn the nature of science, so you will have more confidence in you ability to do science, and (4) to help you become more aware of, and more in control of, your own learning. You will find many of our teaching and learning strategies valuable and appropriate for you to use when you begin your teaching career.