In this webinar, we examine the role of hands-on physics demos in the science classroom and how we can better use them to improve student learning.  Participants in this session will learn how to use dollar store items as an inexpensive way of supporting students in inquiry-based learning in physics. Join the fun as we examine and analyse together context rich problems that take student learning deeper

NOTE: This session offers highlights from the OAPT summer institute entitled “Innovative Teaching & Learning in Physics”.

Audience: Secondary

Resources:

• Ontario Association of Physics Teachers
• The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
• File resources:
  • Water Bomb Origami
  • Rainbow Fluids
  • Mazur_demo article
  • GummyBearSlinkyWave
  • GroupWorkHomeworkNoteTaking_OAPT
  • Doing effective demos worksheet
  • Activity 2 The Signature of the Stars
  • 120 mph baseball collision acceleration
• Examples:
  • Marble race track example 1, example 2
  • The Wily Coyote Impossibility
  • Fan cart
  • Origami water bomb (additional reference)
  • Red Stratos video
  • 120 mph baseball collision
  • Star spectrum and the Dopler Effect
  • Geometry and soap film