Conveners
BOA 213: Morning Session 1B
- Zoom Chair: Leonardo Pierre
- Chair: Mike Florek
BOA 213: Morning Session 2B
- Zoom Chair: Mohammad Khan
- Chair: Kent Yagi
You have likely come into contact with many students who have learning differences - some slight, some moderate, and some severe. I currently teach at a school that focuses on the teaching of students with dyslexia and related language-based learning differences and I see all sorts of issues among college-bound high school students. In this talk, I wish to address some of the things you may...
Engineering challenges of the 21st century will continue to need science majors who can think creatively. If young people are to become adepts in science, they must be taught how to interpret for themselves. This presentation shares the challenges and alternatives to be proficient at teaching physics education from an engineer's perspective. The main challenges identified include student...
This talk documents an attempt to use AI text-generation tools for pedagogical purposes in an introductory physics course. In a PHYS 101 (algebra-based introductory mechanics) course at Harford Community College in Fall 2023, the instructor assigned review activities in which students had to analyze AI-generated answers to physics problems and questions, spotting mistakes and distinguishing...
The Organization for Physics at Two-Year Colleges (OPTYCs) is an NSF-funded project to bring two-year college physics and astronomy faculty together through professional development and networking opportunities. In this presentation, I highlight two of our cohort-based programs: the New Faculty Development Series, and the DEI Capacity-Building Program. OPTYCs is supported by NSF grant...
In a given physics classroom, the odds are good that at least one student has had a concussion or has a friend who did. Many students participate in sports or activities with a risk of head injury. This problem-based lesson tackles concussion prevention in football and bridges the disciplines of physics and engineering.
Students are challenged to design their own helmet padding using upcycled...
Retention of physics and astronomy majors at the University of Delaware has been a long-standing issue. We will describe the course structure that we have adopted for a section of introductory physics dedicated to students in our physics BS, BA, and astronomy BA programs. In addition to implementing specification-based grading, we have also explored the addition of computational physics...
The velocity triangle is a graphical construct for solving various problems of the Lorentz
Transform in special relativity. This construct assumes that all matter travels at the speed of
light in four-dimensional space, defining the direction of that travel as the local time axis.
Relative velocity results from a difference of direction, through the Brehme velocity angle beta,
the sine of...
Participants will have an opportunity to hear how NGSS physical standards fit into the K-12 educational system and how it is taught. What are the challenges in Delaware and across our nation in teaching physics. Participants will have a discussion on how we might possibly solve some of these challenges.
In this demo, we roll cylindrical objects down a ramp to see which one reaches the bottom first. The speed is determined by how the initial gravitational potential energy is shared between the translational and rotational kinetic energies of the rolling object. The highlight of the demo is the race between Frozen and Thawed cans of orange juice.
