UCSC Physics Seminar for High School Teachers
Supported through the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP)
Date: Spring Quarter 2000, March 31 - June 2, 2000
Time: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Day: Seminar class will meet every Friday
Location: UC Santa Cruz Campus
Participants: Open to 12 High School Teachers
Stipend: $1000 stipend, and *academic credit available*
Focus and Goals
The Syllabus presents to be an appropriate mix of results in physics research and of topics in scientific method. A preliminary list of topics is given below.
Week |
Subject |
Professor |
03/31/00 |
Relativity |
T. Schalk |
04/07/00 |
Quantum Mechanics |
H. Sadrozinski |
04/14/00 |
The Big Bang |
T. Schalk |
04/21/00 |
The Standard Model |
J. Dann |
04/28/00 |
Physics Seminar |
J. Dann/S. Kliewer |
05/05/00 |
The Transistor |
D. Dorfan |
05/12/00 |
Scientific Methods: Statistics |
D. Dorfan |
05/19/00 |
Scientific Method: Deduction |
D. Dorfan |
05/26/00 |
Special Relativity |
S. Kliewer |
06/02/00 |
Development of Physics Concepts |
M. Nauenberg |
06/09/00 |
Final Presentations |
Seminar Participants |
It is assumed that each topic will be discussed in the seminar and that one participant will work out a module for classroom teaching.
At the end of the seminar, the modules, including possibly audio-visual material, will be made available to all participants and to interested parties for use in the classrooms.
The seminar will meet twice a week. Once every Friday at 4:30 p.m., with the following structure:
The other meeting will be scheduled around the participants groups formed once their projects have been chosen.