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[Phys-L] 50 Modeling Workshops nationwide this summer. (Please forward to HS teachers.)



Colleagues: Will you please forward this to your local high school physics teachers?


Feb. 18, 2013

This summer, ~50 Modeling Workshops will be held all over the nation, from
California and Arizona to Maine and Florida.

Modeling Workshops are offered in mechanics, electricity and magnetism, light, waves/fields,
chemistry, physical science, and biology.

What is Modeling Instruction?
Modeling Instruction began around 1985 in a partnership of an expert high school teacher with David Hestenes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hestenes>, who is now Emeritus Professor
of Physics at Arizona State University. It corrects many weaknesses of the
traditional lecture-demonstration method, including fragmentation of
knowledge, student passivity, and persistence of naive beliefs about the
physical world. Unlike the traditional approach, in which students wade
through an endless stream of seemingly unrelated topics, Modeling
Instruction organizes the course around a small number of scientific
models, thus making the course coherent.

For more information on Modeling Instruction:
http://modelinginstruction.org/

A partial list of Modeling Workshops in 2014 is at:
http://modelinginstruction.org/teachers/workshops-2014/
and
http://www.phystec.org/pd/?set=Modeling

More workshops have been added recently; and more will be added in March, as details become clear.

Results from a survey of science teachers by AMTA indicates that
teachers who have taken Modeling Workshops feel better prepared for the
Next Generation Science Standards. All the more reason to take a Modeling Workshop!

--
cheers,
Jane
Jane Jackson, Co-Director, Modeling Instruction Program
Box 871504, Dept.of Physics, ASU, Tempe, AZ 85287
480-965-8438/fax:965-7565 http://modeling.asu.edu
Jane.Jackson@asu.edu
For 23 years, Modeling Instruction has helped teachers attain knowledge and skills needed to benefit their students. Modeling Instruction is designated as an Exemplary K-12 science program by the U.S. Department of Education. The American Physical Society is recognizing it with the 2014 Excellence in Physics Education Award.
The American Modeling Teachers Assn (AMTA) is expanding the work: http://modelinginstruction.org . AMTA is a 100Kin10 Partner.