You're welcome, and True. Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of
sharing our science expertise with publishers. School curriculum and
supplimental curriculum materials in physics are notoriously bad. While some
excellent physical science curricula exist, they tend to be too expensive
for the schools. If the schools have purchased good curricula, they tend to
come as kits (lesson plans, books and materials) containing materials for
activities that must be renewed for each class, and aren't. Science books
(especially physical science books) for children in retail stores and in
teacher stores are hard to find and are usually not very good when they are
found.
If the science community would promote the creation and distribution of GOOD
low-cost written materials for science, and GOOD age-appropriate literature
for young readers with science themes, with all the supplements, worksheets,
activities, and references to the "standards" that teachers need, and scream
loudly when we see error-filled bad stuff, we might have more of an impact.
Vickie Frohne
-----Original Message-----
From: RAUBER, JOEL [mailto:JOEL_RAUBER@SDSTATE.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:59 AM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: Would Physics First Increase the Number of Physics Majors?
Vickie,
Thanks for the long soliloquy regarding the reality of the elementary Ed.
teacher.
It would behoove us all to remember this as we propose our magic bullet
solutions.
It actually strikes that the best efforts we can make really are at the
local level as parents. Insisting that our school boards give teachers
better support and/or supporting the teachers directly.
Joel Rauber
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