Are trimesters essentially a quarter system (three groupings in the
school year and one left over for summer.
Or is it essentially a semester system, two groupings in the school year
and one left over for the summer?
________________________
Joel Rauber
Department of Physics - SDSU
Joel.Rauber@sdstate.edu
605-688-4293
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| [mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf
| Of Arlyn DeBruyckere
| Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:21 AM
| To: Forum for Physics Educators
| Subject: Re: [Phys-l] trimester course set-up
|
| I don't know if your situation is the same as ours. We have
| been on trimesters for about 4 years now (after having been
| on the block schedule for 5). What used to be a year long
| class of 50 minutes a day now needs to be taught in 2
| trimesters of 68 minutes a day. In chemistry
| 1st tri we try to cover scientific method and measurement,
| early atomic models and radioactivity, quantum model and the
| period table, bonding, nomenclature, quantities (mole,
| percent composisiton, molarity), basic reactions.
| 2nd tri: limiting reactants & redox, kinetic theory, gas
| laws, acids & bases, simple organic.
|
| In physics 1st tri: kinematics, dynamics, conservation laws. 2nd tri:
| electricity, magnetism, sound, light.
|
| I often feel cheated with both the amount of actual contact
| time as well as the number of opportunities to assign
| homework. In the full year schedule we had 8900 minutes of
| contact time. In our current schedule we have 7888 minutes of
| student contact time per subject. This amounts to taking 20
| days out of the full year schedule just on contact time alone.
|
|
|
| Mike VanAntwerp wrote:
| > Our high school is currently planning on switching from
| semesters to
| > trimesters. We are going to be refiguring our bio, chem,
| and physics.
| > I am wondering if any other folks out there are on
| trimesters and if
| > so, how you have broken up the main units of these classes. Is it
| > possible to have stand alone courses or are they sequential? Any
| > input is appreciated.
| >
| > Mike Van Antwerp
| > Biology W202
| > mvanantw@hpsk12.net
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