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VCE Course Planning Documents for 2009 - 2012
VCE Physics Implementation Workshops: Activities and Powerpoint presentation
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Activity 1 on verbs in the study design. | |||
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Activity 2 on developing Key Skills in Investigations. | |||
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Activity 3 on misconceptions in Physics. | |||
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Activity 4 on Units 1 & 2 course plannning. | |||
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Activity 5 on encouraging students to do Physics. | |||
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VCE Physics Implementation Workshops: Resources package
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A sample course for Units 1 and 2 has been prepared. It includes a possible time allocation for Areas of Study and indeed, for individual dot points, as well as possible activities. The sample course takes the approach of selecting Detailed Studies that relate to the context “Solutions for Climate Change” and finding links to the core Areas of Study. | |||
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This document describes the extensive range of information on students’ misconceptions in science available on the VELS website. A summary of one example is included that of ‘Forces on passengers’. | |||
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Conceptual Understanding Procedures (CUPs) for Physics are an initiative of Monash University. They are a set of teaching procedures designed to aid the development of understanding of concepts that students find difficult. Check their website below. | |||
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Tables of the changes to the Study Design, dot point by dot point, have been compiled for each Area of Study and Detailed Study. For most the table occupies one page, for others the table goes over two pages. The table has three columns, the new dot points, the old dot points and in between a column briefly describing the change, e.g. "Reworded'. The whole document is 28 pages long. | |||
A list of possible practical activities for all Areas of Study and nearly all the Detailed Studies. Possible topics for practical investigations for Units 1 - 3 are also included. | |||
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Suggestions of Activities to encourage students to consider doing Physics |
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Activities suggested by participants at the VCE Physics Implementation Workshops. | |||
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Paul Hewitt, the well known US Physics text book writer has produced a set of conceptual questions that stimulate and challenge students and teachers. Most are relevant to our course. | |||
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Answers to the 60 Conceptual questions prepared by Paul Hewitt. | |||
Beginning Physics In-Services: Material
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A PowerPoint presentation on the different styles of practical activities with examples, as well as discussion of the factors to be considered in planning practical investigations. The last section has examples of exam questions that students have found difficult with suggestions of strategies to overcome these. Some revision and exam strategies are also supplied. | |||
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The PowerPoint presentation has examples of exam questions that students have found difficult with suggestions of strategies to overcome these as well as worked solutions using the strategies. Advice is also provided on revising during the semester and before the exam as well as specific exam strategies. | |||
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The document outlines one person's idea of how to introduce the concepts of electricity in Year 11 physics. | |||
Relevant papers from recent Physics Teachers Conferences
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by Paul Fielding, Richard Olsen from Billanook College and Carmel Fry and Paul Fitzgerald from Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School at the 2008 Physics Teachers Conference | |||
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presented by Martin Mahy from De La Salle College. | |||
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A document of demonstrations by Colin Hopkins, Trafalgar High School and Rob Braidwood, Balwyn High School. Presented at the 2007 Physics Teachers Conference. | |||
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Audio of presentation by Colin Hopkins and Rob Braidwood. 60mins. | |||
Useful Websites
Conceptual Understanding Procedures (CUPs)
CUPs is a set of teaching procedures for physics developed by Monash University. They are designed to aid the development of understanding of concepts that students find difficult. There are 12 activities, 10 on Forces, Energy and Motion, and 2 on Electricity.
VELS website for Level 6
Link to VELS resources of 'Forces on passengers' and 'Newton's ideas on forces and motion'.