ZAP! Adapted: Incorporating Design in the Introductory E&M Laboratory

4/14/02


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Table of Contents

Title Slide

Outline of Presentation

Background

Design and Elements of Design

Current Best Practices: ZAP!

Pedagogic Foundations

Fish is Fish

Implications for Physics Learning Objectives

Introductory E&M Objectives

Goals for the Laboratory Component

Theory meets reality: Constraints

Table of Intro E&M Experiments

Example lab: Energy Stored in a Capacitor

Example lab: Metal Detector

Authentic Assessment Table

Assessment example: Metal Detector

Example lab: Breakdown Electric Field of Air

Example lab: Magnetic Force Balance

Summary and Future Plans

Studio Physics Photo

Conclusions and Acknowledgements

Author: Jim McNeil

Email: jamcneil@mines.edu

Home Page: McNeil's Homepage