PHY 160 - Physics and Astronomy for Teachers

PHY 160 is a special course at the University of Kentucky designed for pre-service elementary and middle school teachers. Only pre-service teachers are allowed to take the course, and the course is required of all pre-service elementary and middle school teachers. GLY 160 is the companion course for PHY 160; the two courses together provide an introduction to the concepts of physical science in a learning environment conducive to developing scientific reasoning.

Review syllabus and class description

Review homework assignments

Homework Grading Comments

"It is more important to pave the way for the child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts he is not ready to assimilate. "
(Rachel Carson, 1956, The Sense of Wonder, p. 45)

To read the National Science Education Standards, see:

http://books.nap.edu/books/0309053269/html/index.html

see especially the teaching standards, professional development standards and content standards:

http://books.nap.edu/books/0309053269/html/27.html#pagetop

http://books.nap.edu/books/0309053269/html/55.html#pagetop

http://books.nap.edu/books/0309053269/html/103.html#pagetop

See the following for all of Kentucky’s Curriculum Documents and Resources:

http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Default.htm and follow links to Core Content and/or Program of Studies 4.1

See the following for the AAAS Benchmarks for Science Literacy

http://www.project2061.org/tools/benchol/bolframe.htm

To visit some other websites of interest to elementary teachers, try:

http://www.psrc-online.org/

http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/

http://www.ncsu.edu/imse

http://www.terc.edu

http://www.onr.com/schoolhouse/

http://www.earthsky.com/

http://skyandtelescope.com/

http://www.surfnetkids.com/experi.htm

http://www.uky.edu/KGS/

http://inkido.indiana.edu/a100/astronomymodule/Moon/The%20Phases%20of%20the%20Moon2_files/phases.gif

http://rense.com/general72/size.htm

http://www.ohiorc.org/browse/science.aspx

http://www.pa.uky.edu/sciworks/intro.htm "Virtual Physics Courses through the University of Kentucky"
 
 
http://www.pa.uky.edu/sciworks  "Physics 401G at the University of Kentucky"
 
 
 

John E. Christopher

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Kentucky

jchris@uky.edu