This is a sample page from the course "Electricity and Magnetism" -- an online
course (or professional development opportunity) for elementary and
middle school teachers. For more information about this course and the
program to which it belongs, see the page
http://www.pa.uky.edu/sciworks/intro.htm"
Welcome to the Virtual
Workshop on Electricity and Magnetism. The following pages will guide you through
a series of hands-on activities on this interesting (electrifying, even!)
subject.
Click here to learn more
about the Virtual Workshops.
In addition to these pages, you will need a copy of the Electricity and Magnetism manual,
and a kit of materials
(motors and buzzers and other electrical gadgets) so that you can do the
activities. Please note that it is very much our idea that you will
learn science by doing science. For information on how to obtain
the manual and kit, please see
our web page.
These Hands-On Virtual courses can be taken by elementary and middle school
teachers for
professional development credit or graduate credit.
The Department of Physics & Astronomy/ University of Kentucky announces
the first in a series of graduate courses for inservice teachers on physical
science topics: "Light", "Temperature and Heat", Electricity and Magnetism",
and "Forces and Energy." These emphasize hands-on activities to be
done in a distance learning format, in which small groups of teachers will do
the activities at their own sites on their own schedule, directed and aided
by a set of web pages. It is estimated that each course will involve 30 hours
of activity.
You can preview the Light course at
http://www.pa.uky.edu/~sciworks/light/preview You can preview the Temperature and Heat course at
http://www.pa.uky.edu/~sciworks/heat/preview Project development is supported by the Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary
Education (FIPSE, a US Dept of Education project).
These courses may be taken for professional development credit or for
graduate credit (1 semester-hour for each 30-hour course)
Contact: Sally A. Shafer
(859) 257-5131
shafer@pa.uky.edu
Contents Here are the main divisions of our presentation. We suggest you work
through this in the order given. However, some of this
(sections labelled About ...) is stuff
for you to
read (best done individually), while some is activities for you to do
(best done in a small group) -- you can jump around on the menu if
it makes sense for your schedules.
Inducing a voltage
