PHY 160 - Physics and Astronomy for Elementary Teachers

PHY 160 is a special course at the University of Kentucky for pre-service elementary teachers. Only pre-service elementary teachers are allowed to take the course, and the course is required of all pre-service elementary 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.

Course syllabus

Fist Angle distribution (Section 001)

Fist Angle distribution (Section 002)

Review – Electric Circuits

Review – Magnets

Review – Light and Shadows

Review – Mirrors and Lenses

Review – Motion

Review – Astronomy

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 visit some websites of interest to elementary teachers, try:

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.kentuckyschools.net/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/default.htm

which includes Kentucky’s Academic Expectations (see especially 2.1 through 2.6), Core Content for Science Assessment and Program of Studies:

http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/Academic+Expectations/default.htm

http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/Core+Content+for+Assessment/default.htm

http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/Program+of+Studies/default.htm

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

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

http://Landau1.phys.Virginia.EDU/Education/Teaching/HowThingsWork/

http://www.ncsu.edu/imse

http://www.terc.edu

http://www.enc.org/

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://www.googol.com/moon/

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"
 
 
 

Kwok-Wai Ng (kwng@uky.edu) and Joseph W. Brill (jwbrill@uky.edu)

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Kentucky