Upcoming Meeting and AP Physics C MOOC

TAPT-ers,

We meet Saturday at J.D. Garcia’s house. The meeting starts at8:30 am with pot-luck breakfast. Bring a dish to share if possible. Lynne Gillette will show examples of Direct Measurement Videos. She has developed activities for some of the videos. Bring a laptop if you like to view and bookmark the videos. Also, if we have time, you can work on developing an activity for your class to go with a DM video. We will end around 10:30. Directions to J.D.’s house are attached.

I received the information below from Dedra Demaree, who develops the AP Physics C exam. The class starts March 2^nd, and is aimed at both teachers and students of AP Physics C.

From Dedra Demaree:

I am writing to inform you of the free GeorgetownX MOOC (massive open online course) titled: “Preparing for the AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism Exam.” This course is being offered through GeorgetownX, a partnership between Georgetown University and edX, and is funded by a grant from edX as part of their high school initiative, which has received national press such as this report from NPR.

The course features the expert instruction of Physics Education Research (PER) faculty from around the country, each addressing one of the course’s five main content areas: Electrostatics, Conductors, Capacitors and Dielectrics, Electric Circuits, Magnetic Fields, and Electromagnetism.

In addition to expert-led lectures, the course includes extensive use of PhET Simulations, the first edition of the Physics Active Learning Guide (ALG), the UMd Open Source tutorials, the UPitt E&M tutorials, and other free resources such as the OpenStax Physics text and YouTube videos.

The course launches on Monday, March 2nd, and you can register on the course’s edX page.

This course serves two main audiences - teachers of AP Physics C who may benefit from a fresh way to approach the materials and gain familiarity with great PER-based resources, and studentsplanning to take the AP Physics C exam looking for additional practice and review.  Please note that the MOOC also functions as a stand-alone course for each of the featured topics, addressing them fairly comprehensively, and we encourage you to use the course resources and videos in whatever way you may find them beneficial to your instruction.

Please encourage your students to register for the MOOC, and we also welcome your participation in the course! We invite questions and feedback at gux@georgetown.edu.

You can help us spread the word by sharing physics resources on our Pinterest board, and by joining us in conversation through ourFacebook page.

Thank you,

Dedra Demaree

AP Physics C Development Committee Member

Affiliate Faculty of Physics, Georgetown University

and

Learning Design and Research Specialist, CNDLS

Hope to see you all Saturday!

Karie