Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2018 Annual Spring Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section and the AAPT Michigan Section
Volume 63, Number 7
Friday–Saturday, March 23–24, 2018; East Lansing, Michigan
Session E1: Contributed: Physics Education OSAPS/MIAAPT Joint Session I |
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Room: Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building 1400 |
Saturday, March 24, 2018 10:15AM - 10:27AM |
E1.00001: Beyond the statistics cookbook: The geometric approach to the analysis of experimental data. Steven Marx The numerical results from a set of n experimental measurements may be expressed as a single point in n-dimensional Euclidean space. Finite-dimensional vector space methods can then be used to fit a statistical model to such a data set, as well as to assess the significance of the terms in the model. The outcome of the vector space analysis is precisely the same as the result obtained with the usual analysis using the interminable nested sum notation found in all statistics texts. However, working in this way, concepts such as degrees of freedom, mean squares, and correlation coefficients acquire a clear and simple geometric interpretation. The necessity for verification of model assumptions when presenting data analyses will be briefly discussed. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, March 24, 2018 10:27AM - 10:39AM |
E1.00002: The Art of Collaboration Taoufik Nadji The presenter will share instances of collaboration with various arts instructors to assist them and their students in making sense of the physics behind their respective crafts. In addition, the presenter hopes that this would encourage more physics colleagues to extend a helping hand that would foster ties of fruitful collaborations between them and their counterparts in the arts areas. Physics is too valuable to not be shared with fellow artists be they seasoned practitioners or passionate students who love the arts and pursue them. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, March 24, 2018 10:39AM - 10:51AM |
E1.00003: Simulating Physics with Moho Pro Larry Kolopajlo Gravity, the Inclined plane with friction, a pendulum, gears and particles can be simulated with the easy to use Physics Engine built into Moho Pro. Some animations will be shown. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, March 24, 2018 10:51AM - 11:03AM |
E1.00004: The Fermi Paradox Michael C. LoPresto When pondering the question of whether or not life exists elsewhere in the galaxy , Enrico Fermi asked ""If they are out there, why aren't they here?"" Student answers to that question towards the end of a one - credit semester - long course on ""Aliens"" will Be discussed. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, March 24, 2018 11:03AM - 11:15AM |
E1.00005: Formative Assessment and Gameful Learning in a High School Classroom Robert Tarchinski As secondary schools continue to adopt bring your own device (BYOD) or one to one technology policies, portable computing devices have become ubiquitous in schools. Such devices open new avenues for teachers to assess student’ learning and engage students with challenging content. I will discuss two applications currently being used in the Physics classroom at Chelsea High School. The first is “Go Formative” which is used to assess student’ progress during class. The second is the “Mind on Physics” app which serves students with questions to help promote understanding of Physics concepts. Students complete learning missions and earn medals representative of their mastery of the content. These questions help reinforce concepts discussed in class, challenge deeply rooted misconceptions and engage students in learning Physics. In this talk I will describe these two applications and present ideas for other applications of mobile technology. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, March 24, 2018 11:15AM - 11:27AM |
E1.00006: An inexpensive capacitive force sensor laboratory for introductory physics labs Chris Nakamura, Ryan A. French, John J. Potts, Matthew D. Vannette We present a laboratory activity in which students build and characterize a capacitive force sensor. The activity uses a simple foil capacitor and LCR meter. We have tried the activity with algebra-based physics students but it is appropriate for other levels. The lab uses ideas of approximation either qualitatively for high school or algebra-based physics, or via Taylor expansion for calculus-based physics. For advanced undergraduate students we are exploring using the sensor in an LC oscillator. The experiment highlights application of physics in an interesting context. [Preview Abstract] |
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