... to be accepted into the Physics Teaching Resource Agents (PTRA) program, and one of the many workshops I attended was an introduction to modeling strategies. ⁸ Sadly, the workshop instructors had picked an optics activity to demonstrate the strategy. The particular topic seemed too challenging to use...

... around Pennsylvania doing workshops for fellow teachers as part of the AAPT/PTRA Program. The seed that grew into this book is from the materials developed to support these workshops. ...

... workshops for fellow teachers as part of the AAPT/PTRA Program. The seed that grew into this book is from the materials developed to support these workshops. Foreword: Why Teach Geometric Optics?¹ CONDITION : During the school year there is a limited time...

... for the Activities in the AAPT/PTRA Geometric Optics Resource. Many items are common and readily available, but some are less common or are hard to describe. To help identify such items, a Sargent-Welch or other vendor catalog number is provided for comparison only; item does not need to be a Sargent-Welch product...

... dozens of workshops dealing with the Modeling Method of Instruction in Physics nationwide, most of which last from one to three weeks. The Physics Teaching Resource Agency ( https://www.aapt.org/PTRA/ ), a partner of the AAPT, trains high school physics teachers to be teacher-leaders and to provide...

..., the dangers in using electricity, can be completely avoided by the use of batteries and simple pieces of equipment that require little use of energy. The demonstrations and activities described in this AAPT/PTRA Teacher Resource guide have been developed over many years. Most involve inexpensive and simple...

...Frontmatter and acknowledgments for Teaching About Kinematics — Student Edition: An AAPT/PTRA Resource. Forces & Motion Acknowledgments The authors are indebted to the many PTRAs who contributed to this resource. They include George Amann, Dwain Desbien, Carl Duzen, Nancy Easterly...

...Summary and notes for Teaching About Kinematics — Student Edition: An AAPT/PTRA Resource. Symbols Used for Kinematics Quantities A lot of the confusion that students experience in the study of kinematics (i.e., motion) is the result of the inconsistent use of words and symbols...

...Acknowledgments The authors are indebted to the many PTRAs who contributed to this resource. They include George Amann, Dwain Desbien, Carl Duzen, Nancy Easterly, Bill Franklin, Dick Heckathorn, Paul Hewitt, Jan Mader, Karen Jo Matsler, John Roeder, Tom Senior, Emma Smith and many others who we do...