What is this project? Modeling PF for Modeling Chemistry. When a Mile Wide is Too Wide. Student-Designed Labs at an All-Girl School.

July 2015 Workshops and Graphical Solutions for Physics. I am leading two workshops this summer. Both workshops are on teaching graphical solutions in physics. Why are graphical solutions so great in physics classes? Graphical solutions put sense-making at the center of problem.

And this reminded me how important it is to able to work alone. However, time in class definitely emphasized working in groups.

At the summer Modeling Instruction workshops in Columbus, we are often lucky to have prominent physics education researchers visit us and speak to our workshop participants. Stamatis Vokos of Seattle Pacific University joined us and he completely owned the crowd. I might be a bit biased, as I was really jazzed about his presentation of the Energy Theater. Using work done by the Energy Project. Each student represents a single unit of energy.

But do I envy their education system? From what I read and as a teacher, some of it sounds really great. So what about this system could work for us yanks? April 15, 2012.