Groups
An important part of this course will be the projects you work out
together in a group of about 4-6 students. (Choose from
the project suggestions - or your own project.)
Ideally, a group would consist of people with different background, where you
can help each other and where some group members can test material
produced by other parts
of the group. It seems important that the topic for your project
is something you really would
like to know more about, and maybe have difficulties finding good
teaching material.
I also hope that among the groups, topics from all three physics
parts of the course will
be chosen.
Opposition
As part of the project examination in August
you will also be appointed one other group whose project you will try out and
examine closer. You are expected to give feedback (due 5 Aug) and possibly
suggest modifications. You should also prepare some points to
discuss at the final
presentation of their work (7 aug).
After receiving feedback on
Aug 5 concerning
the work of your own group, from the "opposition group", as well as from
a group of teachers, you are expected to revise
the work as part of the presentation on the
7th.
The project itself
The WWW is a new medium, and there is still room for experiments concerning
the best format. (See also the goals for your WWW
work
and remember to reflect, yourself, over different
stiles.)
However, I recommend that your projects should include at least the following
- Introductory presentation of the physics
- A brief instruction for students using the material
- An instruction to other teachers who may want to use the material
(including thoughts on how do you expect students to work with it -
maybe you want to update it
after having tried it out)
- Possibly a discussion of how it is presented in textbooks you have
used and how it is referred to in the "documents" (Lpo94 or Lpf94)
- Presentation of experiments / ideas
- Background and current reserach (if applicable)
- Problems /exercises for students
- Suggestions for own experiments / observations
- List of references (books an on-line) - as well as references in the text.
- An index (this recommendation is based on negative experience when I did not
have one, and the students did not find all the material.)
- A glossary is likely to be useful, if you have the time
http://fy.chalmers.se/~f3aamp/VVV/goalproj.html
Ann-Marie Pendrill, Fysik,
GU /
CTH, 1997-05-17, updated 1998-05-15