Experimental Foundations of Waves and Vibrations: A Summer Institute for High School Physics Teachers

该项目为1987年7月期间为20名7-12年级的物理和物理科学教师提供为期三周的夏季讲习班的经费。这个名为“波与振动的实验基础”的工作坊，将让参与的教师透过重现光学和声学领域的历史实验，来研究和了解实验在创造科学知识方面的作用。教师将有机会为该领域的几个历史批判性实验建造和组装必要的设备。他们将被敦促把想法和资源带回初高中的教室，以丰富他们对大学预科学生的教学，并为他们的同龄人提供在职教育。研讨会将在巴肯：生活中的电力博物馆和图书馆举行。该机构的独特设施将提供给参与者。研讨会的工作人员将从巴肯大学和大学的科学家中挑选。成功完成研讨会的参与者将获得明尼苏达大学的学分。该项目值得资助的原因是：它采用了一种创新和创造性的方法来提高教师的物理科学知识；教师将丰富他们对科学领域历史发展的理解，并增加他们对该领域的概念理解；该项目是博物馆、大学、私营企业和学区的合作成果；以及一本物理实验参考书将分发给明尼苏达州的物理教师。

This project provides funds for a three week summer workshop for 20 teachers of physics and physical science, grades 7-12, during the month of July, 1987. The workshop entitled Experimental Foundations of Waves and Vibrations will enable the participating teachers, through the reenactment of historical experiments in the areas of optics and acoustics, to study and understand the role of experimentation in creating scientific knowledge. The teachers will have the opportunity to build and assemble the equipment essential for several of the historical critical experiments in the field. They will be urged to take ideas and resources back to their middle and high school classrooms to enrich their instruction of precollege students and to provide inservice education for their peers. The workshop will be held at the Bakken: Museum and Library of Electricity in Life. The unique facilities of this institution will be available to the participants. The staff for the workshop will be drawn from the Bakken and university scientists. University of Minnesota credit will be given to the participants who successfully complete the workshop. This project is worthy of funding for the following reasons: it utilizes an innovative and creative approach to the enhancement of teacher knowledge in the physical sciences; the teachers will enrich their understanding of the historical development of an area of science as well as increasing their conceptual understanding of the area; the project is a collaborative effort among a museum, university, private sector businesses and school districts; and a resource book of physics experiments will be distributed to physics teachers throughout the state of Minnesota.