A Simulation/Interactive Video Physics Laboratory

大学物理预科教师培训实验室模拟/交互视频物理实验室由六个计算机工作站组成，配备了激光光盘播放机和相关的彩色显示器。本实验室是一个学期的课程《物理科学》(由基础教育专业学生选修)和两个学期的课程《顺序物理1》和《物理2》(由中等教育理科专业学生选修)的组成部分。该项目的目的是通过使用一系列以学生为中心的有计划的活动来提高学生对基础物理的理解。模拟/视频实验室是一个更大项目的一部分，该项目包括一个单独的基于计算机的物理实验室，在该实验室中，学生能够使用连接到计算机的设备实时获取和显示数据，然后对数据进行视觉和数字处理。在拟议的模拟/视频实验室中，每个计算机工作站的学生都可以使用一套完整的物理模拟软件--物理资源管理器，利用该软件，他们能够研究物理入门课程中通常研究的各种物理现象。此外，每个学生都有一套全面的基于机械宇宙的互动视频软件。项目完成后，物理科学、物理1和物理2课程将从传统的基础物理课程彻底转变为以学生为中心的数据采集、模拟和互动视频活动的课程。

Laboratory for Training Pre-College Physics Teachers The Simulation/Interactive Video Physics Laboratory consists of a six computer workstations equipped with a laserdisc player and associated color monitor. This laboratory forms an integral part of the one semester course Physical Science (taken by elementary education majors) and the two semester course sequence Physics 1 and Physics 2 (taken by secondary education science majors). The purpose of the project is to enhance student understanding of basic physics through the use of a planned sequence of student centered activities. The simulation/video lab forms part of a larger project which includes a separate computer-based physics lab in which students are able to use equipment interfaced to a computer to acquire and display data in real-time and then to manipulate the data both visually and numerically. In the proposed simulation/video lab, students at each computer workstation have available a complete array of physics simulation software, The Physics Explorer, with which they are able to investigate the full range of physical phenomena normally studied in introductory physics courses. In addition, each student has a comprehensive package of interactive video software based on the Mechanical Universe. Upon completion of the project, the courses Physical Science, Physics 1, and Physics 2 will have undergone a complete transformation from traditionally taught elementary physics courses to courses based on student centered data acquisition, simulation, and interactive video activities.