Multimedia Network for Elementary Physics Laboratories

物理系正在配备两个专门的计算机实验室，每个实验室都有13个多媒体计算机工作站和一个便携式捕获工作站。这26个工作站正在与一个文件服务器联网，该服务器包含一个视频剪辑库。该部门还为MBL实验购买了Pasco科学研讨会接口、探测器、Dynamica轨道和手推车。学生可以使用摄像机、录像机、激光播放机和视频剪辑进行视频实验。两个学生工作站放在一张NT形状的工作台上，由四名学生组成的小组会协作做一项实验。六张工作台在实验室周围排成U形，这样老师就可以一目了然地监控学生的进度。正在调整用于MBL实验的科学思维工具课程和用于视频实验的研讨会物理课程，以适应讲课规模较大的多节基础物理课程的使用。这些课程鼓励学生在学习中发挥积极作用，从实际观察中建构物理知识。

The Physics Department is furnishing two dedicated computer laboratory rooms, each with 13 multimedia computer workstations and a portable capture workstation. The 26 workstations are being networked to a file server that contains a library of video clips. The department is also purchasing Pasco Science Workshop Interfaces, probes, dynamica tracks, and carts for MBL experiments. Video cameras, VCRs, laserdisc players, and video clips are available for students to do video experiments. Two student workstations are on an NT-shaped worktable with a primary group of four students collaborating on an experiment. Six worktables are placed in a U formation around a lab room so that the instructor can monitor students' progress at a glance. The Tools for Scientific Thinking curriculum for MBL experiments and Workshop Physics curriculum for video experiments are being adapted for the use of multisection elementary physics courses with large lecture sizes. These curricula encourage students to take an active role in their learning and construct physical knowledge from actual observation.