Using Space Weather and Magnetospheric Physics to Motivate the Electricity and Magnetism Standard Physics Curriculum for Non-Majors

利用空间天气和磁层物理激发非专业电磁标准物理课程

• 批准号: 0004542
• 负责人: Isidoros Doxas
• 金额: $ 16.3万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-15 至 2004-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0004542&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Using; Space; Weather; Magnetospheric; Physics

The investigators will develop an undergraduate course for non-science majors that uses the real-life effects of space weather as a motivation for teaching the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism. The effort builds on the successful development of the Solar System Collaboratory that uses Java applets running on personal computers. The applets present to the user a familiar button-and-slider interface that hides calculations, allowing non-science majors with limited math skills to engage in precise quantitative reasoning. One of the most troubling tendencies that science departments face today is an increase in the number of students that become disenfranchised with science. This course is designed to increase interest of non-majors in science by putting the "grammar" of science in the background, so students can concentrate on the "prose". The course will be tailored for both high school science classes and for college non-science majors, and will go through extensive classroom testing at three Colorado schools.

研究人员将为非科学专业的本科生开发一门课程，利用空间天气的现实影响作为教授电磁学基本概念的动机。 这项工作是在成功开发太阳系合作实验室的基础上进行的，该实验室使用在个人计算机上运行的Java小程序。 这些小程序向用户呈现了一个熟悉的按钮和滑块界面，隐藏了计算，允许数学技能有限的非科学专业学生进行精确的定量推理。 科学部门今天面临的最令人不安的趋势之一是越来越多的学生被剥夺了科学的权利。 本课程旨在通过将科学的“语法”放在背景中，让学生专注于“散文”，以提高非科学专业的学生对科学的兴趣。 该课程将为高中科学课程和大学非科学专业量身定制，并将在科罗拉多的三所学校进行广泛的课堂测试。