Adaptation of "6 Ideas that Shaped Physics" for Life-Sciences Majors

物理(13)本课题改编自著名教材《塑造物理的六种想法》，用于霍普学院非物理科学专业基于代数的入门物理课程。这本教科书是为物理专业的一门课程编写的，其理念是帮助学生掌握物理的基本原理，而不是让他们接触到这些原理的每一个可能的应用。另一个指导主题是材料要与学生相关。基于代数的课程的教材并不总是考虑到这两个原则，因此需要一本基于代数的教材遵循这一理念。由于基于代数的课程的很大一部分受众是生命科学专业的学生，本项目的另一个目标是使材料与这些学生相关。强调生命科学和基本物理概念之间的联系的补充材料是在这个项目中开发的，以配合新教科书。这些补充材料的风格将从章节末尾的问题到案例研究。PI正在与霍普学院的几个生命科学教员协商，对文本和补充材料进行修改。其他机构可通过在线图书馆获取这些材料。《塑造物理的六个想法》的出版商和作者已经批准改编教材，在霍普学院使用，并在其他机构进行测试。这个项目有助于改变全国非专业物理入门课程的教学方式，就像大学入门物理项目引发的课程改革改变了许多专业物理入门课程一样。案文和补充材料正在网上公布，并在国家会议上介绍。此外，正在就通过商业出版商或在LON-CAPA图书馆出版这些材料进行谈判。

Physics (13) This project adapts the well-known textbook "Six Ideas That Shaped Physics" for use in the algebra-based introductory physics course for non-physics science majors at Hope College. This textbook was written for a course for physics majors with the idea that it is better to help students master the fundamental principles of physics rather than expose them to every possible application of these principles. Another guiding theme is that the material be relevant to students. Textbooks for algebra-based courses have not always been developed with these two principles in mind, and there is a need for an algebra-based textbook that follows this philosophy.Because a large fraction of the audience in the algebra-based course is life-science majors, an additional goal of this project is to make the material relevant to these students. Supplemental materials that emphasize the connection between life sciences and fundamental physics concepts are developed in this project to accompany the new textbook. These supplemental materials will range in style from end-of-chapter problems to case studies. The PI is adapting the text and supplemental materials in consultation with several life-science faculty at Hope College. These materials are available to other institutions through online libraries. The publisher and author of "Six Ideas That Shaped Physics" have given permission for adaptation of the textbook for use at Hope College and testing at other institutions.This project helps to change the way introductory physics for non-majors is taught nationally in the same way that curriculum reforms spurred by the Introductory University Physics Project changed many introductory physics courses for majors. The text and supplementary materials are being published on the web and presented at national meetings. Furthermore, negotiations are underway to publish the materials through a commercial publisher or in the LON-CAPA library.