Session TopicsCourse RequirementsSYLLABUS Master in Science Education 640 Electricity, Magnetism and Waves Thursdays 5:30 to 8:30 in AH110 Class begins 1/12/06 and ends 4/6/06 The mission of the Aquinas College School of Education is to empower our students to be capable, compassionate, and committed educators with integrity. Instructor: Tim Bennett Home: 269-792-1625 (long distance to 409 West Maple St. Wayland) Wayland, MI 49348 Office: Room 205 Browne Center Phone: 616-632-2446 Office hours: 10a.m. to noon Fax: 732-4465 1p.m. to 5p.m. E-mail: [email protected] (It is wise to call ahead) Course Objectives: The learner will: • Construct and analyze electrical circuits and explain how current is controlled. • Relate electrical circuits, current flow and control to common household appliances. • Evaluate electrical hazards and safety precautions using documentation, diagrams and written instructions for given toys and appliances. • Analyze the generation, uses, and cost of electricity in households in order to devise and evaluate a plan for maximum efficient energy use. • Construct and suggest applications for electromagnets. • Analyze how electric currents can be produced by interaction of wires and magnets and relate to useful applications of this principle. • Construct and analyze the functioning of an on-off electrical motor. • Relate the characteristics and behaviors of sounds and light to the properties of waves. • Analyze and evaluate the technological applications of different kinds of waves. • Assemble an image from a stream of data, read and translate code and relate these events to how a fax and bar codes work.• Compare and contrast digital and analog recording and relate these concepts to current technological methods of saving and recording information. • Translate the new concepts gained into working lesson plan ideas for use in individual classrooms. Text: Eisenkraft, A. (2005) Active Physics: CoreSelect. Armonk, New York: It’s About Time, Herff Jones Education Division. ISBN #1-58591-313-8 Session Topics Session 1 - Introduction, course overview, construct and analyze electrical circuits, build switches, fuses and look at resistance using TOPS materials. Session 2 - Investigate magnets, map magnetic fields, construct pin motors, electromagnets, telegraphs, a galvanometer and an "on-off" motor using TOPS materials. Session 3 - Investigate common household appliances and analyze instructions, diagrams, and safety precautions in appliance documentation and electrical toys for hazards and repair purposes. Session 4 - Use Active Physics materials to analyze household use of electricity and generate and justify an efficient use plan. Session 5 - Investigate the nature of waves and use Active Physics materials to create musical instruments to analyze the relationship between sound and waves produced by vibrating materials. Session 6 - Construct circuit boards to investigate how to generate and control sound produced electronically. Session 7 - Construct a microphone/speaker to send and listen to signals from a radio. Investigate the conversion of energy involved in using light shined on a solar cell to send messages via light. Session 8 - Utilize the concept of pixels to create an image using a data stream and relate it to the functioning of a fax machine. Use bar codes to encode and decode information that a bar code reader could recognize. Session 9 - Investigate digital imaging and compare and contrast analog and digital methods of recording and storing information. Compare and contrast the various media available to record and play back music (records, tapes, CD's and DVD's).Session 10 - Investigate the nature of the electromagnetic spectrum and how various wavelengths are included in various scientific and household uses (microwaves, radar gun, calculating speed of light and distances in the universe). Session 11 - Investigate the behavior of light as it interacts with various surfaces; determine the relationship between wavelength and color and analyze the effects of the use of color for various purposes (in advertising, in lasers, to send information). Session 12 - Evaluation, presentation of final projects, course evaluation, final chance for burning questions and summary statements. Course Requirements Journals and Logs: Learners will keep a journal or logbook which is to include their own personal record of classroom activities documenting the following: observations, procedures, concepts, insights, data, results, conclusions, materials, methods, answers to assigned questions, and anything else which would be of use in applying the course work to their own classrooms. Reaction/Reflection Papers: Learners will be required to prepare a one to two page, typed and professionally constructed paper each week. In this paper the learner will reflect on class activities, respond to questions raised, present personal reactions and positions on issues identified, suggest improvements, express feelings, and propose problems. It is expected that these papers will be virtually free of spelling mistakes and glaring grammatical errors. Evidence of Technology Utilization and Integration: Learners will present evidence of competence in the use of technology incorporated into the presentations made during class. Presentations: Individual or small group presentations will be periodically assigned throughout the course. Enthusiastic participation will be assessed. Culminating Projects: A final project, which demonstrates synthesis of the material presented during the course,will be presented at the last session (or earlier if dictated by class size). This project is to be developed as a classroom unit plan, learning center, integrated culminating activity, or other format immediately useful in your classroom. The project must be thoroughly developed, aligned with Michigan Core Curriculum Standards and Benchmarks, and include all of the elements necessary to prepare students for success in science education. Grading Procedure: Assessment is based on the belief that quality work is the goal. Full points will be awarded in all cases when all criteria have been met. Re-submissions are expected for all assignments not meeting all criteria. Journals and logs: Used to respond to homework questions assigned in class.