Instructors:
Hudson A. Roditi, Ph.D., Director, Urban Advantage, American Museum of Natural History
Michael Cook, Math-Science Coordinator, Bank Street School for Children
Summer 2008 Intensive Course:
Inquiry-based Physics: Investigating Motion and Force (3 credits)
Monday-Thursday, July 1-July 23, 9:00AM-12:00 Noon
September 2008-June 2009 Practicum (7 credits)
For more information contact Amy Rosenthal at (212) 875-4442 ⁄ kerlin@bankstreet.edu
This course will begin with a study of motion and will progress to a construction of the concept of force as a way to explain motion or lack of motion. The course will enable each participant to develop a first-hand understanding of what is meant by an object's position, velocity and acceleration. Students will experience the conditions of being "at rest," having constant velocity and having constant acceleration.
The course will use low-friction carts and motion sensors with computers to make visual representations of position and motion in real time. Motion will be viewed graphically on monitors while objects are being manipulated, since this helps participants better understand motion and the graphs used to describe motion.
The class will assist participants in developing first-hand understandings of motion and force, and will directly support the understandings in the NYC DOE's Scope and Sequence grade 8, unit 4, Forces and Motion.
To register, click here to download the Kerlin Brochure.