Course: Practicals in School Experiments 1

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Course title Practicals in School Experiments 1
Course code KEF/PPO1
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pucholt Zdeněk, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hrouzková Tereza, Mgr.
Course content
Theoretical areas: Experiments in teaching physics. Experiment in physical science. Classification of experiments in school physics. Didactic functions of experiments. Didactic requirements for a demonstration experiment. The main phases of the demonstration experiment. Technique of preparation and realization of demonstration experiments. Principles and rules of work safety during experiments. General focus of realized experiments: Kinematics of a mass point (uniform and non-uniform motion, accelerated motion, free fall); dynamics of a mass point and a system of mass points (interaction of bodies, Newton's laws of motion, non-inertial reference systems and inertial forces); rigid body mechanics (moment of force, folding and decomposition of forces, center of gravity, flywheels); motions of bodies in the homogeneous gravitational field of the Earth (compound movements, motions in resistive environments, weightless state); fluid mechanics (fluid pressure, buoyancy, fluid flow and flow around bodies). Kinetic theory of substances; thermodynamic system; internal energy and its changes; thermal processes in gases and heat engines; properties of solids, liquids and gases; changes of state. Harmonic and compound oscillations; forced oscillations and resonance; mechanical waves in a flexible environment; interference, reflection, refraction and bending of mechanical waves; standing waves.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Observation, Demonstration, Projection (static, dynamic), Laboratory Work, Work Activities, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Semestral Work - 5 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 39 hours per semester
  • Excursion - 5 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 13 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 13 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 13 hours per semester
  • Excursion - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 13 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 39 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course is a part of the basic subject teaching of students of physics teaching in the Master's degree. It aims to acquaint students with the basic idea, meaning and appropriate concept of physical experiments in education at primary and grammar schools. Part of the course is the study of theoretical aspects of physical experiments and especially their practical application in the thematic areas (mechanics, molecular physics and thermodynamics, oscillations, waves and acoustics).
Student after completing the course defines and describes the physical experiment, including its importance in education; categorizes physical experiments according to the selected taxonomy; proposes a suitable arrangement of laboratory equipment to demonstrate the issue; demonstrates a physical experiment with regard to the chosen topic, target group, method of integration into the lesson and follows the achievement of the learning goal; explains the theoretical backgroud of the physical experiment, taking into account the target group; actively acts as a teacher in model situations, uses activation methods; designs and critically evaluates an analogous implementation of a physical experiment.
Prerequisites
Expert knowledge of physics (mechanics, molecular physics and thermodynamics, oscillations, waves and acoustics). Basics of physics didactics for primary and grammar schools.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Systematic Observation of Student, Seminar Work

Compulsory completion of introductory safety training. Active participation in lessons, including previous home preparation (a maximum of one absence during the semester is allowed). Excursion to a selected workplace, participation in a professional seminar, workshop or conference. Organization and participation in popularization events (only full-time study). Creation of seminar work (only combined and complementary pedagogical studies). Successful completion of the final exam (examination period).
Recommended literature
  • E. Svoboda a kol. (2006). Didaktika fyziky základní a střední školy (vybrané kapitoly). Praha: Karolinum.
  • E. Svoboda a kol. (2020). Fyzika pro gymnázia - Molekulová fyzika a termika. Praha: Prometheus.
  • E. Svoboda a kol. (2010). Pokusy z fyziky na střední škole 1. Praha: Prometheus.
  • E. Svoboda a kol. (1997). Pokusy z fyziky na střední škole 2. Praha: Prometheus.
  • F. Látal. (2012). Školní pokusy (studijní modul). Olomouc: VUP.
  • I. Štoll. (2001). Fyzika pro netechnické obory SOŠ a SOU. Praha: Prometheus.
  • J. Žouželka. (1993). Praktikum školních pokusů z fyziky 1. Olomouc: VUP.
  • M. Bednařík a kol. (2020). Fyzika pro gymnázia - Mechanika. Praha: Prometheus.
  • M. Randa a kol. (2021). Fyzika 6: pro základní školy a víceletá gymnázia. Plzeň: Fraus.
  • M. Randa a kol. (2021). Fyzika 7: pro základní školy a víceletá gymnázia. Plzeň: Fraus.
  • M. Randa a kol. (2021). Fyzika 8: pro základní školy a víceletá gymnázia. Plzeň: Fraus.
  • M. Randa a kol. (2021). Fyzika 9: pro základní školy a víceletá gymnázia. Plzeň: Fraus.
  • O. Lepil a kol. (2012). Fyzika pro střední školy 1. Praha: Prometheus.
  • O. Lepil. (2021). Fyzika pro gymnázia - Mechanické kmitání a vlnění. Praha: Prometheus.
  • R. Kolářová a kol. (2021). Fyzika pro 6. ročník základní školy. Praha: Prometheus.
  • R. Kolářová a kol. (2014). Fyzika pro 7. ročník základní školy. Praha: Prometheus.
  • R. Kolářová a kol. (2014). Fyzika pro 8. ročník základní školy. Praha: Prometheus.
  • R. Kolářová a kol. (2014). Fyzika pro 9. ročník základní školy. Praha: Prometheus.


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