Options for Field Work
Practicum 4460/5460
In order to support your understanding of PER in practice, each week you should be participating in fieldwork. The goal is for you to participate in an educaitonal setting where you can teach, observe, conduct research, or otherwise put the PER into practice.
Below are a few options where you might consider doing your fieldwork. Of course, since you are designing this course you are encouraged to work in any environment suited for your examining educational practices in physics. See me about arranging for other placements of your design. Note for each week of participating in fieldsites, you should be turning in fieldnotes.
** exisiting programs / set
* exisiting parterships; programs need to be set-up.
CU Courses:
** CU 1110- Intro Mechanics: Work with TA’s / LAs in Tutorials (mechanics) – Wed** (9a-5p) and Thursdays (8a-5p)(with prep sessions on Monday 4-5:30 mandatory)- up to 20 folks
Work with internationally recognized educators [Mike Dubson and Steven Pollock]*CU Phys 1010: Physics of Everyday Life. Help non-science majors appreciate and engage in science. Participate in inclass lectures, T/ Th 11a-12:15p [Eleanor Hodby]
Any middle or uppder division course that you can convince an instrucctor to participate in. I"m optimistic about:
CU 3330- J-lab (electronics lab): consider laboratory revisions for future; what do incoming grads need from j-lab exprience?
CU 3310: E/M see the impacts of transformations from our own Prof. Pollock
CU 3220: Q/M: work in Friday Tutorial sessions if these are being offered..
Or any CU course that you and we (your instructors) arrange / agree upon
K-12 & Informal Ed World:
** Boulder High School: (M-F times vary) [1-3 ppl]
- 9th grade physical science (1st semester is physics),[ with CU Alumn: Ryan O'Block]
- 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th period. Boulder High bell schedule, and the Boulder High calendar.
** PISEC: (middle school) [2-10 ppl]
- Partnerships in Informal Science Education in Community:
Run programs with under-rep. kids in afterschool setting/ focusing on engaging kids in physics.
Overseen by the intnernationally renowned JILA/PFC, and PER group at CU. [Katie Hinko]
Time: 1 meeting / week in afternoon (2 hrs) see below. Starts the week of Sept 14 with prep sessions in advance.
Likely venues:
- Timberline Middle School (likely Thursdays -- not preferable given conflict with class, but still possible):
Arriving back to campus ~5:30p
- Sunset Middle School ( Tues) -
-- - Longmont, 2:45-3:45pm (leave campus early, return at 4:30pm)
- Columbine Elementary school (still TBD)
- Special opportunity: PISEC expansion at Noel Arts School (counts as 1.5 visits per day given travel)
--- help build a program that links physics and arts through dance.
--- Mondays, Noel Community Arts School, Denver, 3:30-4:30pm (leave campus at 2:30pm, return at 5:30pm)** Science Discovery (3-5 ppl)
- Participate in one of a series of after-school and homeschool classes during the fall semester. Schedule TBD. [Anjali Maus]
- Help deisign a STEM workshop (comprised of three interconnected classes) with a physical science focus. The workshop will be a full-day program to be provided to schools around the state (aimed at students
in grades 4-8). Fall would be a good time to observe/participate in the workshop development process. [Eric Carpenter ]
** SparkFun Electronics: intern with educational designers at SparkFun
Current PER research projects
Social Psychological Studies (observing class practices) in 1110? [Ito]
PhET Interactive Computer simulations [Perkins]
Expanding STEM to STEAM (PISEC extension in Denver) [Hyater-Adams]
Modern Physics for engineers... [Finkelstein/ Hoy]
Or programs of your design that you approve with your instructors...
e.g. There are plenty of campus based programs in the community
and internship programs and service learning opportunities: