Science One Physics
Announcements
August 31, 2014
Welcome
to UBC and Science One! I'm really looking forward to teaching you
physics this year together with James Charbonneau and our TA Victoria Grandy. Our plan is to make the course very interactive;
lots of physics education research (and common sense) suggests that
students learn more if they are actually thinking in class instead of
just listening to someone talk. So the plan is to have an "active
learning classroom" where various learning activities (including
worksheets, interactive demos, and conceptual questions for the class)
will be integrated into the lectures. To help facilitate some of the
activities, **you will need an i-clicker**,
which can be purchased at the bookstore (or probably online). You won't
need it until the week after next, so there isn't really a rush.
I'm looking forward to meeting everyone next week and getting to know you all.