2021 CAP Virtual Congress / Congrès virtuel de l'ACP 2021

Session

W3-3 High School Physics (DPE) / Physique du secondaire (DEP)

W3-3

9 Jun 2021, 15:45

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Conveners

W3-3 High School Physics (DPE) / Physique du secondaire (DEP)

• Daria Ahrensmeier (Simon Fraser University)

203. (I) The fast and the furious: special relativity for high school students

Gabor Kunstatter (University of Winnipeg)

09/06/2021, 15:45

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)

One of the problems educators often confront is the lack of preparedness and engagement of physics students as they enter university. Two potential causes are 1) some students think physics is about tedious descriptions of balls rolling down ramps, 2) students may have no motivation for learning algebra. Special relativity (SR) is no weirder for high school students than for university...

269. The Development of Astroparticle Educational Resources for High Schools

Ian Doktor (University of Alberta), Marie-Cécile Piro (University of Alberta)

09/06/2021, 16:15

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral not-in-competition (Graduate Student) / Orale non-compétitive (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

High School physics programs across the country all include outcomes related to subatomic particles and their interactions with matter and fields. Despite this, many high school teachers have received little training in particle physics and are often unaware of the contributions Canadian Physicists are making in this area. To help bridge the gap between university research and high school...