Conveners
Lab work and experiments: 004,073,080,093
- Chairman: Leoš Dvořák
Lab work and experiments: 079,055,148,023
- Chairman: Marián Kireš
Description
LAB: Lab work and experiments in physics education.
These days, teachers face an increasing challenge in motivating students, especially in physics. Classical experiments are often difficult to carry out with outdated experimental equipment and cannot compete with the stimulating environment. These circumstances have led to a significant change in the attitude of students towards physics. Increasingly popular, low-cost and widely available...
The contribution focuses on exploring upper secondary students’ intrinsic motivation and its predictors in relation to different student engagement in experimental activities. The data were collected via a questionnaire based on the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory and analysed using Welch’s one-way ANOVA. Three experimental activities were compared: (1) lecture demonstrations with low student...
The purpose of this activity is the measurement of the average speed of the comet C/2019 Y4 in the course of the observations of 2 April, made through SVAS. We provide 12 centered and aligned images of the same celestial field: the comet is visible in the foreground. The average speed will be measured in relation to a reference system attached to the observation point. In the course of the...
The Kibble balance is an instrument used for determining mass in the new definition of the SI system. The fact that this is a rather complex device may complicate students’ understanding of how the unit of mass is now defined. A simple model (showing just the “electromagnetic part” of the Kibble balance, not the relation of a kilogram to Planck's constant) can help understand the principle of...
According to researchers in the Nature of Science (NoS), it is desirable that students are directly exposed to the process of building of scientific knowledge, in particular concerning the role of models and theories. In this contribution, a few experimental activities, aimed at explicitly showing several aspects of the role of models in science, are described. In order to set the stage, the...
We offer a workshop for high school physics teachers to share good practices of using Arduino for teaching electromagnetism. Arduino-based classroom experimentation gives the opportunity to students to work in groups and conduct experiments with the application of modern devices. It involves students completely in the work processes and in their own learning processes, and develops those...
Extended reality (XR) technology blends the physical and virtual worlds, and has significant potential to transform education. Augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) provide an interactive learning experience that allows students to visualize and explore complex concepts. AR technology is particularly useful for physics as it can provide an immersive and interactive learning experience,...
We present a new kit designed to perform an educational study of several common devices that exhibit opto-electronic phenomena: LEDs, solar cells, photodiodes.
The Devices Under Test (DUT) are studied using a cheap datalogger, controlled by a common smartphone, and a board with plugs (where the DUTs may be mounted) and potentiometers that allow to obtain characteristic I-V curves and other...
