Exploring Physics in the Classroom

The key to learning is student involvement! This AAPT/PTRA manual presents examples of two techniques that are proven to increase student involvement in your classroom. Based on “5E” model of learning, exploratories are designed to get your students excited about the material they will explore in your classroom with you Practicums are a unique method of measuring a class’s learning in an “authentic” manner that will ensure the whole class is excited and totally immersed in the process. 

Other AAPT/PTRA Manuals: 
• Teaching about Color and Color Vision 
• Teaching about Cosmology: A Programmed Guide for High School Teaching and Learning 
• Teaching about D.C. Electric Circuits 
• Teaching about Electrostatics 
   Teaching about Impulse and Momentum
• Teaching about Lightwave Communications 
• Teaching about Magnetism 
• The Role of Graphing Calculators in Teaching Physics 
• The Role of the Laboratory in Teaching Introductory Physics 
• The Role of Toys in Teaching Physics