Teaching Physics for the First Time

This book is designed to be a quick and easy resource for anyone teaching physics for the irst time, whether he/she is new to teaching or new to teaching physics. Jan Mader and Mary Winn have worked extensively with beginning teachers and with teachers who were teaching physics and/or physical sciences without formal preparation in the content areas.
The goal of the book is to provide a supply of reliable activities (labs, demos, etc.) that work easily when attempted in the classroom. The activities emphasize the hands-on approach to learning physics concepts. Lesson plans written in learning cycles as well as teacher notes for every activity are included.
The book is not the end — it is a beginning of a “bag of tricks” on which new physics teachers will build. Soon both the instructor and students will realize that a day without physics does not exist and that physics is a “phun” adventure.
AAPT/PTRA Resource Books
• Exploring Physics in the Classroom, G. Amman
• Role of Graphing Calculators in Teaching Physics, C. Lehman, et al.
• Role of the Laboratory in Teaching Introductory Physics, J. and J. Nelson
• Role of Toys in Teaching Physics, J. and R. McCullough
• Teaching About Color and Color Vision, B. Franklin
• Teaching About Cosmology, L. Krauss and G. Starkmann
• Teaching About D.C. Electric Circuits, E. Feltyberger, et al.
• Teaching About Electrostatics, R. Morse
• Teaching About Energy, J. Roeder
• Teaching About Impulse and Momentum, B. Franklin
• Teaching About Lightwave Communications, M. Davids, et al.
• Teaching About Magnetism, R. Reiland