{"id":177,"date":"2015-05-22T16:43:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T16:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/activitybasedphysics\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2015-07-02T20:03:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T20:03:43","slug":"exploration-in-physics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/activitybasedphysics\/exploration-in-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploration in Physics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Explorations in Physics<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>(EiP) is an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaas.org\/news\/releases\/2012\/0127sp_ibi.shtml\">award-winning<\/a>\u00a0hands-on curriculum developed to help non-science majors improve their understanding of the scientific enterprise. The authors, Dr. Priscilla Laws, Dr. David Jackson, and Dr. Scott Franklin, are well-known contributors to Physics Education Research. The materials developed in <em>EiP<\/em> are unique in two main criteria. First, the students are engaged in guided-inquiry to develop their understanding of the physics concepts. Second, the students are put in the place of identifying a question of interest to them and then developing and conducting an experiment to help them answer their own question.<\/p>\n<p>Originally designed as a non-science-major college science course, it has been adapted and adopted for use in high school classes. It does not attempt to cover a complete curriculum in physics, but rather exposes the learner to some major concepts through personal experience and invites them to engage in answering their own questions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/physics.dickinson.edu\/~eip_web\/Images\/eip_web_mainpage.jpg\" alt=\"EiP Pictures\" width=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first four units in the Explorations in Physics Curriculum\u00a0\u00a0was initially sponsored by grants from the Dana Foundation,\u00a0the <em>Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)<\/em>\u00a0as well as the\u00a0<em>National Science Foundation.<\/em> These initial units were\u00a0published by <em>John Wiley and Sons, Inc.\u00a0<\/em>However, at present, a total of eight units are available. These include:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">1. Motion<br \/>\n2.\u00a0Light, Sight and Rainbows<br \/>\n3. Heat, Temperature and Cloud Formation<br \/>\n4. Pressure<br \/>\n5. Atoms<br \/>\n6. Sound<br \/>\n7. Population<br \/>\n8. Magnets, Field and Motors<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explorations in Physics\u00a0(EiP) is an\u00a0award-winning\u00a0hands-on curriculum developed to help non-science majors improve their understanding of the scientific enterprise. The authors, Dr. Priscilla Laws, Dr. David Jackson, and Dr. Scott Franklin, are well-known contributors to Physics Education Research. The materials developed in EiP are unique in two main criteria. First, the students are engaged in guided-inquiry &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/activitybasedphysics\/exploration-in-physics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exploration in Physics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2673,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-177","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/activitybasedphysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/activitybasedphysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/activitybasedphysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/activitybasedphysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2673"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/activitybasedphysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/activitybasedphysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/activitybasedphysics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}