Curriculum Resources

Below are links to courseware developed for use by teachers in Modeling Workshops. Modeling Instruction is a curriculum design, not a curriculum. Thus it is very flexible: adaptable to diverse populations, course levels, grades and content areas.

Mechanics curriculum resources - Open to any visitor, this folder contains an older, outdated version of Teacher Notes, labs, worksheets and readings for the 1st semester mechanics portion of a high school physics course. The quizzes and tests have been removed. The materials are in Portable Document Format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (download free from Adobe to view these files.

2nd Semester Physics

models of light - overview
mechanical waves and sound - overview , list of java applets and some wave movies
microscopic E&M - overview and electrostatics movies
Modeling-modified CASTLE - overview

Chemistry Storyline view download`

Participants resources is a password-protected folder containing updated curriculum resources accessible by Modeling Workshop participants. These materials are available in Microsoft Word and pdf formats. They include:

mechanics for grades 11 and 12
mechanics for a 9th grade physics course (two versions)
2nd semester portion of a high school physics course; these include

models of light

mechanical waves and sound

microscopic model of E&M

Modeling-modified CASTLE electricity

AP physics units
one semester of an 8th-9th grade physical science course
a year of Modeling Instruction in chemistry. (updated frequently)
draft resources for modeling in earth science (Aug 2006)
Special Relativity: a 2-week unit
math courses: 64 modeling activities
Excel spreadsheets to analyze the FCI, TUG-K, MBT, CSEM
Lawson "Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning"
DIRECT (circuits diagnostic), CSEM, BEMA; other concept inventories reqested by teachers, if available

Links to resources for hand-held data collection devices and calculators for processing the data.

CASIO resources for the 9850 calculator and EA-100 data collection device

Vernier Software info on the use of TI CBL and calculators

Material in this web site is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant
No. ESI-9353423. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material
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This page was last updated on March 7, 2011