New! Masters of Science in Education (C&I) Secondary Science (Physics Track)
Program Description
TV Newspot (*.WMV)


About the Modeling Method

   Introduction to the Modeling Method (Lattery, 2004) [pdf]
   Facilitating Discourse (Schmitt & Lattery, 2004) [pdf]
   Modeling Methodology for Physics Teachers (Hestenes, 1996) [pdf]
   Toward a Modeling Method of Physics Instruction (Hestenes, 1987) [pdf]

Physics Teaching Articles

    A Student-Centered Interactive Color Quiz (Ed Wyrembeck)
    Inductively Modeling Parallel, Normal, and Frictional Forces  (Ed Wyrembeck)
    Video Analysis with a Web Camera  (Ed Wyrembeck)   

Supplemental Institute Materials

    Spring 2006 (Year 2)
         Demo 1:  Simple One Way Trip of a Fan Cart
         Demo 2:  With Additional Mass
         Demo 3:  Double Fan Experiment
         Demo 4:  Step Up in Force
         Demo 5:  Step Down in Force
         Demo 7:  Step Down in Force to Zero (Double Fan)

    Summer 2005 (Year 2)
        Syllabus
        Unit 2:  Homework 6 (Impulse)
        Unit 3:  Chemistry Diagnostic Answers (correction)
        Unit 3:  Chemical Equilibrium (correction)
            Lesson 2:  Colorimetery
            Excel Popcorn Seed Activity  (Excel file)

    Summer 2004 (Year 1)
        Syllabus
        Lesson 1:  Graphing
        Lesson 2:  Data Analysis Tasks
        Lesson 2:  Data Analysis Lab Practicals
        Lesson 4:  Area Underpinnings

Related Sites

Modeling Method of Physics Instruction (Arizonta State University)
Wisconsin Association of Physics Teachers
American Association of Physics Teachers
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Science Outreach
Professor Lattery's Homepage