How-it-works laboratory activities in which students discover underlying physics¶

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Description¶

A recurring laboratory activity type is planned in every lab edition: "it was always planned in the lab at least an activity that we can call How it works." The authors report this activity type is very stimulating because students "literally discover the underlying physics, as expected in a context-based approach (Kortland 2005)". Examples include a spectroscope, a photovoltaic panel, and a Stirling machine.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Almost all laboratories lead to at least one measure and its error evaluation
• Laboratories use poor materials or educational devices provided by some schools

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• high-school students

Target Learning Goals¶

• discovering the physics underlying everyday devices
• measurement and error evaluation

Claims¶

Related Elements¶

• Pigelleto's Summer School of Physics: a full-immersion orientation program for high-school students

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Benedetti R., Mariotti E., Montalbano V., Porri A. (2011). Active and cooperative learning paths in the Pigelleto's Summer School of Physics. FFP12, Udine. https://www.sif.it