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TEACHING A DIVERSE HISTORY OF PHYSICS: WOMEN AND AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES SPS Interns: Connor Day, Agnes Scott College Brean Prefontaine, Drexel University Mentor: Dr. Greg Good Motivation? Creating educational materials:

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TEACHING A DIVERSE HISTORY OF PHYSICS: WOMEN AND AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES

SPS Interns: Connor Day, Agnes Scott College Brean Prefontaine, Drexel University Mentor: Dr. Greg Good

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Motivation?

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Creating educational materials:

https://www.aip.org/history-programs/physics-history/materials-teachers-students

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Lesson plans and more…

  • Currently on the AIP Center for History of Physics website

there are:

  • 20 lesson plans pertaining to women in the history of physics and

related fields

  • 19 lesson plans pertaining to African Americans in the history of

physics and related fields

  • Most lesson plans are accompanied with additional

materials (such as case studies, crossword puzzles, worksheets, video links, and suggestions for other activities)

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Current Lesson Plans:

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Utilizing Resources:

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The 5E model:

Evaluate

Engage Explore Explain Elaborate

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Revised Lesson Plans:

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African American physicists lesson plan:

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Standards and the lessons:

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Additional Materials:

  • This summer we also developed three games that can be

played in the classroom:

  • Phystory
  • The Scientists of Catan
  • Heads Up
  • All of these games will be available online in PDF format

so that teachers can download and make their own set

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The Scientists of Catan

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Heads Up

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Phystory

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Incorporating Teacher Feedback

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Organization:

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Future Topics:

Gabriela Gonzalez, courtesy of LSU

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  • Dr. Greg Good
  • Joanna Behrman
  • Joe Anderson, Melanie Mueller, Stephanie Jankowski, and all of

the staff of the Niels Bohr Library and Archives

  • AIP Statistical Research Center
  • Society of Physics Students
  • Past interns and their contributions to the project