{"id":888,"date":"2018-01-09T09:52:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T17:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c21-wp.phas.ubc.ca\/?page_id=888"},"modified":"2020-01-08T17:28:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T01:28:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/c21.phas.ubc.ca\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"888\" class=\"elementor elementor-888\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce2ef16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce2ef16\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efc6a43\" data-id=\"efc6a43\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80cd24d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80cd24d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Your resource to make physics teaching relevant to real world contexts.\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f33f52d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f33f52d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Physics is a core subject that deals with many real life issues &#8211; reusable energy, climate change, and medical advancement. Yet it can be a challenge to link physics concepts to these important issues; most high school and university physics curriculum materials do not contain lessons and problem sets directly related to realistic problems. With this in mind, we set out to develop an extensive online database of materials which can support instructors who want to incorporate realworld physics examples and problems into their courses.<\/p><p>In this website you will find:<\/p><ul type=\"DISC\"><li>overviews that clearly explain the physics concepts in a real world context<\/li><li>lecture notes in the form of power point presentations<\/li><li>data sheets with realistic numbers and information<\/li><li>problem sets and exam questions that would interest students (including solutions)<\/li><li>take-home experiments that can be done by students or by teachers as demonstrations in class<\/li><\/ul><p>The materials on this site were developed by a team of physics instructors at the University of British Columbia and are in the process of being tested by high school teachers and graduate and undergraduate physics students. Ongoing surveying of instructors and student using this resource is being undertaken and feedback is appreciated at any time. Each topic is connected to curriculum content and learning outcomes within the high school science curriculum in the province of British Columbia (which in many cases follows the Pan-Canadian Science Curriculum). We provide solutions to all problem sets and multiple choice questions, which in some cases include providing excel spreadsheets to perform simulations and calculations. Take home experiments are tested and sample data sets provided. Therefore we hope that these materials can be easily incorporated into existing secondary and undergraduate physics courses.<\/p><p>We hope that through this website, we can encourage students&#8217; critical thinking and problem solving skills, and eventually help instructors to make sustainability central to their teaching.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><hr \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2403f42 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2403f42\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cce4a8\" data-id=\"6cce4a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-794a2a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"794a2a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>People involved in the project:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d064d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d064d0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b97a102\" data-id=\"b97a102\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecbccfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"ecbccfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"contributors\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\">Janelle van Dongen<\/span><span class=\"title\">PhD Student<\/span><span class=\"department\">Department of Physics &amp; Astronomy<\/span> <span class=\"institution\">University of British Columbia<\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phas.ubc.ca\/users\/andrzej-kotlicki\">Andrzej Kotlicki<\/a><\/span><span class=\"title\">Faculty<\/span><span class=\"department\">Department of Physics &amp; Astronomy<\/span> <span class=\"institution\">University of British Columbia<\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.phas.ubc.ca\/about-us\/about\/\">Theresa Liao<\/a><\/span><span class=\"title\">Communications Coordinator<\/span><span class=\"department\">Department of Physics &amp; Astronomy<\/span> <span class=\"institution\">University of British Columbia<\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\">Mathew (Sandy) Martinuk<\/span><span class=\"title\">PhD Student<\/span><span class=\"department\">Department of Physics &amp; Astronomy<\/span> <span class=\"institution\">University of British Columbia<\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"contributor\"><span class=\"name\">Rachel Moll<\/span><span class=\"title\">Instructor<\/span><span class=\"department\">Department of Curriculum &amp; 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