Preparing for the S207 revision day is a big challenge. The module covers such a huge range of physics, so students can ask questions about almost anything.
Last year there were three tutors along, and we relied heavily on Alan Cayless's experience and organisational skills. This year it will be just me and Robert Gibson running the event.
Robert and I exchanged one or two emails about the event, but we did not mange to get into regular contact, so I set out to prepare a plan for the day. I worked around building a PowerPoint presentation holding a set of revision questions and answers, and a very brief review of key topics for each book.
I sent this email to Robert about my thinking:
I have also worked through the "S207 Revision Examples". This is pretty good for the core of our session. I am thinking of turning it into a PowerPoint-plus-whiteboard activity. I would want to emphasise thinking physically about each problem first. For each book we could have a slide of some key physics issues. Then a Question slide. I would ask the students (as a group) to explain the issues and the physics solution method, then let them work it out in small groups. Then a slide of the 'official answer' (or our own version on the whiteboard).
That document needs to be supplemented with some additional stuff for the later chapters. I am sure we could find that amongst the materials we have or get it from last year's TMAs.
We could precede all this with some introductory marks.
And follow it with a review of the question paper and strategy discussion.
Then let the students go through selected 2002 questions.
Also, for students who are really well prepared and who can solve the problems easily we need a few extra problem sheets to keep them occupied.
What do you think?
I soon followed that up with an another idea:
I have also found a set of papers for a matching-definitions activity. I think this would also be useful early in the day to get people's brains working.
Then I sent a draft of the PowerPoint:
The attached file is what I have so far. I have added three questions to the existing set, on relativity, the uncertainty principle and particle physics.
Hopefully this is heading in the right direction, and the slides will be viewable across the room?
S207 'The physical world' revision day
Preparing for the S207 revision day is a big challenge. The module covers such a huge range of physics, so students can ask questions about almost anything.
Last year there were three tutors along, and we relied heavily on Alan Cayless's experience and organisational skills. This year it will be just me and Robert Gibson running the event.
Robert and I exchanged one or two emails about the event, but we did not mange to get into regular contact, so I set out to prepare a plan for the day. I worked around building a PowerPoint presentation holding a set of revision questions and answers, and a very brief review of key topics for each book.
I sent this email to Robert about my thinking:
I have also worked through the "S207 Revision Examples". This is pretty good for the core of our session. I am thinking of turning it into a PowerPoint-plus-whiteboard activity. I would want to emphasise thinking physically about each problem first. For each book we could have a slide of some key physics issues. Then a Question slide. I would ask the students (as a group) to explain the issues and the physics solution method, then let them work it out in small groups. Then a slide of the 'official answer' (or our own version on the whiteboard).
I soon followed that up with an another idea: