Visualization in Physical Science
July 8, 2004
The Science House, Raleigh, NC

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Scientific visualization is a computer graphics technology employed by scientists in model building that has great potential for K-12 education in science, math and technology. The Science House, in conjunction with the College of Education at NCSU, will offer a teacher professional development workday on Thursday, July 8, 2004. The workshop is open to middle school and high school physical science, physics, and chemistry teachers. Participating teachers will receive a stipend for the day.

The goal of the workshop is to identify curriculum areas in the physical sciences where models will be most useful in augmenting student understanding and engagement. Teachers will share and assess different visual models (2D paper models, 3D construction kits, web-based graphics and animations) that can be used to enhance students' understanding of a variety of physical science topics and processes. Participants are asked to bring and share materials that they are currently using to help
students visualize topics related to physical science, physics, or chemistry science instruction.

This workshop is sponsored by funds from the North Carolina GSK Foundation, granted to the North Carolina State University College of Education.

Electric Fields Powerpoint
http://physics.bgsu.edu/~stoner/P202/efield/sld001.htm

Exploring Electric Fields
http://www.gel.ulaval.ca/~mbusque/elec/main_e.html

Electric Fields Applet
http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~phys1/java/phys1/EField/EField.html

Charges and Fields (Java Applet)
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/nforcefield.html

3D Electric Field Applet
http://www.falstad.com/vector3de/index.html