OVERVIEW

The course want to contribute to the training teacher in physics  of the future primary and nurcery school teacher, dealing with some subject presents in the school books. A phenomenolocical  and experimental  approach to the physics will be suggested ;  the studend and the teacher   observe and describe  the sorrounding phenomenons with a correct language as well as they can. An analysis of the text-books  will be made.

AIMS AND CONTENT

TEACHING METHODS

In the course we deal with the subjects with reference to everyday phenomenons, actions and things. They  will be supplied with classroom experiences and a simple but correct explanation of the observed phenomenons will be given, expounding the models and the physical principles on with they are based. The mathematic formalization will be reduced  to the lowest possible. Some pathes, suitable to introduce the choosen subjects in the primary and nurcery school, will be suggested and described in detail. A great importance will be given to stimulate the observation and the description of the phenomenons and to the experiments.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

I

In this course we will discuss the following subjects:

 -“Scientific method”, physical  quantities, scale of measure.

  - Linear, square and cubic measures;

 -  The concepts  of mass and weigth, density;

- Interctions between  two objects and definition of force;

- Forces , contact forces and dynamic equilibrium;

- Properties of fluids, pressure in a static fluid and Pascal’s principle, Archimede’s principle and applications;

- Concept of  energy e some his caracteristics;

. Light and  correlated  phenomenons: cromatic properties of a light source (visible specrum of ligth), the colour perception (the additive mixing of colours); the mixing of colored substance  (the subtractive mixing of colours);  the colour  of the things  related to ligth source), reflectione and rifraction of ligth;

- Image formation and lenses  properties.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

The text of the dealed subjects in the lectures and the files of the suggested experiments, will be downloaded in AulaWeb.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

GIANANGELO BRACCO (President)

NADIA PARODI (President)

EMANUELE FELICE PIANO (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

21 February 2017

Class schedule

DIDATTICA DELLA FISICA

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examination.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

A discussion of a group didactic projects of a subject  choosen out of those dealed in the course will be made (no more than 4 students). Questions about the other subjets in the syllabus will be made.