Didactic Laboratory of Physics

Recommended Prerequisites

1st cycle  in Chemistry or Physics.

Teaching Methods

It is intended to familiarize the student with new educational technologies through practical work with very short lead times. The experimental work will be divided into thematic groups. Students should have as reference the curricula approved by the Ministry of Education. Diversification of analysis of some practical work in different teaching units will be one of the objectives to be achieved, looking for foster profitability of experimental work on the basis of educational goals and timeliness in pedagogical practice.

Learning Outcomes

To develop the ability to promote the experimental  teaching of Physics.

To adapt experimental activities of physics in the context of  secondary education.

To develop the ability to use new didactic resources in the physics teaching domain.

Generic competence to achieve:

- competence in organizing and planing;

- competence in problem solving;

- competence in critical reasoning;

- adaptability to new situations;

- competence in aplying in practice the theoretical knowledge;

- competence in analysis and synthesis;

- competence in oral and written communication;

- informatics as a tool for study  knowledge

- ability to do  team work

- ability to establish a self-evaluation and self-criticisms;

(in decreasing order of importance).

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Planning and executing experimental activities of different thematic units of classical and modern physics.

The experiments will be performed in acontext adapted to the physics official programs of  secondary school. Modern equipment like computers and graphical calculators will be used associated with sensors allowing for the automatic data acquisition aswell as traditional (manual) data acquisition.

Head Lecturer(s)

Telma Henriques Esperança

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Frequency: 20.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 80.0%

Bibliography

Física Experimental - Uma introdução. M.C. Abreu, L. Matias, L.F. Peralta. Editorial Presença, Lisboa, 1994.

Data reduction and error analysis for the physical sciences. P.R. Bevington. McGraw-HillData Analysis(3rd .ed). Siegmund Brandt. Springer, New York, 1999.

Compêndios de Física Geral de nível universitário

Compêndios de Física do ensino básico e secundário

Manuais de instrução de equipamento didáctico

Programas de ensino da Física do Curso Científico-Humanístico de Ciências e Tecnologia do ensino secundário (Ministério da Educação: Departamento do Ensino Secundário)

Ciências Físicas e Naturais: Orientações Curriculares do 3º ciclo do ensino básico. (Ministério da Educação: Departamento de Educação Básica)