Physics Teacher Institute

The APEX Physics Teacher Institute (PTI)

APEX PTI will be comprised of three cohorts of teachers:

• Cohort 1: 2013-2015
• Cohort 2: 2014-2016
• Cohort 3: 2015-2017

Each cohort will participate in two week summer workshops and three two day follow-up workshops during the academic year, for three consecutive years.

The following topics are covered:

Year 1

• DCK
  1. Kinematics
  2. Newton's Laws of Motion
  3. Work, Energy & Power
  4. Impulse & Momentum
  5. Circular Motion & Rotation
  6. Oscillations
  7. Gravitation
  8. CASTLE
• PCK
  1. Misconceptions & Ideas
  2. Effective Teaching Strategies
  3. Learning Environments
• TPACK
  1. Content Management Systems
  2. Blackboard
  3. Computer Modeling