engage, excite, educate.

Robert Fischer 22 slides | <45 min Convincing IBL teaching material

our goal  

the key figure  

in a nutshell…  To  make  young  people  experience  the  fascina6on    of  working  scien6fically    with  their  own  hands  and  minds.  

Goal:  Hands-­‐on  experiments  

Inquiry  based  learning  

Support  for  teacher  (free!):  Material  as  class  set  

Worksheets,  factsheets,  materials  to  prepare  the  lesson  

Photonics  Explorer  kit: Class  set  of  experimental  material;    

 for  25-­‐30  students  working  in  groups  Guided  inquiry  based  didac6c  framework  

―   Worksheet  for  students  ―   Teacher  guide  ―   Fact  sheet  ―   Mul6media  

Modular  structure: 8  modules,    

 for  lower  &  upper  secondary  Easy  integra6on  and  flexibility  Editable  

a comprehensive educational kit  

what’s in the box?  Components  in  the  kit

10  aluminium  mirrors  (7x7  cm)  10    colour  filter  sets  (7x4  cm)  including    red,  green,  blue,  cyan,  magenta  and  yellow  10  LED  modules  with  red,  green  and  blue  LEDs  10  sets  of  robust  plas6c  lenses  with  the    focal  lengths  30  mm,  -­‐30  mm,  and  150  mm  10  foils  with  slit  and  double  slit   for  op6cal  diffrac6on  experiments  10  diffracDon  graDngs    2  sets  of  diffracDve  opDcal  elements    20  polarisers  (7x5  cm)  5  m  polymer  opDcal  fibre 10  eyesafe  Lasers

experimental material for IBL  

Simple  

Versa6le  

Robust  

Safe  

Photonics  Explorer  kit: Class  set  of  experimental  material;    

 for  25-­‐30  students  working  in  groups  Guided  inquiry  based  didac6c  framework  

―   Worksheet  for  students  ―   Teacher  guide  ―   Fact  sheet  ―   Mul6media  

Modular  structure: 8  modules,    

 for  lower  &  upper  secondary  Easy  integra6on  and  flexibility  Editable  

a comprehensive educational kit  

educational modules  Lower  secondary  level Light  signals  –  the  proper6es  of  light  and  its  use  in  telecommunica6on  Colours  –  colour  percep6on,  addi6ve  and  subtrac6ve  colour  mixing    Lenses  and  telescopes  –  refrac6on  and  imaging  Eye  and  vision  –  comparison  between  human  eyes  and  digital  cameras  

Upper  secondary  level A  scienDst’s  job  –  encouraging  esp.  young  women  to  pursue  careers  in  science  and  engineering  Making  light  –  comparing  different  light  sources,  laser  DiffracDon  and  interference  –  diffrac6on  on  (double)  slit,  spectrometry  PolarisaDon  –  applica6ons  in  displays  and  life  sciences  

module 5 : polarisation  Content  

designed  for  upper  secondary  

1  lesson  

1  worksheet,    1  fact  sheet,    teacher  notes  

module 5 : polarisation  

module 6 : making light  Content  

designed  for  upper  secondary  

3  lessons  

2  worksheets,    1  fact  sheet,    teacher  notes  

module 6 : making light  

Photonics  Explorer  kit: Class  set  of  experimental  material;    

 for  25-­‐30  students  working  in  groups  Guided  inquiry  based  didac6c  framework  

―   Worksheet  for  students  ―   Teacher  guide  ―   Fact  sheet  ―   Mul6media  

Modular  structure: 8  modules,    

 for  lower  &  upper  secondary  Easy  integra6on  and  flexibility  Editable  

a comprehensive educational kit  

equip and train teachers  

step-by-step  1)  Ask  teachers  what  is  needed 2)  Look  at  curricula 3)  Design  concept  intra-­‐curricular  kit

4)  Get  money

5)  Develop  material  together  with  teachers  and  experts

6)  Get  experimental  equipment

7)  Teacher  review-­‐revise  cycles 8)  Translate 9)  Extensive  in-­‐class  tesDng 10) DistribuDon  free-­‐of-­‐charge  

with  teacher  training  

light in the european curricula  

light in the european curricula  

Replies  from  10  countries:  Belgium  (Flemish,  French),  Czech  Republic,  Finland,  France,  Germany  (Hessen,  Berlin),  Italy,  Poland,  Portugal,  Spain,  United  Kingdom.  

knowing the audience  

knowing the audience  

testing the Photonics Explorer in Europe  

Translated  into:                                      Tested  in:  

Bulgarian, Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish, Polish,

later more…

evaluation study  

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Scien6fic  evalua6on  of  the  educa6onal  value,    implementa6on  of  the  guided  inquiry  based  teaching  approach,  and  regarding  gender  sensi6ve  co-­‐educa6on  

ques6onnaire ques6onnaire ques6onnaire

hands-­‐on  tes6ng  of  the  modules

from summer 2012 on…  

…    >  3000  Photonics  Explorer  will  be    available  free-­‐of-­‐charge  in  conjunc6on    with  a  teacher  training  course.

Thank you for your attention!

More  informa6on:    www.Photonics-­‐Explorer.eu

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