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CHANGING MISCONCEPTIONS IN PHYSICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE STUDENTS Presented at MDSTA October 29th 2005 Lawrence Technological University Presenters: Catherine Charnawskas and Margaret Milligan MDSTA Presentation Changing Misconseptions in Physics and Physical science October 2005 the following presentation was made by Catherine Charnawskas Physics/Physical Science/Math Teacher Lamphere High School Madison Heights MI and Margaret Milligan AP Biology/Biology/Physics Teacher Oak Park High School Oak Park MI We would like to thank Charles Garofali for use of some of his demos and labs. These labs are used with permission and are taken from his Master’s Thesis from Lawrence Technological University. You rock Charlie! Capturing Light Lab How far can you jump on… Your weight on other planets. Some labs are modifications of activities taken from Hands-On Physics by James Cunningham and Norman Herr All of the following labs and handouts can be found at /~milliga9/mdsta Please feel free to pass on this information with fellow teachers. For a complete list of Physics/Physical Science Misconceptions presented in the Science Beliefs Quiz please see the chart at the end of this handout. Table of Contents Topic Page number Website of Common Misconceptions 4 Newton’s Third Law 4 Gravity 5 Law of Universal Gravitation 5 Newton’s First Law 7 Circuits 8 Light and Human Sight 9 Density and Buoyancy 11 Chart of Physics/Physical Science Misconceptions 13 Interactive Physics and Gravity Student Handout 14 Your Weight on Other Planets Student Handout 16 How Far can You Jump On… Student Handout 17 Story of an SUV Student Handout 18 Newton’s First Law Student Handout 21 Newton’s First Law Teacher Answers 23 Can You Light the Bulb? Student Handout 24 Color Notes Student Handout 26 How Do Astronomers Capture Light? Student Handout 28 How Dense are You? Student Handout 29 Regulation of Buoyancy Student Handout 31 Regulation of