Physics Teaching, Climate Change, and the Fossil Fuel-Dominated Energy System—Diagrams to Enhance Teaching Energy in Physics (Journal Article)
Kathleen Marie Saul and John H. Perkins
Physics Teaching, Climate Change, and the Fossil Fuel-Dominated Energy System—Diagrams to Enhance Teaching Energy in Physics (Journal Article) - Washington , DC American Association of Physics Teachers September 2023 - 453–457p. - American Association of Physics Teachers ,American Institute of Physics, Volume 61, Issue 6 .
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Abstract-
Teaching energy in physics has always presented challenges about a quantitative property of the ability to do work. Before they learn the physics involved, students know things about energy from everyday life: gasoline as a fuel or electricity that energizes computers. They also likely understand many of the socioeconomic, political, and ethical attributes of energy and about concerns of climate change. In school, students learn that energy transforms from one form to another and may be associated with a field or an object. Their teachers and public officials worry about equality of opportunity to learn about physics and energy and their role in sustaining modern life. How might physics teachers help students grasp the contextual meanings in addition to distinguishing between scientific definitions and the development and use of energy in everyday life? We propose the use of two diagrams that connect energy directly to climate change and give students...
0031-921X
RIEBPL Library
Teaching about the environment,
sustainability
climate change
Fossil Fuel
Dominated Energy System
Energy in Physics
530.071
Physics Teaching, Climate Change, and the Fossil Fuel-Dominated Energy System—Diagrams to Enhance Teaching Energy in Physics (Journal Article) - Washington , DC American Association of Physics Teachers September 2023 - 453–457p. - American Association of Physics Teachers ,American Institute of Physics, Volume 61, Issue 6 .
***______________***
Abstract-
Teaching energy in physics has always presented challenges about a quantitative property of the ability to do work. Before they learn the physics involved, students know things about energy from everyday life: gasoline as a fuel or electricity that energizes computers. They also likely understand many of the socioeconomic, political, and ethical attributes of energy and about concerns of climate change. In school, students learn that energy transforms from one form to another and may be associated with a field or an object. Their teachers and public officials worry about equality of opportunity to learn about physics and energy and their role in sustaining modern life. How might physics teachers help students grasp the contextual meanings in addition to distinguishing between scientific definitions and the development and use of energy in everyday life? We propose the use of two diagrams that connect energy directly to climate change and give students...
0031-921X
RIEBPL Library
Teaching about the environment,
sustainability
climate change
Fossil Fuel
Dominated Energy System
Energy in Physics
530.071