(adopted from the resource letter of Ms Chung Ka Man's M.Phil thesis. Copyright Department of Physics CUHK)
- The pressure cooker: a module on the thermal properties
of matter
McWane J.W., Smith M.K., New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975
A module uses the pressure cooker as a context
to teach the concepts in thermal physics. Experimental setup and
sample data are provided.
- Supported learning in physics project: Physics
on the plate
Barrett C., Heinemann, 1996
A self-study textbook covers concepts in thermal
physics and energy through the contexts of food, cooking and food
packaging.
- Supported learning in physics project: Physics
in the Environment
Parry M., Skelding R., Heinemann, 1996
A self-study textbook covers concepts in thermal
physics, energy and greenhouse effect through the contexts of environment
and human activities.
- Supported learning in physics project: Physics for sport
Parker K., Parry M., Heinemann, 1996
A self-study textbook covers concepts of pressure
laws, kinetic theory and ideal gases equation through the context
of scuba diving.
- Solar Ovens, Cookers, Dryers and Recipes
A resource center that provides many useful links
related to the topics of food, environmental issues such as farming
and energy efficiency and solar cooking.
- Kinematics of the Long Jump
Tan A., Zumerchik J., The Physics teacher, Vol. 38, 147-149, March
2000
This paper demonstrates how to apply a real life
example, long jump, to teach the concepts in kinematics.
- Car Collisions, Physics, and the State Highway
Patrol
Larabee D., The Physics Teacher, Vol. 38, 334-336, Sept. 2000
A report on using car collision as a context to
teach the concept of momentum. Out-school visits and case studies
are introduced as alternative teaching formats.
- Supported learning in physics project: Physics,
Jazz and Pop
Skelding R., Bethel M., Heinemann, 1996
A self-study textbook on topics related to oscillations
and SHM through the contexts of music and musical instruments.
- Supported learning in physics project: Physics
on the Move
Butlin C., Maybank M., Heinemann, 1996
A self-study textbook on topics related to energy,
kinematics, Newton's laws through the contexts of transportation
and its safety.
- Supported learning in physics project: Physics
for sport
Parker K., Parry M., Heinemann, 1996
A self-study textbook on topics related to forces,
vectors, oscillations, SHM and energy through the contexts of sports
like rock climbing, springboard diving and scuba diving.
- Supported learning in physics project: Physics
in space
Kibble B. and Miller S., Heinemann, 1996
A self-study textbook on topics related to gravitational
fields through the context of space travel.
- Supported learning in physics project: Physics
phone home
Skelding R., Heinemann, 1996
A self-study textbook on topics related to gravitational
fields, centripetal force and acceleration through the context of
long distance communication.
- The dynamics of sports: why that's the way the
ball bounce
Griffing, D.F., Oxford, Ohio: Dalog Co., 1995
This book uses different kinds of sport events
to teach the concept in mechanics.
- Use
of force platforms in physics and sport
Parker K., Phys. Educ., Vol. 36(1), 18-22, Jan. 2001
An example of using sport as a context to teach
concepts about forces and the Newton's laws.
- Moving with Physics: New approaches in teaching
physics
Beruldsen A., Coady M., Clelland J., Curriculum Corporation, 1993
A textbook using proper contexts like slides, space
travel, sport and sewage system, etc, to teach concepts related
to Newton' s Laws, center of mass and rotational motion. Both teacher
notes and student activities are provided in each section.
- The physics of twisting somersaults
Yeadon F., Physics World, 33-37, Sept. 2000
Performance of gymnasts and springboard divers
are used as contexts for teaching the concept of angular momentum.
Specific technique like somersault, tilting and twisting are explained
theoretically and graphically.
- Decoding the TV Remote Control
O'Connell J., The Physics Teacher, Vol.38, 6, Jane 2000
The operation of a television is used as an example
to teach concepts related to electronics.
- Supported learning in physics project: Physics
on the plate
Barrett C., Heinemann, 1996
A self-study textbook covers concepts on electromagnetism,
energy, and electricity through the contexts of food, cooking and
packaging the food.
- Supported learning in physics project: Physics in the Environment
Parry M., Skelding R., Heinemann, 1996
A self-study textbook covers concepts on electricity
through the contexts of environment and human activities.
- Supported learning in physics project: Physics phone home
Skelding R., Heinemann, 1996
A self-study textbook covers concepts on electromagnetism,
electric fields, and electricity through the contexts of home-used
telephone and mobile phone.