UBC Blog Tutorial 1 – Getting Started
As part of your journey in Teacher Education here at UBC, it is strongly recommended that you begin a professional blog as a way of sharing your year-long inquiry and reflections on teaching and learning. This process can be invaluable as you share the process of your inquiry within and beyond your cohort. As […]
Hour of Code by Code.org
JOIN UBC in an Hour of Code (2018) Nov. 27 & 28 | drop in between 12-2 | Scarfe 1006 Hour of Code is a global movement that was started by the Computer Science Education Week and Code.org as a “one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify “code”, to show that anybody can learn the […]
Law of reflection: the distance between a mirror and a virtual image – Physics Video Tutorial
Is there an experiment that can help convince our students that the distance between a virtual object to a plane mirror is exactly the same as the distance between the object and the mirror? Students can directly observe how a virtual image is positioned in relation to the actual object in this brief and concise […]
Ideal gas laws and the workings of an ancient Chinese toy – Physics Video Tutorial
Is there something out there that is much older than Galileo’s thermometer? Is there a simple toy that can simply explain thermal expansion, Ideal gas laws, and at the same time contest the thermoscope of Galileo Galilei? Watch Dr. Milner-Bolotin as she introduces one of her best souvenirs from her trip to China. created by […]
How optical fibers work – Physics Video Tutorial
Optical fibers are indispensable in modern telecommunication, computer networking, etc. due to their total reflective properties. But how do we assist students to visualize how optical fibers exhibit total internal reflection? Watch this video and be informed. created by Teacher Candidates in EDCP 357 using Camtasia software in December 2016 as part of an in-class […]
