Teaching Development: Animated Physics (funded by UWA-CATL)
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To help cement core principles in physics a series of animation's are being developed. These animation's are intended to provide "time varying" diagrams that are complimentary to both material presented in lectures and in textbooks. Some of the animation's are used in lectures whereas others are intended for private study in the WebCT environment. Each animation is embedded within text which refers to lectures, the textbook or set questions. The animation's are designed to be relatively small (in kilobyte's) so that students working from home via a modem can reasonably access the infinitely repeating movies. This example animation, shows two identical mass spring systems in oscillation. There is a phase difference between the two motions. A detailed discussion of phase difference is given here. |
Teaching: Undergraduate Lecture Courses
Teaching at the University of Western Australia, in the School of Physics.
Current
2004 - 'Waves & Optics': a 2nd semester, 12 lecture component of the P142 first year physics lecture course.
2003 - 2004 - 'Waves & Optics': a 1st semester, 9 lecture component of the P101 first year physics lecture course.
2002 - 2004 - 'Quantum Physics': a 1st semester, 9 lecture component of the P101 first year physics lecture course.
2002 - 2004 - 'Modern Physics': a 2nd semester,9 lecture component of the P102 level 1 physics lecture course.
2000 - 2004 - 'Using Synchrotron Light': a 6 lecture module for Physics Honours students.
(see “Introduction to Synchrotron Light Sources”)
Previous
2002 - 'Atomic & Molecular Physics': a 2nd semester course of 13 lectures for third year students.
2001 - 'Quantum and Modern Physics': a 2nd semester, 18 lecture component of the P100 first year physics course.
2001 - 'Atomic & Molecular Physics': a 2nd semester course of 18 lectures for third year students.
Teaching at the University of Manchester, UK in the Department of Physics & Astronomy.
2000 'Electronics, Photonics and Modern Communications': an introductory 1st year technology course for students in the degree programs of "Physics" and "Physics with Technological Physics"
1994-1999 'Vibrations and Waves': a 24 lecture course for all 1st year students on the "Physics" and "Physics with ...." degree programs.
1991-1993 'Programming in Fortran': a 12 lecture course with twelve 3 hr computer labs, available as an option for all 1st year students on the "Physics" and "Physics with ...." degree programs.
1987-1990 'The Physics of Atoms': an 18 lecture course available to 3rd year students on the "Physics" and "Physics with ...." degree programs.