AP Physics 1 and AP Physics 2
Presenter – Barry Panas
Course Description
In this week-long institute we will be covering all of the essentials needed to teach both the AP Physics 1 and AP Physics 2 courses including the Curriculum Frameworks, Course Audits, and Exams.
A significant portion of the week will focus on Inquiry-Based Learning and establishing an AP Physics experience that maximizes student learning. Numerous practical tips will be provided throughout the week on teaching strategies, demonstrations, audiovisuals, computer-based learning opportunities and teaching resources. Participants will have opportunities throughout the week to ask questions and to share their own strategies and approaches with other participants.
The week will also include significant content reinforcement. Topics addressed will include content that is new to the AP program, selected traditional areas that are especially problematic, as well as any other topics requested by participants. A number of experiments will be discussed.
Participants are asked to bring the following to the institute:
- a calculator and laptop if available;
- one or two Physics demonstrations to perform for the group during the week;
- a written summary of a lab suitable for use in AP Physics. This lab will not be conducted during the institute, but each participant will briefly present it to the group. If the lab has handouts, they should also be provided.
Barry Panas – Bio
Barry is a high school physics teacher at St. John’s-Ravenscourt School in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has been teaching AP Physics for over 20 years and has been a member of the AP Physics grading team (the Reading) several times as both a question reader and a table leader. At the provincial level he was a member of both the Grade 11 and Grade 12 curriculum development teams. He has also taught pre-service science teachers in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba. He has presented numerous week-long AP Physics Summer Institutes in Canada, the USA, and Hong Kong.