FYSS8350 Teaching physics outside the classroom (2–4 cr)

Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of Physics
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

Description

Participation in self-selected physics outreach activities such as
  • tours of the accelerator laboratory
  • various physics presentations at the Department of Physics or other educational institutions,
  • organizing physics Olympiad training
  • creating physics instructional videos
  • organizing the so-called "university weeks" for upper secondary scholl students

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student is able to:
  • guide different and diverse groups to work in the field of physics,
  • use various means to communicate physics to different audiences and on different platforms
  • inspire everyone to engage with physics

Description of prerequisites

Basic studies of physics

Completion methods

Method 1

Evaluation criteria:
Compeletion requires the students to actively take part in the desingnated activities with the work load corresponding to the amounts of ECTS.
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Parts of the completion methods
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Participation in teaching (2–4 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Language:
English, Finnish

Teaching