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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FMF 5037	FUN PHYSICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	10

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MUSTAFA EROL

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

Provide examples to students which makes fun physics and established relationships among interdisciplinary

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Being able to use funny examples in physics education
2	Being able to grasp the relationship between physics and arts such as painting and music
3	Being able to say physics rules in child games and toys
4	Being able to use sports games, computer games and comic-animated films in physics education
5	Being able to develop solutions about teaching physics in a funny and interesting way

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Physics in painting (colors)
2	Physics in painting (optical phenomena)
3	Physics in music (vibrations)
4	Physics in music (the properties of sound)
5	Physics in music (resonance)
6	The events that take place in accordance with the laws of physics in cartoons and animated films
7	The events that take place not in accordance with the laws of physics in cartoons and animated films
8	Mid-term Exam
9	Physics in computer games (such as angry birds)
10	Physics in sports games (such as football, golf, tenis)
11	Physics in child games
12	Physics in child toys
13	Solutions about teaching physics in a funny and interesting way
14	Solutions about teaching physics in a funny and interesting way
15	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Müzik Enstrumanlarına Fiziksel Bir Bakış, Emel Bek, Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi OFMAE Bölümü, Fizik Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı,Tez, Ankara 2009.
2. Disiplinlerarası Yaklaşım: Müzik, Fizik, Matematik Örneği, Özge Turna, Mualla Bolat, Sercan Keskin, X.Ulusal Fen ve Matematik Eğitimi Kongresi, tam metin bildiri
(http://kongre.nigde.edu.tr/xufbmek/dosyalar/tam_metin/pdf/2292-28_05_2012-12_44_31.pdf)
3. Müzik Fiziği, Ayhan Zeren, Pan Yayıncılık,Haziran 2003.
4. The Physics of Music, Alexander Wood, Publisher: Chapman & Hall, 1975.
5. Art and Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light, Leonard Shlain, BookshackUSA, 1993
6. Physics in the Arts, P.U.P.A. Gilbert, Willy Haeberli, Academic Press, 2008.
7. Teaching Introductory Undergraduate Physics Using Commercial Video Games, Soumya D Mohanty and Sergio Cantu, Phys. Educ. 46 (5) 570, 2011.
8. Angry Birds: The physics phenomenon, MacIsaac, Dan, The Physics Teacher, Volume 49, Issue 6, pp. 399-399 (2011).
9. Various physics books.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussion, active learning methods, group study, question and answer method, homework, project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTEG	MIDTERM GRADE
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	6	78
Preparation for midterm exam	7	4	28
Preparation for final exam	7	4	28
Preparing assignments	3	20	60
Preparing presentations	3	3	9
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			246

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.13	PO.14
LO.1	5	2	2	4	1		2	5	3		1
LO.2	5	2	1	2			3	5	3		1		2
LO.3	5	2	1	2			3	5	3		1		2
LO.4	5	2	1	2	1		3	5	3		1		2
LO.5	5	5	5	5		4	4	3	5	3	2	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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