Science CSET 2007

A workshop presented by the Exploratorium Teacher Institute to help teachers prepare for the Science CSET exam.

Instructors

Linda Shore

Paul Doherty

plus guest instructors

Participants

Day 1

CSET Test Guide

What is science?

Further discussion of 'What is Science"

Perception experiments to accompany 'What is Science"

Master Eye

Seeing Yellow

The best single book to review the science topics covered by the CSET exam.

Conceptual Physical Science by Paul Hewitt

It covers: Physics, Chemistry,astronomy, geology and is written for college students.

(get the second or thrid edition not the first which had too many errors)

There is also a high school student version

Conceptual Physical Science - Explorations.

Day 4 Periodic Table

Periodic Table ideas and questions

Periodic Table of the Washers

 

 Day 7 Force Isolation Diagrams, Ray tracing

 

Force Isolation diagrams and energy diagrams

Ray Tracing optics

 

Appendix

Metric Units

Metric prefixes

 

Scientific Explorations with Paul Doherty

© 2007

30 July 2007