Guided discovery laboratories

• Adapted from RealTime Physics Labs (Sokolof, Thorton and Laws) and Workshop Physics for Life Sciences (Thacker).
• Use conceptual bridging and cognitive conflict strategies.
• Students set up and take down lab set-up.
• Use PasPort sensors (motion and force) with DataStudio for computerized collection of data (calibration and data display automatic, easy to use analysis tools).
• Some labs do not use computer.
• Labs are in worksheet format, with instructions and places to make predictions, draw/paste graphs, record observations, reason from them and summarize results.
• Follow-up homework.